Senior Buyer - Forgings

Dana is a global leader in the supply of highly engineered driveline, sealing, and thermal-management technologies that improve the efficiency and performance of vehicles with both conventional and alternative-energy powertrains. Serving three primary markets – passenger vehicle, commercial truck, and off-highway equipment – Dana provides the world's original-equipment manufacturers and the aftermarket with local product and service support through a network of nearly 100 engineering, manufacturing, and distribution facilities.

Position Summary

We’re looking for a Senior Buyer - Forgings in Rivoli (TO).

Reporting to the Commodity Manager, this position is responsible to lead all strategic and operational procurement activities in assigned commodities.

The Senior Buyer - Forgings ensures purchasing leverages in order to maximize regional results and global synergies while executing a professional sourcing of products.

Main opportunities and challenges

• Support Commodity Manager in developing strategy by sub-categories
• Responsible for the deployment and monitoring of the assigned category strategy and policy
• Maintain continuous benchmark through existing suppliers and promote new markets opportunities
• Responsible for new product launch (rfq – suppliers negotiations – award new business - orders/contracts)
• Cross-Functional Support related to suppliers issue (quality – capacity – deliveries)
• Lead suppliers va/ve initiatives and process
• Drive suppliers base optimization, according to industrial / company strategy and business requirements
• Ensure, for the competence area, the application of the Health, Safety and Environment Management System
• Ensure, for the competence area, the correct application of the Quality System procedures

Main Responsibilities

The Senior Buyer will be responsible to promote and support purchasing activities with reference to FORGINGS and MACHINED FORGINGS for certain sub-categories within european ax components scope, supporting strategic definition and related deployment for the assigned suppliers and sub-categories.

The new resource will be in charge of securing the right quality, delivery performance, costs, features, technology, sustainability and risk management. In addition to the operational purchasing activities for assigned suppliers, the new resource will be responsible for ensuring sourcing activities, following dedicated processes, performed on global scale, empowered on all deliverables at consolidated commodity level.

The new resource will be responsible for negotiations/agreements.

Job Position Requirements

Education

University bachelor degree - Mechanical Eng., Management Eng. or Economics

Professional background

Buyer or senior buyer with min 3 years of experience, with knowledge of mechanical / metal forming categories (preferred), who has worked in a multinational environment, automotive, railway, white goods or industrial.

Hard skills

• Business acumen - Strategic thinking
• Commercial - Financial / Cost Management and Negotiation Skills
• Quality Fundamentals Management
• Strategic Sourcing and Marketplace knowledge
• Procurement and Purchasing Best Practices, Program Management Fundamentals
• English fluent
• Technical knowledge, understanding of manufacturing processes
• Contract Management

• Experience dealing with Asia Pacific vendor base

Soft Skills

• Team work
• Communication & presentation skills
• Open-Mindness
• Results oriented with the ability to plan and deliver against project deadlines

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