Operational Buyer

**Operational Buyer**

In this role, you will purchase goods, materials and services to ensure that the operational needs of the company are met, taking into account price, quality and delivery ensuring continuity of supply.

Your Responsibilities
- Compile demand for materials and services based on the purchasing requisition of the departments.
- Clarify quality requirements and specifications with the respective department.
- Obtain offers and compare in terms of cost, quality, specifications etc.
- In the case of complex goods or services, create a comprehensive tender in alignment with the requisitioner.
- Compiling offers and forwarding them to the requisitioner.
- Renegotiate prices and other conditions, if necessary, select the best offer and prepare the order.
- Execute subsequent orders under the same conditions.
- Creation of orders in the ERP system
- Recording and tracking of order confirmations
- Monitor delivery dates, complain, if necessary, clarify quantity differences
- Analysis of purchases and savings
- Preparation and Implementation of Tenders and Projects
- Support of regular reporting on purchasing key figures
- Support of various internal and external audits for purchasing-related topics

Your Profile
- Technical or business education with professional experience in Purchasing or Supply Chain Management
- Experience in operational purchasing
- Good knowledge of Italian and English
- Sound methodological competence in Purchasing.
- Computer literate: MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, MS Teams
- Years of experience in use of state-of-the-art ERP systems, preferable SAP

We offer

Aside from a dynamic global culture and leading market position, we are proud to offer our employees development opportunities and competitive salary:
Permanent Contract

Flexible hours or remote work environment available for certain positions.

Employee Bonus program.

Why Oerlikon:
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**About us**

Oerlikon is a global innovation powerhouse for surface engineering, polymer processing and additive manufacturing in key industries such as aerospace, automotive, energy, tooling and têxtiles. We serve as a key partner in enabling our customers to reach their targets for optimizing the performance, function and sustainability of their products and manufacturing processes.
Our solutions reduce emissions in transportation, maximize longevity and performance of tools, increase energy efficiency and advance intelligent material and sustainable polymer processing. These achievements are proven hallmarks of our global leadership.

We at Oerlikon embrace diversity. This is reflected in more than 11,800 employees, representing over 93 nationalities and our presence in more than 38 countries and 207 locations worldwide.

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