Commodity Buyer (m/w/d)

Job Description Summary

Mission:
Lead Buyer for Professional & Labor Services on Grid Solutions GSI Substation Business. The Commodity Buyer is responsible for the performance of the associated suppliers from tendering stage (ITO) to execution (OTR). She/He addresses customer specific requirements for each project while assuring best practices sharing continuous improvement among other commodity buyers. She/He supports also the existing Sourcing team for the purchase of other materials and services needed for our projects.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Define supplier strategy including management and optimization of supplier panels. Lead negotiations and allocate needs to specific suppliers.
• Actively driving the communication towards suppliers to improve partnership and collaboration
• Prepare and launch RFQ`s, negotiate the contracts in coordination with the internal stakeholders and transmit information to Procurement
• Prioritize contract (re)negotiation, anticipate information gathering and discussions to accelerate contract agreement in OTR
• Streamline the onboarding process based on supplier market constraints, make explicit Product Line risk appetite by nature of risks review during onboarding
• Coordinate the assessment of the supplier's performance, to manage the on-going contracts execution and to influence the strategic positioning for next deals
• Map the supplier market per capabilities, business interest, past performance, geographical area for each segment
• Share market evolutions, key indexes, best practices within the team and across other GE organizations, templates, checklists
• Scope and responsibilities may evolve depending on the context and the profile of the candidate

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• Project sourcing and negotiations skills
• Ability to understand and execute commodity strategies
• Strong oral and written communication skills and ability to influence others
• Lead initiatives of moderate scope and impact
• Ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously
• Effective problem identification and solution skills
• Ability to work in a team and matrix organization

• Expertise in Project Contract Management, Engineering or Strategic Sourcing
• At least 3 years of working experience
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Language: German (B2 level required) and English
• Office Software (Word, Excel, Power point, Outlook)
• Ability to work in a global environment
• Hybrid Office Model Accepted