Strategický nákupčí s AJ

International company (location CTP Slatina, Brno, CZ) providing supply chain solutions for the global market is looking for a motivated, experienced Sourcing Specialist for our Strategic Sourcing Department. The Sourcing Specialist will be directly reporting to Strategic Sourcing Department Manager and will closely cooperate with Mechanical Engineering Department and colleagues from our mother company in Denmark.

Your profile:
As a person you have an extroverted personality, you are honest, have a good sense of humor and a pleasant attitude toward colleagues and new challenges. You will be part of an organization where 90 % of all communication takes place in English.

Requirements:

• Commercial Master degree, combined with an technical degree is preferred
• Experience in contract market sourcing with documented results, especially experience within Furniture sourcing, e.g. knockdown, plywood, board based, institutional Furniture is an advantage
• Proven competency in negotiation & contracting processes and best practices
• Proven skills in progressive cost reduction
• Knowledge of safety & quality systems
• Analytic skills, sense of urgency, can make things happen
• Open and clear communication
• Career minded, well organized, self-motivated, service & result-oriented, flexible and able to work under pressure
• High standard of personal and business ethics
• You should have fluent knowledge in English both written and spoken. Additional German will be an advantage
• Proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint
• You will need to travel frequently, especially in East Europe

Responsibilities:

• Responsible of analyzing the market, searching and developing Furniture suppliers in Europe (primarily East Europe) to build a cost efficient, profitable, strong & stable supplier base
• Responsible of establishing a cost efficient supplier base for a wide range of Furniture product lines within the segments of kindergarten, pre-school, school & institutional furniture
• Responsible of relationship management of European Furniture suppliers, including execution of vendor assessments, including related safety, health, & quality, CSR and Code of Conduct activities
• Negotiate supplier contracts and prices with European Furniture suppliers
• Establish an efficient Tender quotation process
• Ad hoc. pre-shipment product quality inspection
• Lead cost saving projects

We offer:

• Competitive salary
• International environment
• Professional growth
• Training
• Language courses
• 5 weeks of holidays