Press Tab to Move to Skip to Content Link Select how often (in days) to receive an alert: Select how often (in days) to receive an alert: Senior Buyer Chemical Finish (Plastic-Rubber-Seals), Filters Requisition: 46137 Dana is a global leader in the supply of highly engineered driveline, sealing, and thermal-management technologies that improve the efficiency and performance of vehicles with both conventional and alternative-energy powertrains. Serving three primary markets – passenger vehicle, commercial truck, and off-highway equipment – Dana provides the world's original-equipment manufacturers and the aftermarket with local product and service support through a network of nearly 100 engineering, manufacturing, and distribution facilities.Position Summary We're looking for a Sr Buyer Chemical Finish in Rivoli, Arco or Reggio Emilia Location. This position is responsible to lead all sourcing activities in assigned commodities to ensure purchasing leverages in order to maximize regional and global synergies while executing professional sourcing of products. Main Responsibilities Sr Buyer Chemical Finish will be responsible: to purchase Chemical Finish components to define and deploy strategy for the assigned suppliers and products, in order to secure the right level of quality, delivery, costs, feature, technology, sustainability and risk management. In addition to the operational purchasing activities for assigned suppliers, this role will be responsible for ensuring all sourcing activities, following the sourcing process, performed on global scale and has full responsibility for all deliverables at consolidated commodity level. for negotiations/ agreements. Main opportunities and challenges - Develop and execute Purchasing strategies under the assigned commodities in line with the Regional commodity Strategy establishing and keeping relationships with existing and new suppliers at an international level - Track and report key functional metrics to reduce overall costs and improve effectiveness - Perform strategic Purchasing activities, searching for better deals and find more profitable suppliers - Negotiate and improved prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilizing negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods - Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking - Assess, manage and mitigate risks - Seek and partner with reliable vendors and suppliers Job Position Requirements Education: University bachelor degree Professional background Buyer or senior buyer with min 5 year of experience, with preferred knowledge in Chemical Finish commodity, who has worked in a multinational environment, automotive, white goods or industrial. Hard Skills Essential: Business acumen - Strategic thought · Commercial - Financial / cost management · Quality management · Strategic sourcing · Purchasing system and program skills · English good · Results orientated with the ability to plan and deliver against project deadlines · Strong technical knowledge and understanding of automotive processes and global market Considered as a plus: SAP knowledge Soft Skills Agility and Open – Mindedness Open-Mindedness Results orientated with the ability to plan and deliver against project deadlines "If you are not contacted within 60 days after your application, the search should be considered filled. In compliance with law obligations and GDPR, your application could be considered for further opportunities aligned with you profile" We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.Unsolicited Resumes from Third-Party RecruitersPlease note that as per Dana policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters were engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that Dana will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.Join our team of 40,000 problem solvers who are fostering a culture of innovation by leveraging the diverse perspectives of our global team. We believe in facing challenges head-on by finding opportunity and uncovering possibility, where roadblocks and barriers become targets instead of obstacles. We are One Dana with limitless opportunity. Provider Description Enabled SAP as service provider "route" is used for session stickiness"careerSiteCompanyId" is used to send the request to the correct data center"JSESSIONID" is placed on the visitor's device during the session so the server can identify the visitor Provider Description Enabled YouTube #J-18808-Ljbffr
