Job Description

Summary:

Our award-winning client is a leading family-owned German injection molding company which manufactures components and tools for the automotive industry. With 120 employees in the US and a global presence of 7 locations with 1,300 employees, they are consistent with investment in research and development and creating the conditions required to meet the expanding needs of its customers.

Responsibilities:

• Implements and follows purchasing control procedures and sequences of operations within the department to optimize workflow.
• Collaborate with global purchasing and local material planners.
• Enforce the company terms of purchasing.
• Interacts with personnel from other departments to maintain continual accounting of inventory levels.
• Supports all other departments in topics of purchasing.
• Monitoring of all purchase parts to optimize inventory levels and value.
• Interfaces with vendors regarding supply and warehousing issues.
• Negotiations of prices and frame contacts.
• Update / implement supplier handbook & requirements.
• Implements and follows all purchasing and inventory control procedures and sequence of operations within the department to optimize workflow.
• Reviews market, price, delivery conditions, and trends to determine present and future material availability.
• Abides by dollar authorization limits establish by the department manager.
• Tracks disposal of surplus material or scrap products.
• Maintaining of material master in SAP.
• Processes purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy.
• Reviews weekly inventory trends and discusses variations that arise in delivery, quality, price, or conditions of sales.
• Supplier management.
• Price negotiations with existing suppliers.
• Negotiate consignment options.
• Support supply chain management in transportation rate negotiations.
• Implement new strategic suppliers.
• Lead cost savings initiatives.
• Interaction with IT department and external SAP consulting company to implement best practice solutions.

Required Qualifications:

• Extensive experience in purchasing in a manufacturing environment, preferable automotive.
• 4-year College Degree.
• Experience with SAP R/3 and or S/4 Hana.
• SAP Module experience: 1. S&D; 2. MM-PUR; 3. PP; 4. WM.
• Excellent Negotiation skills.
• MS Office proficiency.
• Travel nationally and internationally if applicable.

Preferred:

• Experience with shipping, receiving, and warehousing is desirable.
• German Language skills.

Soft skills:

• Excellent Organizational and Communication skills.