
Commodity Buyer
- Găești, Dâmbovița
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, or related field.
- Minimum 3-5 years' experience in purchasing, preferably in the automotive or manufacturing industry.
- Strong knowledge of procurement processes, supplier management, and contract negotiation.
- Experience with RFQs, sourcing strategies, and cost analysis.
- Proficiency in ERP systems.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Fluent in English (spoken and written); knowledge of another European language is an advantage.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a matrix organization.
- Willingness to travel occasionally for supplier visits and reviews.
- Execute purchasing strategies and initiatives in alignment with the Commodity Manager.
- Manage supplier relationships, including negotiations, contracts, and performance monitoring.
- Handle RFQs, price estimations, and sourcing activities for projects and serial production.
- Support planning and forecasting together with Logistics and Manufacturing.
- Prepare sourcing decisions and negotiate purchase prices, frame contracts, and LTAs.
- Conduct supplier development activities and support continuous improvement (VA/VE, BCC, re-sourcing, dual sourcing).
- Provide timely project-relevant information to Project Buyers (pricing, sourcing status, supplier feedback).
- Organize Technical Reviews with Quality and Engineering.
- Oversee contract management, supplier escalations, and data maintenance in ERP.
- Monitor tool lifetime and capacity, manage follow-up tooling procurement.
- Act as interface to local Supply Chain and support supplier quality assurance activities.
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