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.
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 Stakeholder Management

Alignment of all key stakeholder’s objectives during the sourcing process

Total Acquisition Cost Management

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

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 orientationSense of initiative

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