Junior Buyer

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Job Summary: Responsible for validating purchase requisitions, conducting quotations, issuing purchase orders, and tracking deliveries to ensure compliance and smooth procurement and supplier management processes. Key Highlights: 1. Supplier management and commercial negotiations 2. Strategic interface with warehouse, requesting departments, and finance 3. Market monitoring and generation of cost-saving reports **Job Category** ================ Supply Chain & Procurement**Position Summary** ==================== Responsible for validating purchase requisitions, conducting quotations, issuing purchase orders via ERP, and tracking deliveries to ensure compliance with specifications and deadlines. Manages suppliers, conducts commercial negotiations, performs market analysis, and generates cost-saving reports. Serves as the interface with warehouse, requesting departments, and finance, ensuring alignment, correct documentation, and process efficiency.**Responsibilities** ==================== **Procurement Process** * Requisition Analysis: Validate internal purchase requests, ensuring technical specifications are clear. * Quotations: Conduct tendering processes (per internal procurement policy) for production materials, office supplies, or recurring services. * Purchase Order Issuance: Formalize purchases through the system (ERP), monitoring approval within the financial workflow. **Supplier Management** * Monitoring: Perform daily delivery tracking to prevent stockouts or project delays. * Identify new market options to enhance competitiveness. * Serve on the front line in cases of returns, damages, or invoice discrepancies. **Strategic and Financial Support** * Base Price Negotiation: Negotiate payment terms, freight, and discounts for low- to medium-volume purchases. * Market Analysis: Monitor price fluctuations of key raw materials to anticipate purchasing needs. * Cost-Saving Reports: Measure and report savings achieved between the initial quotation and final agreed value. **Internal Interface** * Alignment with Warehouse and Requesting Departments: Ensure physical proof matches purchased items. * Support to Finance Team: Ensure all documentation (purchase orders and invoices) is accurate to avoid errors in invoice processing. **Minimum Qualifications** ========================== Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related fields; Experience in Procurement and negotiation techniques; Knowledge of SAP system; Intermediate English. **What We Offer as a Company** At Bridgestone, what truly matters is generating co-creation opportunities while simultaneously stimulating your curiosity and creativity to make mobility safer, more efficient, and more sustainable for present and future generations. Regardless of your role, when you represent Bridgestone, you are a valued team member and part of our broader mission to “Serve Society with Superior Quality.” We offer more than just competitive compensation; we provide: * An engaging and supportive onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team. * Opportunities for development and growth through regular training and mentoring. * Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives. * A truly global, dynamic, and challenging work environment. * Agility and effectiveness in work/life balance and long-term well-being. * A diverse and inclusive team. *Bridgestone is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to consider all individuals without regard to age, color, ancestry, physical or mental disability, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.* **About Us** Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as the strategic region “Bridgestone West.” This region serves the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, headquartered globally in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture, and market a broad range of Bridgestone, Firestone, and associated brand products and solutions to meet the needs of a wide variety of customers and industries. **** **At Bridgestone, You Are Always Free to Be.** We believe people can only deliver superior service and quality to others when they bring their most authentic selves to work. We champion all perspectives, individuals, and teams because we understand the importance of viewing the world—and our business—through diverse lenses. We are building a team as diverse as the world we serve. *So, show us who you are—because who you are is exactly what we need.*