Kitron searches for Purchaser

About Kitron
Kitron is a leading Scandinavian Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) company, delivering improved flexibility, cost efficiency, and innovation power through the value chain. The company has operations in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Lithuania, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, China and the United States. With 2500 highly skilled employees, Kitron manufactures and delivers anything from fully assembled electronic circuit boards to complete end - products for customers globally. Related technical services like prototyping, industrialization, material analyzing and test development are also key competencies offered by Kitron.

Location: Jönköping
Deadline: 3 of April 2022

Kitron is currently looking for a Purchaser, who is going to join a Supply Chain team located in Jönköping. The main responsibility in this role is to make procurement decisions and place purchase orders, within the assigned portfolio in accordance with defined process descriptions and routines.

Job Description:
- Procurement of parts from specified suppliers according to agreed terms and conditions, in the assigned portfolio

- Ensure receipt of supplier order acknowledgment
- Review and maintain data on open POs until closed
- Identify and manage extra cost charges related to purchase orders placed
- Upon demand expedite incoming material and report status on potential shortages to relevant internal functions
- Upon demand postpone or cancel material delivery according to changes in manufacturing plan
- Report and manage non-conformances towards suppliers
- Upon request clarify invoice discrepancies
- Create non BOM POs upon request by sourcing


Requirements:
- Experience working with suppliers

- Education at relevant university level within the supply chain, manufacturing or engineering (lack of formal education may be substituted by relevant work experience)
- Experience with ERP systems and general good computer skills
- Strong English language skills, both oral and written
- Analytical, structured, and be able to influence change


We offer:
- With us you get the opportunity to develop together with dedicated and talented employees;
- We work in several different business areas with exciting and challenging projects in an international environment;
- Good working environment and good health among our employees is important to us, therefore you get access to health care grants and other benefits.