European Commodity Manager

HAYS Poland jest firmą doradztwa personalnego, należącą do międzynarodowej grupy HAYS plc, notowanej na giełdzie w Londynie i największej firmy rekrutacyjnej w Wielkiej Brytanii.

Grupa posiada ponad 390 biur w 27 krajach na całym świecie, w których łącznie pracuje 8 300 specjalistów. Jest liderem w Europie Środkowej i Wschodniej, Azji, Ameryce Południowej, Australii, Nowej Zelandii, Chinach, Japonii, Hong Kongu i Kanadzie.

For our Client, a multinational production company located in Lower Silesia region, we are seeking to recruit an ambitious and experienced talent to join its team of professionals as an European Commodity Manager.

Reporting to the Purchasing Director for Europe, the Candidate will have a global strategic responsibility for a single commodity and manage purchasing policy for assigned raw materials. The person on this position will be mainly accountable for developing purchasing and sourcing strategy, conducting raw material purchase negotiations and effectively and productively managing relationship with target suppliers. He/she will also monitor on performance to improve purchasing processes and techniques. That person will be responsible for running purchasing expenditure budget on the level of c.a. 75 M €. It will be also essential to provide wide leadership and influence to improve organizational performance.Moreover, the European Commodity Manager will be expected to cooperate with R&D and Business Managers to understand the potential new Raw Materials of the future.

To be successful in this role you should have at least 5 years of experience on a similar position across Purchasing Area and at least Bachelor Degree or equivalent level of qualification in Business or Technical Area. A good candidate would have a good understanding of chemical industry and processes. Proven record of negotiation skills and decision making is also required as well as a fluent command of English. Developed understanding of Continuous Excellence methodologies is also very welcome. Our Client is seeking a person who is passionate about his/her job and displays a customer focus attitude. He/she must be result-oriented, show initiative and be able to travel in business. The perfect candidate should possess excellent communication and negotiation skills as well as developed capability to present information clearly and concisely.

Our Client offers an interesting and challenging work in international environment. It is an opportunity for personal development and raise professional qualifications. The role comes with an attractive remuneration package, as well as a variety of employee benefits.

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