Purchasing Supervisor (M/F/D)

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Job purpose

Location

Viana do Castelo ETTS plant, Portugal

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Supervise, train and guide Commodity Buyers (CB) in the area of competence.
• Support the purchasing team in negotiations
• Support and maintain global commodity strategies in alignment with global commodity managers.
• Define and standadize the work flow for Buyers
• Coordinate the cost reduction activities
• Support for buyers in multifunctional teams including engineering, program management, supplier development, logistics and manufacturing.
• Occasionally travel to vendors for site risk assessments and make revisions to new component releases.
• Responsible for supporting BorgWarner's new technology products, identifying and developing new technologies in suppliers.
• Validate and develop action plans to minimize the impact of high-risk suppliers.
• Key Contact for supplier relationship, with internal functions (i.e. Logistics, production, etc.)
• Track and report BSC metrics.
• Lead corrective action measures to the Purchasing function of the plant
• This person may have to lead complex and / or crucial negotiations with suppliers, in line with existing strategies.
• Continuously improve the health, safety and environmental conditions of the team.
• Communicate and strengthen safe working procedures.
• Develop a culture characterized by good professional ethics and a process of involvement in the process among workers in all areas.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Management or related field
• 5 or + yeares of experience in Supply Chain area
• Experience in procurement processes strongly preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) required.
• Experience in SAP purchasing module strongly preferred. Experience with other software considered.
• Must have good communication skills, both written and verbal; good presentation skills; strong demonstrated negotiation skills, and have the ability to read and interpret drawings/blueprints.
• Good English language skills (spoken and written).
• Proficiency level Portuguese (spoken and written).
• Availability to travel

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