Purchasing Executive

Assan Hanil; İzmit; On-site; TRY 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Assan Hanil, located at the Kocaeli Plant, seeks a Purchasing Executive to lead the direct material purchasing team within the Purchasing Division. The role involves developing purchasing strategies, coordinating implementation, and ensuring alignment with company objectives.

The candidate will prepare monthly KPIs and price trend reports for executive management, manage price negotiations, evaluate suppliers, and drive improvements in purchasing processes while coordinating with other

Qualifications

• Engineering degree from a university.
• At least 5 years in direct material procurement in automotive.
• Preferably with team management experience.
• Strong knowledge of purchasing procedures, processes, tools and KPIs.
• Experience in budgeting, reporting, and performance management.
• Experience in contract management and negotiations.
• SAP and MS Office proficiency.
• Residence in Kocaeli or Sakarya.

Responsibilities

• Lead the direct material purchasing team.
• Create purchasing strategies aligned with objectives and coordinating their implementation.
• Prepare monthly purchasing KPI and price trend reports and sharing them with executive management.
• Monitor and approve price updates with suppliers in line with escalation agreements.
• Conduct periodic price negotiations in line with annual budget targets.
• Managing alternative supplier research and evaluation processes.
• Ensuring supplier selections in line with project objectives (delivery, cost, quality, logistics, etc.).
• Ensuring that purchasing prices are in line with the budget and reporting deviations.
• Coordinating continuous improvement activities in purchasing processes.
• Establishing and maintaining customer-oriented cooperation relations with other departments.
• Creating development plans of the purchasing team, determining training needs.
• To lead and participate in management systems such as IATF 16949, ISO 9001, ISO 45001 and sustainability studies, to carry out the necessary studies in line with these systems and to provide the necessary data & information.

Skills

Team management

Negotiation

Budgeting

Price trend reporting

Price negotiation

Supplier research

Process improvement

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

SAP

MS Office

Job description

GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS AND JOB DESCRIPTION

We are looking for a "Purchasing Executive" to be assigned within the Purchasing Division at the Kocaeli Plant of Assan Hanil, one of the Kibar Holding group companies.

Qualifications:

• Graduated from Engineering departments of universities,
• At least 5 years of experience in direct material procurement in the automotive sector,
• Preferably with team management experience,
• Good command of purchasing procedures, processes, tools and KPIs,
• Experienced in purchasing budget preparation, reporting and performance management,
• Experienced in contract management and commercial negotiations,
• Able to drive actively,
• Good command of SAP and MS Office programs,
• Resides or will reside in Kocaeli or Sakarya.

Job Description:

• Leading the direct material purchasing team,
• Creating purchasing strategies in line with company objectives and coordinating their implementation,
• Preparing monthly purchasing KPI and price trend reports and sharing them with executive management,
• Monitoring and approving price updates with suppliers in line with escalation agreements,
• Conducting periodic price negotiations in line with annual budget targets,
• Managing alternative supplier research and evaluation processes,
• Ensuring supplier selections in line with project objectives (delivery, cost, quality, logistics, etc.)
• Ensuring that purchasing prices are in line with the budget and reporting deviations,
• Coordinating continuous improvement activities in purchasing processes,
• Establishing and maintaining customer-oriented cooperation relations with other departments,
• Creating development plans of the purchasing team, determining training needs.
• To lead and participate in management systems such as IATF 16949, ISO 9001, ISO 45001 and sustainability studies, to carry out the necessary studies in line with these systems and to provide the necessary data & information.

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