Technical Buyer

Jobinhalt

GRACO IS PART OF YOUR DAILY LIFE

We pump the peanut butter and mayonnaise into your jar, the filling into your cookie, and the oil into your car. We glue the soles of your shoes, the glass in your windows and pump the ink onto your bills. We spray varnish on your furniture, coating on your pills, the paint on your house and texture on your walls. We even sprayed the paint on the White House in Washington D.C. and stripes on the field at Wembley Stadium in London. As one of the world’s leading suppliers of fluid management products and packages in the markets in which we participate, our mission is to generate sustained profitable growth for the benefit of our customers, associates, shareholders and communities.

Graco is proud to be named a Best Place to Work in Manufacturing and Production by Fortune Magazine.

Our European headquarter is located in Maasmechelen, Belgium. From this location some 160 highly skilled employees serve Graco’s external and internal customers throughout EMEA.

Purpose of the job

The purpose of the job is to improve purchasing’s effectiveness and supplier performance to support organizational goals and objectives. The technical buyer ensures that all the appropriate internal and external quality requirements regarding local product surveying are followed. He/she ensures annual improvement in the total cost, quality and service.

Job result areas

• Responsible for complete order flow and managing master data related to purchasing
• Supplier evaluation
• Improvement in cost, quality and service
• Negotiating contracts

Principal activities and duties

• Providing purchasing support by ensuring all required materials are procured in a timely and cost effective manner as well as ensuring high quality.
• Accountable for receipt and control of goods delivered, quality, invoice and audits
• Supporting New product Development. Working closely with engineers and suppliers to control product cost, performance and meet project timelines.
• Maintaining purchasing data (purchase prices, revisions, suppliers…)
• Managing the supplier performance

Limitation of number of returns to suppliers

Improve service level for number of lines delivered on time

Improve service level for number of lines delivered with correct quantity

• Negotiating contracts

Margin increase (lower price)

Lead time reduction

Minimum order quantity/reduction cost

Quality

• Identifying, analyzing, and developing a consolidated supplier base to meet current and future procurement needs. Acquiring a good knowledge of the suppliers in the market.
• Other duties as assigned.

Position requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Materials Management or equivalent
• Technical background (high technician / engineer fluid, mechanic)
• Experience in purchasing (>3years)
• Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)
• Fluent English and French (spoken and written), German is a plus
• Excellent negotiating and communication skills
• High tolerance for change. Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills

OFFER:

Graco offers a full-time contract, a competitive salary with extralegal benefits in a challenging and international work environment with an eye for continuous learning. As such there can be development and career opportunities for potentials. Stay in good physical shape by using our fitness facilities, compete with your colleagues at Ping-Pong tournaments or go for a short walk with them at noon in a green environment. Enjoy the free energy of coming to work without traffic jams, in a profitable, growing no nonsense organization.