Job Title: Lead Buyer Direct Materials / Category Buyer Components Location: Cologne, Germany Industry : Automotive Company Profile: Our client is a major automotive supplier with established relationships with all European OEMs. They develop and manufacture pressed parts, complex body assemblies and outer skin parts (class A). Their manufacturing capacities enable them to serve the lightweight design trend in the automotive industry. Job Description: Cross-site material group responsibility for production material Commercial purchasing responsibility for all plants in the north (Germany, Belgium) and east (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland) regions Implementation of projects to save costs, rationalize and improve supplier performance Defining a supplier strategy for the group Decision on supplier evaluation Conducting annual price negotiations Management of the purchasing activities within the commodity together with the local antennas Definition and monitoring of KPI dashboard to track supplier and purchasing performance within each commodity Please apply directly through website or email your CV at aymen@cogs-global.com.