Commodity Buyer Industrial Supplies - Gothenburg

We are looking for an energetic Commodity Buyer Industrial Supplies to our customer in Gothenburg. Apply today!

Do you want a dynamic and challenging role in which you will have the opportunity to experience personal growth and development of your skills? Great! Then you could be the right candidate for our client who is looking for a Commodity Buyer Industrial Supplies. In this role you will collaborate with local, regional and global counterparts and internal stakeholders in order to get the best possible results for the company in terms of Cost, Quality, Delivery, Features, Technology while ensuring the company ’s long-term Sustainability and managing Risks. You will also strengthen the companys competitive advantage by understanding the business needs and the supplier market.

Purpose, Offer and Benefits

As a consultant at TNG you will:

• Have fun at work! Our consultants in 2020 gave us a satisfaction index (Employee Net Promoter Score) of 55 in connection with this year´s employee survey. A number that equates to "world class".
• Be personally supported and encouraged by your own consultant manager - all so that you get developed assignments in workplaces with exciting technology.
• Here you get the chance to exchange experiences and meet other consultants at various activities.

Your Responsibilities

What you will do:

• Execute all sourcing activities
• Issue RFQ´s, negotiate an optimal cost level for your areas of responsibility and carry out contract negotiations and management.
• Contribute to regional KPI target fulfillment.
• Interact as key contact with the stakeholders.
• Contribute to the development of the segment strategy and purchasing process to support the company´s strategic objectives.
• Bring together innovations on his/her segments.

The Bigger Picture

You will be based in Gothenburg and you will work with their plants in: Köping, Skövde, Tuve, Umeå, Borås, Arvika, Hallsberg etc. Therefore, this role requires some occasional travels to mentioned locations and to some of the company´s suppliers.

The group is diverse and consists of various types of culture and people, and we see that you are comfortable working with everybody.

This is a consulting assignment, which means that you will work for our client but be employed by us during the assignment.

Our Expectations

To become our next Commodity Buyer, we believe you have these qualifications:

• Bachelor´s degree in Science, Engineering or Business Administration
• Fluent in English and Swedish (in speech and writing)
• Strong Negotiation skills
• Experience of working with Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), driving cost improvement opportunities
• Project management knowledge
• Motivated by change management and ability to drive change
• Agile & flexible
• Communication skills and strong interest to develop good relationships with stakeholders and team

Interested?
This is a staffing assignment which means that you are employed by TNG, but work for one of our customers. If you are interested in this position, apply right now! The selection process is ongoing and the position can be filled before the last apply-date. If you have any questions, please contact the recruiter.