Sr Buyer with German - 1 Year

Honeywell is a Fortune 100 company that invents and manufactures technologies to address tough challenges linked to global macro trends such as safety, security, and energy. With approximately 122,000 employees worldwide, including more than 19,000 engineers and scientists, we have an unrelenting focus on quality, delivery, value, and technology in everything we make and do.

Knowledge and experience

•Strong communication and team work skills
•Self motivated and capable to work with tight deadlines
•Good organizational skills with an ability to prioritize
•Problem Solving skills

Specific competences required

•Technical knowledge of Procurement/sourcing
•Planning, negotiations and agreements/contract management
•Proficiency of English and German
•Minimum 2 years’ experience in a purchasing environment
•Microsoft Office skills
•Excellent Technical skills of SAP purchasing system

The Indirect CoE Senior Buyer manages all strategic activities related to indirect spend, including but not limited to:

• Identifies and drives saving opportunities, consumption reduction and value engineering projects through negotiations.
•Conducts eAuctions for goods and services, ensuring best value offering to business.
•Revisits agreed terms with existing suppliers to improve productity and working capital. He/She implements new deals and identifies new saving opportunities.
•Developing and implementing the Annual Operating Plan together with the Business and the Commodity Strategic Team
• Create and apply strategically the Category Cards for the supported sites/countries.
• Drives BAE execution in strong colboration with the business partner and the other stakeholders.
•Places purchase orders and manages changes to existing purchase orders.
•Deals with invoice discrepancies in collaboration with the business stakeholders, supplier and Accounts Payable team.
•Initiates supplier set up and changes on existing suppliers with relevant approval.
•Engages in stakeholder & requisitioner communication aiming to improve understanding of indirect procurement processes and tools.
•Supports implementation of automation opportunities for the assigned sites (new catalogs and value contracts).
•Maintains a strong collaboration with the buyer to ensure common target achievement.
•The senior buyer will ensure all tasks are carried out in line with indirect procurement policy and strategy.