New Projects Buyer/ Redesign Buyer

Festo inspires people and organizations around the world with innovative solutions for industrial automation. We are an independent family business and offer more than 20,000 employees the opportunity to take bold steps, realize their ideas, and take on responsibility. As a team, we grow by tackling challenges together and we welcome everyone who wants to move the world with us.

With reference to our Purchasing Department we are looking for:

New Projects Buyer

Your job:

• Responsible for the management, organization and coordination of purchasing activities for the new and redesign products.
• Continuously optimize procurement processes to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and improve supplier relationships.
• Create and regularly adjust cost saving projects via defined system/application.
• Supervise implementation of sub-category strategies for key product groups into novelty/redesign projects.
• Conduct RFQ processes, review bids and select suppliers.
• Acts as main interface between Purchasing Department and the R&D Department in the process of product development (from the concept phase till the implementation of the new product in mass production).
• Monitors target costs for all new and replacement parts.
• Responsible for ordering trial series, pilot series and initial stock.
• Organize and release the defined sampling process for the given materials and components.
• Organizes and controls technical and logistics claims of deliveries in close cooperation with Quality and Logistics Departments.
• Development of effective solutions to supply chain problems.

Technical Competencies and Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree – technical field will be considered as an advantage.
• Excellent written and spoken English; German will be considered as an advantage.
• Advanced user of MS Office.
• Previous experience into the field of sourcing of electronic components or PCB’s will be considered as an advantage
• SAP experience will be considered as an advantage.

Professional Competencies and Requirements:

• At least 2 years of proven work experience on the same or similar position.
• Proven professional experience in multidisciplinary and multicultural team and environment.
• Professional experience in production company will be considered as an advantage.

Personal Competencies and Requirements:

• Capable of making fast decisions and taking responsibility for the results in dynamic and changing environment.
• Result orientated.
• Focused on the added value for the internal and/or external clients.
• Team player, able to work in a multicultural environment.
• Thinking out of the box, creativity and continuous improvement attitude.
• Flexible, adaptable, open to meet the change and acquire new knowledge and skills.

The Company offers:

• Motivating compensation and social benefits package.
• Opportunity to work on a variety of projects in the field of industrial automation
• Professional development and learning opportunities in high technology and production environment.

In case your professional qualification corresponds to the above requirements, and you wish to join our growing team, please send us your CV.

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Your documents and personal data will be treated as confidential and will be protected according to Bulgarian Data Protection Legislation and the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR).