COUNTRY BUYER PROFESSIONAL

OP Mobility; Gliwice; On-site; PLN 127,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive solutions provider is hiring a Junior Serial Buyer in Gliwice, Poland. This role involves supporting the supply chain, managing contracts and costs, and delivering supplier performance. Ideal candidates are motivated graduates with experience in purchasing and strong negotiation skills. Fluency in English is essential, and an additional language is a plus. The company values diversity and offers a contract under the VIE program for young European citizens.

Qualifications

• Young graduate with experience in purchasing.
• Fluent in English; additional language is a plus.
• Open-minded, detail-oriented, and eager to learn.

Responsibilities

• Support plants in supply chain risk detection.
• Manage supply stop, contract termination, and insourcing.
• Identify cost savings opportunities and implement them.
• Manage pricing requests and supplier performance.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Strategic management

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Team player

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

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COUNTRY BUYER PROFESSIONAL

Hungry for challenges? Join a group with innovation at its heart and contribute to the automotive revolution!

OPmobility is a world-leading provider of innovative solutions for a unique, safer and more sustainable mobility experience. Innovation-driven since its creation, the Group develops and produces intelligent exterior systems, customized complex modules, lighting systems, clean energy systems and electrification solutions for all mobility companies. With a €11.4 billion economic revenue in 2023, a global network of 152 plants and 40 R&D centers, OPmobility relies on its 40,300 employees to meet the challenges of transforming mobility.

By adding intelligent functions, lighting & sensors etc and by extending the scope of what is possible in terms of design, OPmobility is making cars safer, smarter and more stylish. Body panels are now packed with technologies that improve the driver experience, safety and vehicle appearance. The result? An elegant car that will, in time, be made largely from bio-sourced or recycled materials.

Our ambition? Provide automakers with cutting-edge equipment and solutions to develop tomorrow’s clean and connected car.

Junior Serial Buyer– Gliwice, POLAND

You will join our Central Europe Purchasing team in our Plant in Gliwice, Poland. Your main missions will include:

• Supporting plants in detecting supply chain risks and implementing countermeasures to prevent disruption of supply
• Managing supply stop, contract termination, insourcing and outsourcing
• Identifying cost savings opportunities and implementing these with suppliers and plants
• Implementing engineering changes in serial life
• Ensuring correct payment of suppliers
• Managing mandated parts and suppliers
• Productivity, on-time deliveries, right first-time invoices, sourcing in compliance with target

Your main activities will be:

• Leads each time necessary the problem-solving process (management of operative supply bottlenecks)
• Manages and negotiates requests for price increases <20k€ per year (>20k€ Commodity Buyer)
• Manages supplier relocation in serial phase
• Identifies savings opportunities with plants & promotes technical savings proposed by suppliers
• Prepares and presents Pre-RFQ & Sourcing in serial production phase
• Prepares and implements Nomination Letter in Serial Production
• Manages excess material between suppliers and plants
• Follows and reports the suppliers operative performance, defines and implements improvement plans
• Is responsible for suppliers performance in terms of quality, cost and timing within his/her country perimeter
• Ensures proper handover of purchasing responsibilities from program to serial phase for each project
• Supports the commodity buyers on:
• solving Recurring bottleneck/crisis (e.g. major force majeure)
• managing suppliers' tool damages and repair

Profile

You are a highly motivated young graduate from an engineering school or university with experience in purchasing, especially in negotiations and strategy management.

You are a team player, a self-learner and can demonstrate leadership as well as good communication skills.

Open-minded and with a desire to learn, you demonstrate willingness to embark on an international career. You are rigorous, detail oriented and dynamic.

You are fluent in English and another language is a plus.

Duration

24 months, beginning asap

Location

Gliwice, Poland

Contract

VIE – as part of the reinforcement program of youth employability, Business France created the VIE Contract for young European. To be eligible to the program, one must be between the age of 18 to 28 years old, have European citizenship and have never worked in the country where they apply to. You can find more information on the website of Business France:

As a responsible company, Plastic Omnium pays particular attention to diversity and equality within its teams and the Group commits to treat all job applications equally.