Mechanical Buyer

Brabant Wallon - Contracting (permanent contract)



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For our client specialised in the manufacturing of medical equipment, we are looking for a Mechanical Buyer. You will be in charge of the sourcing of strategic mechanical assemblies and sub-assemblies used in the development and manufacturing of medical equipment. You will report to the Direct Purchasing Manager.

Your role will be:

• To perform sourcing marketing to identify potential suppliers.
  
• To prepare RFQ (Requests for Quotations) and send them to identified suppliers
  
• To prepare, challenge and negotiate with the suppliers.
  
• To ensure the quality of the purchased items in collaboration with the Suppliers Development Engineers team.
  
• To build up and secure the production capacities of the suppliers.
  
• To identify critical parts, organize technical reviews and post-mortem with suppliers.
  
• To identify and implement collaborative actions to reduce the Total Cost of Ownership and deploy continuous improvement actions.
  
• To coordinate purchasing activities with R&D, engineering and system owners as well as the whole manufacturing and supply chain.
  
• To provide feedback to R&D about technological improvements available on the market.
  
• To lead recurrent meetings with your dedicated Procurement Associate and Supplier Development Engineer (SDE) in order to follow issues, action plans, and improvements related to your purchased commodities.
  
• To define, get approval on and implement sourcing strategies for your commodities of products
  

You have:

• A Master degree in mechanical Engineering
  
• Knowledge of mechanical manufacturing processes, welding processes, coating processes are a must
  
• A first experience (minimum 3 years) in the purchasing of high-tech equipment based on technical specifications and technical drawings
  
• Knowledge of MS Office and SAP (MM) 
  
• Excellent negotiation, networking and persuasion skills
  

And you also are:

• A driven and result-oriented individual and you are able to organize your work autonomously
  
• A flexible and stress resistant person with effective organizing and problem solving skills
  
• Capable to propose innovative solution to manage a huge quantities of references to source
  
• A team player with excellent oral and written communications skills, both in French and in English
  
• Familiar with Quality Management Systems