Program Buyer

ALTEN; Województwo śląskie; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medicover medical care

Medicover Benefits platform

Medicover Sport card

Referral Program

Group life insurance

Newborn layette

Job summary

ALTEN Polska seeks an experienced Purchasing professional to manage supplier selection, RFQs, negotiations, and contract drafting for automotive and plastics projects. Based in Gliwice, the role is on-site with potential for relocation across ALTEN Polska branches.

The candidate should have a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, or Business and at least five years in purchasing, with strong English skills and robust knowledge of logistics and finance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, or Business.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in purchasing.
• Demonstrated project management exposure in automotive and/or plastics industry.
• Purchasing expertise and advanced technical negotiation skills.
• Knowledge of commercial and company law; strong financial and cash flow management.
• Good English skills (written and spoken).

Responsibilities

• Define supplier shortlist in line with purchasing policies with Commodity Buyers.
• Collect and structure inputs for RFQs including market constraints, targets, and activity timelines.
• Conduct negotiations aligned with project quality, cost, and timing objectives.
• Identify, propose, and compare alternative sourcing solutions.
• Prepare and submit sourcing recommendations to the Sourcing Board.
• Draft, finalize, and implement supplier contracts.
• Handle purchase requests and purchase orders within the project scope.
• Monitor agreed supplier payment schedules.
• Identify and monitor project risks and opportunities.
• Plan, coordinate, and track internal and external activities through project completion.
• Coordinate cross-functional task forces.

Skills

Purchasing expertise

Advanced technical negotiation skills

Project management exposure

Knowledge of commercial and companylaw

Financial and cash flow management

Logistics knowledge

Crisis management

Good English skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, or Business

Job description

ALTEN - A Global Leader in Engineering and IT Services

Founded in France in 1988, the ALTEN Group is a leading technological partner serving the world’s largest clients. In 2024, it achieved revenues exceeding 4.14 billion euros and employs over 57,700 people, 88% of whom are engineers and IT experts.

ALTEN Polska has been operating for 13 years, supporting its clients' innovation, research and development, and IT systems. It has offices in Kraków, Warsaw, Wrocław, Gdańsk, and Poznań.

It serves key industries such as aerospace, space, industrial solutions, automotive, railway, energy, finance, telecommunications, and retail.

Areas of expertise: business analysis, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, data analysis and cloud solutions, application development, software testing, project management, embedded software, quality management, industrialization, digital transformation, and industrial engineering.

Tasks:

• Definition of the supplier shortlist for the project in line with purchasing policies, in cooperation with Commodity Buyers.
• Collection and structuring of inputs for complex RFQs, including market constraints, targets, and activity timelines.
• Conduct of negotiations aligned with project quality, cost, and timing objectives.
• Identification, proposal, and comparison of alternative sourcing solutions.
• Preparation and submission of sourcing recommendations to the Sourcing Board.
• Drafting, finalization, and implementation of supplier contracts.
• Handling of purchase requests and purchase orders within the project scope.
• Monitoring of agreed supplier payment schedules.
• Identification and monitoring of project risks and opportunities.
• Planning, coordination, and tracking of internal and external activities through project completion.
• Coordination of cross-functional task forces

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, or Business
• Minimum 5 years of experience in purchasing
• Demonstrated project management exposure in automotive and/or plastics industry
• Purchasing expertise
• Advanced technical negotiation skills
• Knowledge of commercial and company law
• Project management methodology
• Financial and cash flow management
• Logistics knowledge (consignment, VMI, Incoterms)
• Crisis management
• Good English skills (both spoken and written).

We offer a full-time employment contract

• Location - Gliwice; work model - on-site
• Stable and long-term cooperation
• Well-defined career path at the European leader in engineering & IT consulting
• Opportunity to relocate and work in different ALTEN Polska branches
• After completion of the project, opportunity to engage in a subsequent one within the company
• Introduction and cooperation with dedicated Competences Manager
• Medicover medical care
• Medicover Benefits platform
• Medicover Sport card
• Referral Program
• Layette for a newborn employee’s child
• Group life insurance

We also offer cooperation based on a B2B or Contract of mandate (UZ)

We also guarantee:

• Access to professional certifications with our technology partners (e.g. Google, ISTQB)
• Access to relevant industry events
• Access to the Knowledge Sharing Program
• Access to Referral program

NOTICE: We kindly inform you that we will contact the selected people.