Offers

Purchasing Manager (CZ, SK, HUN)

Senior position at well-known car importer (non-production); suitable candidate will have experience in managing purchasing team with full responsibility for choosing 

Place of work: Praha /CZ/ or Senec /SK/

Responsibilities:
The work content is divided into two parts – commercial activities and process development. Commercial activities include negotiations and supplier selection, as well as supplier quality, service and cost development that deliver value added to the bottom line. The process development includes the development and the education of the wider network in all purchasing objectives, policies and processes. As Purchasing Manager you report directly to CFO and to the functional responsibility to Purchasing in Mothers Company. 

Main responsibilities include:

• Develop Purchasing into a strongly proactive and accountable function for all sourcing activities taking place within the region, 
• Develop the Procurement Area Leader structure enabling a constructive dialogue between Purchasing and internal customers, which will lead to common decisions regarding prioritizations, supplier choices, savings etc. 
• Develop a strategic supply base 
• Managing, developing and leading purchasing department team: 3 experienced Sourcing Managers 
• Support internal customers in the purchasing process and guide them towards preferred suppliers and correct ordering process
• Develop and coordinate IS/IT support for Purchasing, leading to improvements for the internal customers as well and deepening automation of Purchasing
• Participate and work according to the Global Purchasing Strategic Plan as well as the business unit plans
• Create, implement and follow-up activities decided in the Business plan
• Develop the preferred Supplier base
• Reduce the total costs, not only in new negotiations but also reviewing the supplier base, current contracts and proposing cost-saving activities
• Responsibility for the quality of purchasing process, suppliers and cost-savings and targets

Education and Experience
• University degree
• Solid experience from working in a purchasing background, in a managerial position 
• Ability to gather and analyse data and to present decision choices accurately and concisely to senior management. 
• Fluency in Czech/Slovak and English is a must. Hungarian is an advantage.
• Experience in automotive industry, retail network will be an advantage
• Experience of cooperation with internal customers and high demand management
• Very good command of IS/IT, especially Microsoft Office Package

Skills and Abilities 
• Leadership skills
• Service-oriented and customer focus
• Negotiation
• Change management
• Project Management 
• Good cooperation ability and understanding of local business culture
• Open-minded, proactive and well-organized
• Able to work on own initiative and under pressure
• Problem-solving mind set 
• Lean process management
• Goal-oriented
• Understands the context but work with details

For further information and sending your CVs please contact:
Peter Lazový, 
+421 911011575
Peter_lazovy@drill.sk