Operational Purchaser

We are now looking for an Operational Purchaser to our client in Västerås!

Your responsibilities

- Lead the daily cooperation, relation building & material follow up with suppliers.

- Track material deliveries from suppliers to ensure material availability and identify, manage and prevent short- and long-term shortages.

- Communicate closely with production planning and sales to align material availability with production and customer demand.

- Work with supplier base and category team to secure capacity and flexibility to meet forecasted market and production demand.

- Monitor supplier performance & KPIs. Collaborate with suppliers and category team to obtain the best possible performance in terms of supplier on time delivery, lead time, and flexibility.

- Develop and lead action plans together with supplier and category team to recover and improve supplier performance and material availability.

- Manage and develop inventory strategies to optimize balance between material availability, flexibility and inventory turnover.

Your background

- Work experience in procurement / supply chain / material planning or related fields. Preferably from manufacturing industry

- Degree in Engineering, Economics, logistics or equivalent work experience

- You are a driven person with strong analytical skills and a result-oriented approach to solving problems and delivering to target.

- Team player with collaborative skills and ready to work in an international business environment

- Good communication and presentation skills in both Swedish and English

- Proficiency with MS Office and Excel. Experience in SAP MM Module is a strong advantage.

Required skills: SAP