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Strategic Procurement Buyer

Toyoyama, Aichi

Outline of the Job

As the Strategic Buyer, you will manage contracting and procurement of parts for the aircraft assembly line and directly report into the Strategic Procurement Manager. The core accountabilities for this role include supplier relationship management and delivering the commodity strategy for a given mix of suppliers.

  • Support and/or lead key contract negotiations, including completing costs analyses and negotiations on terms and conditions
  • Managing work queue, including the sourcing of parts/services, raising and management of purchase documents
  • Supplier operations and relationship management within commodity group
  • Cost reduction / cost management to support the cost targets
  • Support and/or lead development and execution of commodity strategies
    * You must be open to traveling up to 25% of the time domestically/internationally.

Team Mission

The Strategic Procurement team transforms the commodity strategy into best cost parts supply by coordinating closely with the supply chain, the customer and the various related groups such as Engineering and Operational Procurement. The Strategic Procurement team is part of the Supply Chain Management function.

Job Highlights

  • The role is broad and you will be able to work with all the business functions, customers and suppliers
  • You will gain experience of collaborating with international and domestic suppliers on high technology projects.
  • Development routes include direct promotion to Strategic Procurement Manager or growing into related roles such as Operational Procurement

Essential Skills

  • Experience in international Procurement, Supply Chain Management or Commercial Contracting
  • Ability to deliver results in various conditions, highlighting adaptability and perseverance
  • Have a track record of managing product costs effectively
  • Good communication skills
  • Negotiation of contracts, pricing and claims
  • International Business
  • Manage by influence

Desirable Skills

  • Native Japanese / Business English
  • Native English / Business Japanese
  • Aerospace
  • Oracle Netsuite
  • Related experience such as Planning & Control, Engineering or Quality

Target Candidate

  • Able to communicate proactively with a variety of stakeholders
  • Those who can act on their own initiative
  • Have good listening skills to draw out potential issues
  • Have good negotiation skills
  • Have the ability to drive the project forward

 

Type of Employment

  • Permanent Employee or Contract Employee
  • Probationary period: 3~6 month

Place of Employment

  • Nagoya Airport Office: Nagoya Airport Terminal Building 2nd floor, Toyoba, Toyoyama-Cho, Nishikasugai, Aichi Prefecture
  • Scope of Change: Places determined by the Company (including places where telework is performed)

Working Hours

  • Flextime or Discretionary labor system
  • Basic working hours: Start 9:00　End 18:00（Including 1hour break time）

Holidays

  • 115 days off per year（Saturday / Sundays / Newyear holidays（12/29～1/3） / Company designated holidays）
  • Annual paid leave
  • Refresh leave (Granted after 1, 3, 4, 5 years of service)

Salary

  • Annual salary paid in 12 monthly installments (including fixed overtime allowance)
  • To be determined based on skills, experience, and abilities

Expenses

  • Commuting allowance, business trip allowance, moving allowance, etc.
  • Relocation Packages
    *There are some conditions.

Social Insurance

  • Health insurance
  • Employee pension (according to Japan standards)
  • Employment insurance
  • Worker’s accident compensation insurance

Scope of Work Change

  • Reassignment may occur to any other work.

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