Junior Indirect Buyer

We are now looking for a new buyer to join our clients Indirect Procurement team in Gothenburg. If you have 1-3 years of experience as a buyer, this will be a great opportunity for you to take the next step in your career and join a team and company that is dedicated to make a difference in the automotive industry. It is a great advantage if you are available for start immediately/asap.   

ABOUT THE ROLE:  

Your main responsibilities in this role will be to lead the end-to-end products and services sourcing, and implementation of purchasing within the field of Design & Innovation. It will be within your scope to create and manage the right partnerships internally and with suppliers. You will report directly to a Senior Procurement Manager. 

In summary you will be responsible for: 

Perform procurement according to strategies that are defined in collaboration with your stakeholders. 
Solve problems that may occur by involving the relevant cross-functional experts. 
Actively support the business transformation and work for best class procurement initiatives to enhance standardized req-to-pay processes, order handling and follow up. 
Define and take actions to improve contracts compliance, incl. conducting market analysis as well as supplier evaluations and audits.  
Review purchase requisitions and identify and select contract/suppliers in accordance with defined strategies and agreements. 
Advise stakeholders on procurement issues, providing support and guidance at all stages of the procurement cycle as well as on modifications in requests.  
Track supplier performance through regular and automated tracking of the quality, cost project deliverables across the network. 


 

IDEAL CANDIDATE:  
Educational background in economics, a technical discipline or similar. 
Minimum of 1 years of work experience as a buyer, preferably from a global position/business. If you have worked in a tech company, it is regarded as an advantage. 
Excellent knowledge of MS Office packages. Knowledge of Workdays software is an advantage. 
Have excellent communications skills both written and spoken in English along with basic Swedish. 


We are looking for you with a go-get-mindset and a strong feeling for service. Since this is a position where you will be required to collaborate with several different stakeholders, it is of great importance that you have great social abilities and can easily understand stakeholders needs. You are flexible and always keen on finding the best possible solutions, even when it requires you to adapt your way of working. This means keeping a positive mindset and seeing possibilities, even in the toughest challenges.  

EMPLOYMENT:  

This is a consultant assignment where you will be employed by OIO and be assigned to our client company, initially for a period of 6 months. The ambition is for the assignment to be extended and in the long term transferred to a permanent employment at the client company. 

ADDITIONAL INFO:  
Employment type: Full-time, 6 months initially with the possibility to extend 
Working hours: Office hours with a flexible schedule 
Location: Gothenburg 
Contact person: Dino Segetalo 
Salary: Fixed monthly 


Apply by clicking the link below. Remember to be quick with your application as we apply continuous selection of candidates and the position may be filled before the application deadline is due.  

ABOUT OIO:  
Our passion is to help you find the right role and workplace. At the same time, we are aware of the fact that you are picky and choose carefully before taking your next career step, we would do the same. That is why we are dedicated in making sure we get to know you and your ambitions during the recrutiment process. We believe that people in the right place have a greater chance of reaching their full potential. Through fair, uncomplicated employment conditions and a present leadership, we strive to help you grow professionally. In this way, we aim to become an obvious career partner for you. We are as picky as you are.