Project Purchaser

Project Purchaser

What you will do
In this role you will contribute to the company's overall goals and strategy:

• You support product development teams on purchasing issues to reduce purchasing-cost on upcoming projects and make strategic "make and buy" decisions during the innovation and development process aligned with the stakeholders involved (e.g., category and product management)
• You identify, initiate, and implement purchasingspecific costreduction projects in the development department and take over costreduction projects on purchasing components from initialization to successful handover to the category managers
• You identify the most adequate production process for the parts you are responsible for, looking for the best total cost of ownership
• You permanently search for alternative production processes to optimise costs of our parts based on volumes, technicity and manufacturability
• You merge category strategy, procurement strategy and suppliers' specification with the developed product
• You act as a hub function between engineering, (strategic) purchasing and category managers
• You manage projects in Bulgaria, China, France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, and Taiwan
• You align strategic procurement project targets; breakdown those targets and associated project deliverables into an approved procurement plan
• You establish sourcing processes and control all projectrelated procurement resources and activities

Who you are
To be successful in this role you need the following qualification:

• Technical and /or business degree (BS/BA)
• 5+ years of experience in working in category management, project sourcing, supply chain or development/engineering in an international company
• Very good knowledge of various manufacturing process for mechanical parts, aluminium casting, metal extrusion, machining including costing model of these processes
• Good project management skills
• A costfocused and profitability mindset
• Excellent technical aptitude and communication skills
• Able to build and maintain networks and relationships

What you will like about working with us

We offer a challenging and multifaceted position within an international work environment as well as the personal development opportunities of a multinational group.

Additional information

Ewellix Switzerland AG
Doris Zanella
Human Resources Manager
Oristalstrasse 97, 4410 Liestal, Switzerland
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