Advanced Purchasing Engineer - Moutier, Switzerland
Introduction
The Tornos Group is a world leader in industrialization solutions. TORNOS has always been the pioneer in the development, manufacture and distribution of automatic Swiss-type lathes and multispindle machines. We are proud of our 130-year history and our 640 employees worldwide.
The Tornos culture is based on trust, innovation, passion and excellence.
To meet the complex challenges of the industrial world, we recruit the best talents and develop their skills for the future.
Working as a team and sharing the same values make us stronger. We are agile, confident, open, collaborative and bold.
MISSION
- Driving Bill of Material cost optimization through Benchmarking, Design-to-Cost or value engineering
- Ensure Early involvement of suppliers for new machines
- Innovation and technology screening
- Participate in developing a procurment strategy
- Leading negotiations to secure favorable commercial terms
- Supports operative purchasers in development and implementation of commodity processes
- Being in charge for prototype phase of products up to launch of serial production
Your responsibilities
- Innovation Screening: Conducts analysis of technology trends relevant to applications
- Evaluates and enhances suppliers from a technological perspective
- Facilitates technology workshops with suppliers in order to realize cost reduction based on a Tota-Cost-of-Ownership approach
- Secures early involvement in the complete Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) process
- Actively participates in product development processes to meet cost targets; integrates preferred suppliers and Commodity strategies for critical components and technologies;Particpates in Make-or-Buy decisions;
- Launches Design-to-Cost initiatives
- Provides support for Redesign/Reverse Engineering projects
- Initiates operational purchasing tasks for prototypes and pre-serial production, transferring responsibility to strategic or operational buyers once products enter serial production
- Retains the authority to object or veto decisions regarding part selection made by other functions (R&D, Production, etc.) for procurement-related reasons
Your profile
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or related field. Alternatively, technical education with extensive work-related experience
- Proven track record in procurement, cost-savings activities, product management and engineering
- At least 5-10 years of working experience in mechanical sectors, ideally CNC-machines
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities to collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders
- In-depth knowledge of market trends, customer needs, and product development processes
- Languages (Fluent English mandatory, French / German/Italian is a plus
- SAP MM experience, MS Office (PowerBi is a plus)
Contact
Send your application to :
TORNOS SA Human resources Rue Industrielle 111 CH-2740 Moutier Switzerland Tel: +41 (0)32 494 44 44 E-mail : hr [at] tornos.com