Global Purchaser - Global Procurement
Do you have the ability of building and maintaining strong working relationships combined with solid experience in purchasing and project management?
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Do you have the ability of building and maintaining strong working relationships combined with solid experience in purchasing and project management? - are you dedicated to create results in a global procurement organisation which plays a central role in the development of market leading products? - this position as Global Purchaser at VELUX A/S may have your interest.
You will be part of VELUX Global Procurement referring to the Procurement Manager and you will join a procurement team handling primarily tactical and operations purchasing tasks. Order handling is not part of the operational task but handled by our factories placed in US, Europe and China.
Your task and challenges
The Global Purchaser is responsible for ensuring good business solutions for the VELUX Group. You will be co-responsible for minimizing our purchasing and production costs and ensuring that our development projects are accomplished at the right time, in the right quality and at the right price. The successful candidate will achieve this through strong relations with external suppliers as well as internal stakeholders and through your pro-active execution of the overall purchasing strategy within your product area in cooperation with the responsible Category Manager.
Your main tasks include
- Responsible for independent and cross-functional strategic projects
- Responsible for own portfolio of projects for cost reduction
- Participation in development of the overall procurement strategy with main focus on the execution
- Execution of RFI/RFQ processes
- Continuous communication with own internal stakeholders regarding valid supplier contracts, prices, general optimization which could include possible, new suppliers
- Working with Procurement KPIs as goal for your results
- Building and maintaining good relations with suppliers as well as internal stakeholders
- You should expect 20-30 travelling days a year.
Your background
- You have professional experience in purchasing and conducting heavy projects.
- Your educational background may be technical supplemented with a commercial education like engineer or MSc in Economics & Business Administration.
- In addition to this, you have strong communicative skills and natural skills of building working relationships enabling you to work across the organisation and operate in a matrix organisation.
- You thrive on a job having many contacts across geographic borders and cultures
- You must be fluent in English
- Experienced skills in working with SAP and Excel
- Experienced in working with outsourcing activities
You will have challenging and varying tasks requiring sound business practice. You thrive on being able to plan and drive your own tasks and ensure the necessary progress. It is important that you thrive on an outgoing role where your ability of building relations will be decisive for your results.
Your opportunities
VELUX A/S offers an interesting and varying job with great opportunities of influencing your future development. We evolve professionally and personally through our tasks, and you and your results will determine your future to a large extent.
Application and contact
If you want to know more about this job please do not hesitate to contact Procurement Manager Søren Busk, mobil 6161 3934 or Procurement Manager Annelise Weber, mobil 5125 6942
Please send your application via the "Søg nu" link. We will of course treat your application as confidential. We look forward to receiving your application and CV.
Application deadline: 04.09.2014
Expected Start Date: as soon as possible
Working hours: Full-time
Working days: Day
Location: Østbirk
Contacts: Annelise Weber, Mobile: +45 5125 6942 or Søren Busk, Mobile: +45 6161 3934
Home page: www.velux.com
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