Aumovio

Automotive

CategoryPurchaser(m/f/d)

Timișoara, Romania FULL TIME
The Brief

“Category Purchaser (m/f/d) at Aumovio. Skills: process management, cross-functional coordination, vendor/stakeholder management, operational metrics, resource planning, continuous improvement, purchasing, negotiation. Manage a purchasing volume within your assigned. Develop and implement material and supplier strategies based on internal needs and market analysis”

What You'll Achieve.

securing the best market conditions for AUMOVIO; improving cost performance; cost-improvement discussions; cost-reduction

Industry & Context.

Automotive
Problems you'll solve

strategic thinking; identify bundling opportunities; handle non‑conformance cost discussions; Identify and mitigate supply chain risks

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

minimum 3 years of relevant experience in purchasing or a related technical, negotiation, communication, and decision‑making skills in an international, Comfortable collaborating with R&D, SQM, Plants, and cross‑functional, Good understanding of purchasing processes and technical, English at a level that enables communication with global, Experience with SAP is required

What You'll Do.

Manage a purchasing volume within your assigned

Develop and implement material and supplier strategies based on internal needs and market analysis

identify bundling opportunities and handle non‑conformance cost discussions with suppliers and ensure contract lifecycle management with compliant

Identify and mitigate supply chain risks and ensure compliance with sustainability and legal

Drive supplier selection

Lead annual negotiations

and cost‑improvement discussions with

Initiate and support value engineering

cost‑reduction and supplier performance

Guide internal stakeholders in using purchasing processes

Ensure timely and accurate data maintenance in purchasing systems and support monthly controlling/target tracking

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

cross-functional coordination; collaborating with R&D, SQM, Plants, and cross‑functional; Guide internal stakeholders in using purchasing processes, tools, and

Communication Scope

communication; English at a level that enables communication with global

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