DRIVE CHANGE HERE. MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN HOMES AROUND THE WORLD.
Our mission is to ensure company goals are being met through identifying key strategic suppliers and focusing on key metrics such as Innovation, Quality, Sustainability, and Productivity.
You will be based in Susegana (TV), located nearby Venice, in a modern office setting with colleagues working with with a Global Purchasing team with team members represented in all major Business Areas.
We are looking for an experienced Purchasing professional with a background in home appliance purchasing. Any experience in refrigeration and/or reciprocating compressor would be considered a bonus.
**Tasks**:
- Managing global compressor categories across multiple business areas with a specific focus on Europe and Asia Pacific business areas.
- Managing the business strategically with the objective to leverage, to promote complexity reduction, simplification, modularization, cost performance and innovation driving.
- Leadership to develop and retain strong supplier relationships.
- Coordination of EU/AP activities to generate initiatives and projects to deliver productivity targets.
- Lead in negotiations and use creative ways to drive value by the utilization of Value Based Sourcing.
- Evaluate and propose actions and initiatives around simplification and complexity reduction and ensure actions and initiatives are aligned globally.
Qualifications:
- University degree (Industrial/Mechanical/Electrical Engineer or Economics background is an asset)
- Knowledge in household refrigeration appliances. Any background in reciprocating compressors is a plus.
- Experience in adjacent disciplines as manufacturing, research and development is welcomed;
- Required languages: Fluent English written and spoken
- Availability for regular international travelling getting in contact with different cultural backgrounds, industrial and economical realities.
At Electrolux, we take responsibility for our development in a supportive environment where we embrace our differences and learn from each other. In a truly multicultural setting, we shape living for the better and create remarkable experiences for employees and consumers, all around the globe.
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