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Operational Buyer

Company:
Westinghouse Electric Company
Location:
Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Posted:
April 23, 2025
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Description:

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse's mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.

To strengthen our Supply Chain Management team, we are looking for experienced candidates for the position of Buying Specialist for our Global Supply Chain Team. Seize this unique opportunity to take an active part in shaping our new GBS center and grow together with the rapidly developing organization.

Responsibilities:

Purchase goods, materials, components, or services in line with specified cost, quality, and delivery targets

Process Purchase Requisitions, Request for Quotation, and create Purchase Orders

Manage the procure to pay process from engagement through to Purchase Order issuance and ensuring payment

Proactively monitor confirmations of Purchase Orders from the suppliers

Proactively manage on time deliveries (and associated risks) in due coordination with suppliers and internal clients/requisitioners (plants, projects)

Ensure continuous supply of required goods and materials and communicate any supply problems which may pose a risk or impact on business operations

Resolve issues related to Purchase Orders and Invoices in due coordination with Accounts Payable

Closely collaborate with your internal customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders

Manage the creation of new vendors in the Approved Supplier List in due coordination with commercial pillar to ensure compliance with sourcing strategies

Execute implementation of our supply chain strategies

Maintain due trackability and documentation of purchases according to Group policies

Actively contribute to process & systems improvements identification and implementation

Drive cost savings and reductions

Report your achievements on a daily, weekly and monthly basis

Support our further development by identification and implementation of improvements

Support and promote a culture where a high quality of work is the norm

Requirements:

BA in Supply Chain, Business or similar

minimum 3 years of experience in corporate environment, ideally in operational areas (supply chain, nuclear or highly technical areas)

Knowledge of Procurement/ Supply Chain Management processes and function

Fluency (written and spoken) in both English

Very good communication and collaboration skills, teamwork, solution orientation

Strong analytical skills with an eye for details

Ability to multitask, work under pressure and proactively identify and solve issues

Experience in setting priorities, informing on risks and when appropriate making decisions

Excellent communication, teamwork, and collaboration skills

Customer focus with proactive attitude

Negotiation skills will be an asset

Proficient use of SAP, Microsoft WORD, EXCEL, and PowerPoint is desirable

Availability to work on 2nd shift

Why Westinghouse?

Westinghouse Electric Company is the global nuclear energy industry's first choice for safe, clean, and efficient energy solutions. We enable our delivery of this vision by living our value system:

Safety and Quality

Integrity and Trust

Customer Focus and Innovation

Speed and Passion to Win

Teamwork and Accountability

Westinghouse offers great benefits to all our employees around the globe to keep them healthy and enhance their well-being.

Benefits offered in Poland include:

Stable employment

Outstanding and supportive atmosphere of collaboration in the team and in Westinghouse group

Attractive remuneration with bonuses

Hybrid model of work, flexible working time

MyBenefit Cafeteria

Life insurance

Private Medical Care

Employee Assistance Program: confidential counseling and resources for employees, eligible dependents, and household members

Charity initiatives

Parking space for employees

Employee referral program

You can learn more about Westinghouse by visiting

Westinghouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.

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