Purchasing Excellence

Dürr AG; Southfield (MI); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Dürr AG in Southfield, MI is seeking a Purchasing Specialist within Shared Services - Purchasing to participate in diverse projects across Paint Shop Construction, Conveyor, Robot systems, and Sustainability compliance. The role focuses on standardizing processes and reports.

You will work with SAP and Power BI to create dashboards, maintain best practices, and support international compliance. Travel up to 25% is expected.

Qualifications

• 3+ years purchasing experience in automotive environment preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in supply chain/logistics, engineering, construction management or equivalent.
• Strong organization and time management; ability to handle multiple priorities.
• Ability to work autonomously, prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy in work.
• Professional experience in an English-speaking environment.

Responsibilities

• Participate in projects across Paint Shop Construction, Conveyor, Robot systems, and related equipment installation.
• Align and standardize purchasing processes and procedures per company guidelines.
• Identify and implement best practices to improve purchasing efficiency.
• Support in complying with international purchasing laws and standards.
• Aim for certificates in third-party standards related to purchasing excellence.
• Define and standardize reporting processes and tools (dashboards, automations, SRM).
• Use tools to create and maintain standardized reports and best practices for purchasing.
• Assist Sustainability requirements and supplier communications and reporting to management.
• Perform other duties to support purchasing activities.
• Travel 25% or more as needed.

Skills

3+ years Purchasing experience

Strong attention to detail

Good communication skills

Autonomous & prioritization

Microsoft Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree - Supply chain/logistics, engineering, construction management or equivalent

Tools

SAP

PowerBI

Job description

Your Tasks:

• As a part of the Shared Services - Purchasing group, the team member will participate in a variety of types of projects. This includes Paint Shop Construction, Conveyor, Robot, Application and Pollution Control equipment, fabrication, and installation.
• Align, define and standardize purchasing processes and procedures according to company guidelines
• Identify and implement best practices to improve efficiency and effectiveness in purchasing activities
• Support in meeting international laws related to purchasing and supply chain activities
• Work towards achieving company certificates in 3rd party standards related to purchasing excellence
• Define and standardize reporting processes and tools per direction from Management (i.e. Dashboards, automations, SRM tools, etc.)
• Utilize available tools and systems to create and maintain standardized reports and best practices for purchasing activities
• Support in completion of Sustainability requirements and compliance including supplier communication, follow up, escalation and conveying progress to management
• Perform other duties as assigned to support purchasing activities
• Travel: 25% or more as needed

Your Skills:

• Preferred 3+ years Purchasing experience, if possible, in the automotive environment
• Bachelor's degree - Supply chain/logistics, engineering, construction management or equivalent experience
• Good organization and time management skills - ability to work on multiple priorities simultaneously
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously, prioritize tasks, and meet deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in completing work assignments.
• Professional experience in an English-speaking environment
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook)
• Experience with pivot tables, macros, PowerBI preferred
• Experience with SAP is preferred
• Good communication skills, capable of facilitating and documenting meetings
• Experience in preparing meeting agendas, coordinating schedules, and sending out necessary materials in advance