Strategic Buyer

Westermo is looking for an experienced Commodity Buyer to join our Purchasing Team.

Your location will alternate between our sites in Stora Sundby and Västerås.

You will directly contribute to our increased focus on strategic sourcing. You will be responsible to create activity plans and drive the supplier strategy for your segments. You are the business owner within your commodity and will focus on optimizing business agreements, material cost and operational working capital, as well as securing material to production. Your role will be partly operational since you are in charge of Quality, Delivery, Cost and commercial relationships within your commodities.

Responsibilities
Drive supply chain improvements

- Reduce material cost and inventory
- Develop and internally align commodity strategies
- Secure that business is awarded in line with the supplier strategy
- Negotiate contractual commercial agreements
- Perform daily purchasing activities
- Pro-active monitoring and risk management
- Purchasing process improvements


Qualifications
- University degree in engineering, economics or similar
- >5 years of strategic purchasing and supplier management experience.
- Knowledge about electronics manufacturing is a plus. Experience from working with IFS as material planning system is a merit
- Fluent in Swedish and English


Personal qualities
You are a team player with a positive mindset and are passionate in doing business. You like to take initiatives, focus on solutions and business opportunities, you are a strong communicator and enjoy to be the business owner for your segment. The work requires ability to travel.

For further information please contact:

Manager Purchasing: Lars Wikström
E- mail: lars.wikstrom@westermo.se
Cell phone: +46 (0)70-777 1453

Union representative- Unionen: Richard Palm
E-mail: richard.palm@westermo.se
Cell phone: +46 (0)73- 929 3230

We are continuously interviewing candidates, so don’t miss out on this opportunity - apply today or at latest by March 1st.

About Westermo

Westermo is a leading supplier of Industrial Data Communications equipment to the World market. As a rapidly growing international company thriving at the forefront of industrial network technology, we develop and manufacture advanced devices for industrial data communication used in mission critical installations and harsh environments. The very robust and secure communication networks built with our products provide a high value for our customers.

Westermo was founded in 1975 and has a turnover in excess of 700 MSEK. We are a wholly owned subsidiary of Beijer Electronics Group with a global presence in key markets on every continent through our local sales units, subsidiaries, distributors and OEM customers.

The work environment is very dynamic with great loyalty and team spirit. It is expected to take initiative and our flat organization creates efficiency and provides the opportunity for those who are closest to the task of solving it.

At Westermo you will have a real impact on the company’s technical roadmap!

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