The Purchase Manager has responsibility for management and sourcing of an assigned category / sub-category, for a defined scope (global/regional) for categories and projects controlled by the Kongsberg Automotive Indirect Material and Services (IDM&S) team.
Responsibilities
Category Buyer
In co-operation with stakeholders, map future needs and leverage KA spend to maximize benefit for KA.
Develop and propose Category Strategy for assigned (sub-)category and region
Establish a base of preferred suppliers, and secure that suppliers from low cost regions are identified where possible.
Supplier relationship management
Capture savings
Develop and implement sourcing strategies for the categories
Lead purchasing activities cross Plants, BA:s and Regions to optimize the spend
Establish good contracting and acceptance practices
Perform procurement according to KA plans and defined strategies and frameworks
Review purchase requisitions and identify sources of supply
Define supplier selection criteria to meet the project requirements
Evaluate RFI’s/RFQ’s
Develop negotiation strategy and lead supplier negotiations and selection
Negotiate commercial terms and select suppliers in accordance with defined process and strategy.
Advice internal stakeholders on procurement issues, providing support and guidance at all stages of the procurement cycle.
Advise stakeholders of potential modifications from original requests (if alternative, more cost efficient, or otherwise beneficial alternatives exist)
Monitor strategy implementation and contract compliance
Ensure suppliers comply and adhere to commercial agreements and terms of purchase.
Monitor performance of suppliers and the compliance with guidelines
Monitor supplier capacity
Maintain supplier/category and contractual computer records as needed.
Drive best practices
Uphold internal and external policies, regulations and laws
Lead purchasing activities and certain decisions as defined in the purchasing process
Manage knowledge and processes, and ensure project team members are applying best practice and work according to defined processes.
Apply and transfer knowledge and experience to other team members in order to maximize team performance.
Improve service levels.
Support other purchasing or corporate related activities
Category Buyer – CAPEX
Same as Category Buyer and
In project phase:
Act upon changes/problems (spec., time schedule, quality etc.) where commercial support is needed.
Directly solve operational issues with suppliers
Category Manager:
Same as Category Buyer, but with a global scope and
Lead the Category Council (CC):
Plan and perform regular meetings with the CC
Co-ordinate/align Category Strategy in CC, and communicate to all stakeholders
Mentor Buyers and/or stakeholders
Lead an improvement workstream, or part of a workstream, as defined by the management team
Requirements
Candidate must have -
Qualification -
MBA or https://jobeax.com/link/zv0MVOOsquGofNlH in technical filed
Minimum 15+ work expereince in automobile sector, or manufacutring industries
minimum 5+ year experence of leadership role
Good communication skill
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