Italy Job Openings

Coesia

Category Buyer - Commercial Parts

Bologna

November 20, 2024

About Coesia
A group of innovation-based industrial and packaging solutions companies operating globally, headquartered in Bologna, Italy.
Coesia’s companies are leaders in automation solutions for multiple industries, ranging from automated processing and packaging machinery, testing, and vision systems, to digital printing technologies, factory flow solutions, and high-performance transmissions.
Our customers include leading players in Consumer Goods, Healthcare & Pharma, Tobacco, Ceramic Tiles, Luxury Goods, Aerospace, Racing & Automotive, and Electronics.
Coesia operates in 36 countries with 20 different companies and employs over 8,000 people as of 2023.

About the role
Within the purchasing team based in the headquarters in Bologna, you will be in charge of developing a purchasing strategy to establish long-term relationships with international suppliers of direct material serving the businesses of the Group.
The role requires understanding the internal needs by partnering with the business units and completing long-term frame agreements with the vendors to be applied across Coesia, collaborating with Group R&D, and developing category management strategies.
Particularly, you will be responsible for:

Identifying the strategic sourcing guidelines according to Company needs, developing purchasing strategies, defining the Cost Management Plan, and the target values according to strategic purposes, analysing purchasing performances, and defining a corrective action plan;
Developing the standard purchasing methods, processes, and rules; supporting the identification of the planning & control tools and methods supporting their implementation;
Defining and collecting medium/long term requirements, defining the purchasing plan of the Category, developing purchasing budget per category/region, verifying the deviation trend analysis results, and approving suggested corrective actions;
For centralised Category, collecting technical requirements for new and current products, identifying supplier rationalisation opportunities, and new potential supply sources, analysing supplier financial/quality status, developing purchasing category strategy, source list and plan, approving co-design agreement for parts, negotiating supply conditions and verify sourcing volumes.

What you need to be successful

Master’s Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Automation);
Previous experience in the role for 3-6 years. An understanding of mechanical components will represent a plus;
Fluency in English (B2/C1);
Knowledge of SAP and Office Package;
Good relational skills such as communication and negotiation;
Operational flexibility, goal orientation and problem solving skills;
Autonomy and proactivity.

Job Reference: CGS12101

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