Would you like to be a part of Group Purchasing in our plant in Serbia?

What is the job about?

As our new Associate Purchasing Specialist, you will play a vital role in supporting with sourcing and procurement activities in our plants, the performance units, and according to their requirements. You will take part of deliver consistently high customer satisfaction. You will conduct Value Based Sourcing within different Clusters and Categories. You optimize continuously the Operational Excellence, Innovation and Sustainability delivered from your Suppliers. You ensure together with your colleague the optimization from a total cost of ownership perspective. You will support in develop our supplier portfolio and are involved in a close and strong collaboration when it comes to daily site problems such as suppliers or components related issues.

Furthermore, you will:

Strategic Sourcing Process related activities:

• Support implementation of regional sourcing strategy to specifically support local business needs and roadmap
• Supporting in Regional sourcing initiatives across the Region in alignment with Regional Category Manager
• Provide local insight into supply market and local business requirements
• Implementation of best practises, compliance with purchasing processes and tools
• Supporting for value & savings delivery for the spend in scope
• Optimize suppliers portfolio
• Supporting the negotiations and tendering process 
• Ensure favorable and compliant contracts closure implementation and management

Supplier Relationship Management related activities

• Facilitation of business reviews
• Definition and maintenance of preferred suppliers lists
• Suppliers’ performance assessment and development
• Savings, cost avoidance, spend per net sales
• Days Payable outstanding
• Value creation beyond price through proactive development of spend management, supplier portfolio and performance, quality, sustainability, partnership and innovation
• Supporting the contracts management with external suppliers in compliance with Group policies, standards and requirements on sustainability, ethics and Grundfos values

Your background:

• Relevant commercial or technical education
• Preferably have 1-2 years’ experience in similar work
• Fluent in English language
• Familiar with International supplier market
• Good communication skills
• Analytical and strategic thinking
• Result- and action-oriented attitude

What’s in it for you?

Whether it’s developing skills or advancing your expertise even further, we’ll support you with continuous learning and development opportunities, to help discuss and steer your long-term Grundfos career path. You’ll be welcomed from day one into an inclusive and trusting environment, where we benefit from sparring and using each other’s competence to deliver on our projects and commitments to the organization guided by six core values.

 In addition, your day-to-day benefits include:

• Annual bonuses;
• Private medical assurance;
• Hybrid working policy with organized transportation to work or compensation for fuel costs;
• Within the company we have provided a meal within the canteen, and it is covered by Grundfos;
• A gym that can be used before and after working hours as well as other sports activities like football, table football, basketball etc.;
• Discount of employee purchase of Grundfos products;
• Long-term career development with regular dialogue, as well as continuous learning and development opportunities.

Do you want to learn more? 

If you have questions or would like to know more about this position, please contact Hiring Manager Preben Sørensen, Purchasing Manager EMEA at +4529453132

If this job sounds appealing, please send your resume by clicking “Apply”.

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We look forward to hearing from you.