Purchasing Project Manager

About the position

We are looking for a Skilled Project Purchasing professional to strengthen our highly dynamic, and global Project Purchasing Team. You will be part of the purchasing department and Kongsberg Automotive’s (KA) Flow Control Systems business unit. Your contribution will have significant impact to Kongsberg Automotive’ s future growth and the success of our Product development and Product launches. As a Project buyer you will be part of developing new products with new technologies to meet the new demand of Automotive business and sustainable solutions. We count on your technical interest combined with your commercial mindset to support the development of these new products. At Kongsberg we are a true global team, and you will work together with colleagues around the globe. The position requires a lot of interaction with the different roles in the organisation as well as externally.

The position can be based either in Warsaw, Poland or Gothenburg, Sweden.

Responsibilities

• Purchasing team member in the Business Unit/Segment’s NPI (New Product Introduction) projects
• Be the main purchasing interface towards suppliers during the project, lead technical reviews with suppliers, make sure project deliverables from supplier side are met on time and budget
• Manage engineering changes, including commercial discussions
• Manage prototype suppliers (including negotiation, agreements, prototype tools orders)
• Communicate with Category team about specific supplier needs and support investigation of new supplier base when required 
• Support sales and engineering with project cost and pricing objectives in close cooperation with the Category Buyers
• Carry out project management, planning activities and maintain reporting
• Carry out RFQ kick offs with correct data and teams
• Responsibility for the handover of projects to Category Buyers 
• Initiate and coordinate supplier VAVE activities, including organization of supplier days and workshops

Requirements

• Educated to degree level or relevant qualification 
• Commercial background, attention to detail, appreciation of Global economics 
• Experience in procurement and dealing with direct material into manufacturing operations 
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal, at all levels 
• Computer literate and good working knowledge of Microsoft Office Systems and ERP 
• Organisation skills, ability to prioritize 
• Project management 
• Effective cross-cultural Communication 
• Technical understanding or engineering background is a bonus 
• Proactivity and drive to continuous improvement

What we offer

The role is based either in Warsaw, Poland or Gothenburg, Sweden.

If this sounds interesting and likely to be the right challenge for you, we would be pleased to receive your application. The applications will be handled on an on-going basis and the position may be filled before application deadline date.

Application / Contact

If this sounds interesting and likely the right challenge for you, we look forward to receiving your application!

Please register your CV/resume and cover letter.

Within your application, please inform us regarding your notice period and salary expectations.

The applications will be handled on an ongoing basis and the position may be filled before the application deadline date.