Commodity Buyer Lubricants

  • Częstochowa
  • Zf
What's Next? Join ZF ZF is a global technology company supplying systems for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and industrial technology, enabling the next generation of mobility. ZF allows vehicles to see, think and act. In the four technology domains of Vehicle Motion Control, Integrated Safety, Automated Driving, and Electric Mobility, ZF offers comprehensive product and software solutions for established vehicle manufacturers and newly emerging transport and mobility service providers. ZF electrifies a wide range of vehicle types. With its products, the company contributes to reducing emissions, protecting the climate and enhancing safe mobility. Commodity Buyer Lubricants Seeking for a self-motivated commodity buyer with strong communication and negotiation skills to join our global commodity purchasing team within the chemicals Cluster. The Lubricant's commodity is acting globally across the whole ZF group to support the growing needs of the related to oils, grease, paints, adhesives, thermal pastes. As part of our team, you will be involved in the souring process for new projects ZF won. Within your daily business, you will be ZF's contact window to the supplier and responsible for negotiating the needed contracts and purchasing prices based on defined targets. You will work in a young and motivated team split across the world. What you can look forward to as Commodity Buyer Lubricants (m/f/d): Strategic Sourcing for the Commodity: Bid List alignment, RFQ, Sourcing recommendations up to SAB & SDB levels. Contribute to Commodity savings for the assigned suppliers and Part Families in different regions in all Business Units, to achieve the OP targets, including generation and follow up of VAVE measures. Generate and execute Global Competitive Sourcing's (GCS). Cost analysis for fact-based recommendations, from QAF (Quotation Analysis Form) level to TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) level, in cooperation with Cost Engineering. Currently not relevant for Lubricants Interface with internal customers on critical issues as necessary. Supplier lead Contact, coordination of the commodity topics for the assigned suppliers, including accountability for Business Plan fulfillment, capacity planning, contractual status, financial health monitoring, etc. Maintenance of savings / inflation in the purchasing systems (MAPS). Ownership of operational purchasing tasks in the field of responsibility (purchase orders, invoices, etc.). Your profile as Commodity Buyer Lubricants (m/f/d): Demonstrated performance in working cross-functionally and/or within a matrixed organization and working independently to obtain results Flexible, team player, results oriented, organized, systematic, efficient, problem solver. Good analytical and communication skills, multitasking, sense of ownership, strategic thinking, negotiation excellence. Why you should choose ZF in Czestochowa/Gliwice: Working in an international, dynamic environment with various stakeholders involved; Attractive career growth possibilities (international contracts, trainings and exciting professional challenges); Business trips; Medical care and My Benefit system; Flexible working hours and home office (a hybrid model). Be part of our ZF team as Commodity Buyer Lubricants and apply now What does DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) mean for ZF as a company? At ZF, we continuously strive to build and maintain a culture where inclusiveness is lived and diversity is valued. We actively seek ways to remove barriers so that all our employees can rise to their full potential. We aim to embed this vision in our legacy through how we operate and build our products as we shape the future of mobility.