Buyer

Company Name: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Europe, Ltd.

Location:

Munich, DE, 80331

Job Description:

Job Title: Buyer X2

Functional Area: Procurement

Reporting To: Procurement Manager

Contract Type: Full time, 2-year fixed term contract with possibility of extension based on performance

Office Location: Munich,Germany

Purpose of the Job:

The main activity of MHI-EMEA’s Procurement group for Energy Systems is to support overall procurement activities of MHI Japan for aforesaid businesses and also to perform such procurement activities itself from EMEA suppliers as:

All procurement execution activities including delivery expediting (field & desk expediting, collecting shipping documents)
Coordination and negotiation between European suppliers and Japan team
Sourcing and corroboration (finding new potential suppliers, Leading on the VE activities)

Key Tasks:

Expediting all deliverables from suppliers
Negotiating with suppliers for price and terms not only for new order but also for claim
Sourcing new suppliers in the European market
Attending exhibition and trade fairs for finding new potential suppliers
Creating and maintaining good relationship with European suppliers and give/get feedbacks each other

Job Description:

Description	Required skill
Sourcing	To find new supplier by using own resource (not given by others) and evaluate possibility of adoption by judging experiences of new supplier
Negotiation	To create our counter proposal against supplier’s comment to have desired result To conduct negotiation with supplier based on self-created strategy
Execution	To detect even the small issue on the supplier’s progress report, correspondence between supplier and Japan team and/or any information sources. To take appropriate actions quickly after finding the issues. To take proactive action before the issue (delivery delay, finance etc.) escalates by reviewing the supplier’s progress report, financial report etc.
Accounting literacy	By reading financial statement, to make assessment of supplier’s situation (safety, efficiency & profitability)
Market literacy	To have supplier’s competitor information and assess each supplier’s position in the market To add candidate in the tender in addition to information from engineer

Education/ Qualification:

English and Maths GCSE Grade C or above, or equivalent
College degree or higher

Experience:

Experience as a buyer or equivalent duty for more than 3 years
Strong Problem-solving mind and fairness
Experience and knowledge of international trading business
Knowledge of laws / regulations related to business
Law abidingness and compliance
Communication skill in cross-cultural environment
Language skills
IT / PC literacy (Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc)

Work Place:

Munich London (Germany UK), Munich (Germany), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries EMEA, Ltd., Munich Branch, Sonnenstrasse32, 80331, Munich, Germany

Specifics:

7 working hours per day
Monday to Friday
Visiting group companies’ offices in the UK and Europe if required