Purchasing

COMPANY PROFILE:

CNH Industrial is a global capital goods company specializing in equipment and services for Agriculture and Construction. The Company operates commercially through its brand portfolio which includes Case IH, New Holland Agriculture, Steyr, CASE and New Holland Construction Equipment. More information can be found on the corporate website: www.cnhindustrial.com

Role: Buyer – Gears and Shafts

Reports to: EMEA Commodity Manager – Gears and Shafts

PRIMARY FUNCTION:
The Buyer Specialist is responsible for leading the team that manages the relationships with suppliers, follow the strategies of central purchasing and ensures production with the procurement of parts. 
We are looking for a resource who will be responsible for ensuring the timely and efficient sourcing of Gears & Shafts for our leading company in the agricultural sector. We are looking for a dynamic person with excellent organizational skills and a deep knowledge of the sector
The Buyer responsibilities include the sourcing management and the total acquisition cost management.
• Manages the purchase of medium-high complexity production parts for plant in Europe in the Gears & Shafts Mechanical commodity group.
• Manage the external company in charge of the purchase requisition and sourcing activity following KPI as Ageing and Purchase requisition backlog.
• Manages the decomplexity through rationalization plan and localization.
• Supports function for new product launch initiatives while developing and implementing cost reduction and sourcing strategies, leading to improved quality, technology and timely delivery performance
• Drives, forecasts and reports economic savings performance, negotiates price reductions, increases and long-term agreements, market test and award new business to maximize leverage, analyzes various reports to capture opportunities
Perimeter of work: Mechanical AG 
 
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

SOURCING MANAGEMENT
 Supplier selection for new product, focused on:
• Total Cost (piece price, tooling, transportation, packaging, etc.)
• Quality & Timing

Key Stake Holder Management
• Alignment of all key stakeholder’s objectives during the sourcing process

TOTAL ACQUISITION COST MANAGEMENT
 
1. Identify risks and opportunities for the total cost of current products
• Forecast budgetary impacts of risks and opportunities
• Raw material & Economic impacts
• Logistics, Transportation, Packaging Impacts
• Currency & Tariff impacts
• Capacity impacts

2. Create mitigation plan for risk & implementation plan for opportunity
• Resourcing & Market test current product
• Technical cost reductions
• Tracking raw material indices
• Best Place to buy
• Spend analysis (Dual source, volumes, MOQ, etc.)

3. Lead negotiations for total cost improvement of current products
• Raw material & Commercial using back leverage (MKT test, new business, resourcing, etc.)
 
RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (SUPPLY BASE)
 
1. Supply/Relation Champion
• Escalation to resolve supply base issues
• Product cost disputes & Invoicing issues
• Quality concerns 
• Delivery delays & Product development timing delays

2. Contract Negotiations
• Long term purchasing agreements
• Master Supply Agreements
• Raw material indexation agreements
• Warranty agreements
• Co-development agreements
• Non-disclosure agreements
• Compliance agreements
 
PURCHASING STRATEGY MANAGEMENT

1. Define/create interim and long term purchasing strategies to secure the supply of products
•Lowest cost, Acceptable quality, On-time delivery

2. Best in class product innovation and development
• Identify product innovation & industry trends
• Identify market demands & competitive benchmark
 
PURCHASING ADMINISTRATION
• Create purchasing price list and contracts in the GPP system
• Update contracts and part number changes after potential technical changes, accomplished negotiations, carry over of p/n to new platform etc.
 
QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS (including education & years of experience):
• Short/Master Degree in Economics, Business, Supply Chain, Engineering or Finance preferred
• Fluent English
• Excellent knowledge in Excel and the Office package
• Relevant product/commodity knowledge
• Knowledge of local supplier’s market for the relevant product/commodity
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in the position
 
DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS:
• Negotiation skills to achieve results
• Ability to work under pressure
• Excellent organizational skills
• Able to independently make some decisions that also affect the team
• Good communication skills
• Good team work orientation
• Sense of initiative