About this role
Main Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the Supply Management team and support the headquarters team in Kleve by assisting with tasks including
- Support and coordination of RFQs (Requests for Quotation) with suppliers in the Indian region, including initial commercial evaluation of quotations in alignment with Business Unit (BU).
- Support the monitoring and coordination of supplier activities to achieve on-time delivery targets for materials.
- Monitor and support the continuous improvement of inventory KPIs, focusing on material availability, inventory optimization at Vendor.
- Track FAS items and coordinate the required quality control activities for FAS as well as production lots.
- Assist in follow-up activities to ensure smooth material flow through supplier visits in India.
- Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and to reduce costs. The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs
Position Requirements:
- Completed commercial or technical training (associate degree)
- At least 3 years of professional experience in purchasing
- Good written and spoken English skills, business fluent
- Good user knowledge of MS Office products