Buyer - Direct Materials

We are RIAN & Partners, a 100% Romanian concept – recruitment agency and we provide specialized human resources management services within the industrial field.

Our goal is clear and simple: to improve every recruitment and organizational development processes. We support ambitious businesses to find the proper human capital for their development plans. We offer guidance to dynamic candidates in order to find their dream job.

Bachelor’s degree in technical/engineering field;
+2 years of professional experience, previous experience in a similar position is an advantage;
Strong technical skills in working with MS Office Excel;
Advanced communication and negotiation skills, good customer / supplier focus skills;
Strong sense of self-discipline, keen sense of urgency and results oriented;
Analytical skills to make correlation and synthesis and rapidly translate them into usable data;
Fluent in English (speaking, writing, reading).

Responsible for the purchase of raw materials for the Production Department of the company;
Monitors Production Department stocks and stock rotation
Tracks sales history and forecast;
Analyzes the standard sales variation over the last 12 months;
Identifies and proposes raw material suppliers;
Creates purchase order and sends it to the selected supplier;
Obtains order confirmation with delivery date;
Enters confirmed data into the system;
Systematically monitors order status and updates it in the system;
Verifies in the system that the order is closed;
Meets the deadlines set by the direct supervisor for the above tasks;
Informs the supplier about possible non-conformities and proposes solutions;
Prepares periodic reports;
Responsible for supplier management (participates in supplier selection, negotiation and performance evaluation process);
Maintains manual or computerized records of purchases, such as items or services purchased, cost, delivery, product quality;
Monitors negotiated contracts (contract terms are met, including service level compliance, contract renewal schedule, etc.);
Collaborates with other departments to ensure purchasing standards are met.