The Buyer is responsible for managing purchasing processes, negotiations, and contracts for English-language projects while collaborating with suppliers and internal teams to optimize costs.
What we offer:
At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.
Group Summary:
As an engineering and manufacturing partner, Magna's Complete Vehicle group helps traditional OEMs and new entrants to bring their automotive visions to life. At Magna, you will work in an innovative, international and dynamic team, always pursuing the goal of delivering high-quality products. We work in a diverse environment with global development opportunities. Together with our employees we constantly strive to create a better world of mobility.
Job Responsibilities:
We are looking for a committed, responsible and communicative buyer for local projects.
As Purchasing at Magna Steyr, we have our hands on the pulse of the company and manage two important interfaces: those with our customers and those with our suppliers.
We bring new automotive groups together with their future supply base and thus contribute to the realization of exciting business models.
We regularly tap into cost potential for well-known automotive groups and make a significant contribution to the competitiveness of their products.
Your tasks
- Responsibility for the entire purchasing process regarding inquiry and offer processing, negotiations, orders and contracts for English-language projects for materials and components
- Performing Request for Quotations in cooperation with the specialist department, creating and maintaining global/local supplier portfolios, doing negotiations and contracts, including deadline and key figure tracking
- Representation of purchasing interests in interdisciplinary teams
- Independent organization of your purchasing agendas and coordination within the team
- Creating SAP contracts and order processing
- Carrying out procurement market analyses and deriving company-oriented sourcing strategies
- Proactive identification of cost reduction measures, active participation in process optimization and contribution of ideas
- Independent takeover of the area of responsibility after a completed training phase and ongoing support through mentoring
- Independent organization and implementation of supplier workshops
What we are looking for
- Completed technical/commercial studies with business knowledge or completed commercial training
- Purchasing experience in automotive is an advantage
- Basic technical understanding
- Very good MS Office skills (especially Excel)
- SAP skills
Your preferred qualifications
- High level of problem-solving skills, assertiveness and resilience
- Occasional willingness to travel
Awareness, Unity, Empowerment:
At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That's why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.
Worker Type:
Regular / Permanent
Group:
Magna Steyr
At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.
Group Summary:
As an engineering and manufacturing partner, Magna's Complete Vehicle group helps traditional OEMs and new entrants to bring their automotive visions to life. At Magna, you will work in an innovative, international and dynamic team, always pursuing the goal of delivering high-quality products. We work in a diverse environment with global development opportunities. Together with our employees we constantly strive to create a better world of mobility.
Job Responsibilities:
We are looking for a committed, responsible and communicative buyer for local projects.
As Purchasing at Magna Steyr, we have our hands on the pulse of the company and manage two important interfaces: those with our customers and those with our suppliers.
We bring new automotive groups together with their future supply base and thus contribute to the realization of exciting business models.
We regularly tap into cost potential for well-known automotive groups and make a significant contribution to the competitiveness of their products.
Your tasks
- Responsibility for the entire purchasing process regarding inquiry and offer processing, negotiations, orders and contracts for English-language projects for materials and components
- Performing Request for Quotations in cooperation with the specialist department, creating and maintaining global/local supplier portfolios, doing negotiations and contracts, including deadline and key figure tracking
- Representation of purchasing interests in interdisciplinary teams
- Independent organization of your purchasing agendas and coordination within the team
- Creating SAP contracts and order processing
- Carrying out procurement market analyses and deriving company-oriented sourcing strategies
- Proactive identification of cost reduction measures, active participation in process optimization and contribution of ideas
- Independent takeover of the area of responsibility after a completed training phase and ongoing support through mentoring
- Independent organization and implementation of supplier workshops
What we are looking for
- Completed technical/commercial studies with business knowledge or completed commercial training
- Purchasing experience in automotive is an advantage
- Basic technical understanding
- Very good MS Office skills (especially Excel)
- SAP skills
Your preferred qualifications
- High level of problem-solving skills, assertiveness and resilience
- Occasional willingness to travel
Awareness, Unity, Empowerment:
At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That's why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.
Worker Type:
Regular / Permanent
Group:
Magna Steyr
Top Skills
Excel
MS Office
SAP
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