Are you our next Senior Purchaser?

Job Description

• Manage local site purchasing and vendor relationships, ensuring the efficient execution of purchasing strategies and contracts.

• Support the definition of category strategies in line with group and business unit visions.

• Act as the first point of escalation for purchasing issues at sites under your purview.

• Prepare and present purchasing performance reports to plant managers, site managers, and the Group Purchasing Department.

• Collaborate closely with BPO positions to support stakeholder needs.

• Drive risk mitigation and cost reduction strategies, consolidate purchasing needs, and lead negotiations with suppliers.

• Manage contracts, performance evaluations, and market trend analysis.

• Contribute to supplier market analysis and the identification of alternative solutions.

 

Qualification Requirements

• Ensure compliance with Corporate Purchasing Rules and General Management Procedures.

• Leverage negotiation tools to secure the best deals considering cost, quality, and planning factors.

• Prepare offer evaluations during RFQs and lead discussions with relevant teams before placing orders.

• Use evaluation templates (TCO) where applicable and meet KPI targets related to savings, CSR scorecards, and e-auctions.

• Ensure our supply chain meets CSR expectations and involve competition in all purchasing processes.

• Lead the competitiveness program for your assigned plants and follow up on year-to-date (YTD) and year-end (YEO) results.

• Establish frame agreements with suppliers, always securing three compliant offers for purchases above €50,000.

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.

• 1-5 years of purchasing experience.

• Strong negotiation and communication skills.

• Fluent in English (basic Norwegian skills preferred).

• Competitive, positive mindset with strong analytical skills in Excel.

• Adaptable and results-oriented.

• Experience with SAP and Ariba is preferred.

Duration: 6 months

About MDE

When the right people connect, we create value.

MDE Group is a global recruitment company, specializing in finding and placing the greatest talents worldwide. MDE currently consists of 12 companies that offer consulting, staffing, recruitment services as well as offshore personnel. With our unique knowledge of both the local and the international market, we will connect employees and companies, so they both find exactly what they are looking for. MDE aims to contribute to people developing and to ensure that our customers achieve great value from our services. We first succeed when both clients and our candidates reach their goals, together.

Our mission is to deliver relevant expertise. The right person with the right competence, at the right place and time. So simple, yet so difficult!