Operational Buyer

Do you want to work in a company that is an important contributor to the transformation to green energy

and are you a structured but creative person who takes pride in providing a high service level to the business?

If you also have your first experience in logistics or purchasing as well as an education in the relevant field?

Then you might be our new team member!

Ensuring all day-to-day procurement activities and material availability

We are looking for an operational buyer with a structured mindset and first experience within logistics, supply chain, or purchasing.

In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring material availability, and stock optimization based on the prevailing production rate and material needs.

You will also develop your skillset to gain Tactical Buyer competencies.

 Your primary tasks include

•   Perform operational buying activities within Business Unit ensuring a focus on cycle times and quality of customer service

•   Execute the purchase, applying eSourcing where possible, and create purchasing documentation

•   Maintain strong information flows with the Category Teams in the event of high-value or non-standard requests,

opportunities to aggregate demand, submission of operational buying data for input to strategies and plans, and issues requiring escalation

•   Support business in Sourcing activities and act as tactical buyer deputy

•   Ensure the transactional component of the procurement process is delivered and that handovers between process steps are effective and efficient

•   Create reports/provide input to fulfill legal requirements: INTRASTAT, environmental reports - packaging consumption, GUS, SENT 

Disciplined and process-oriented personality

You work in a structured and meticulous manner and you find it easy to see situations from a helicopter perspective.

To fit into the role, you also need to be focused yet also flexible.

You enjoy having many contact surfaces both internally and externally, and your collaboration skills and communication abilities are profound.

Further your cv will preferably comprise:

• Experience with calculations, analysis and forecasting work
• Good knowledge of SAP and Excel
• Fluency in English
• Ariba system knowledge is merit
• Experience in sourcing, negotiation and contracts

Contact and application

NKT is committed to fostering a diverse organization and a culture where people from different backgrounds can thrive and are inspired to perform at their best.

We believe that a diverse organization enables sustainable performance and that an inclusive and welcoming culture makes for a better place to work.

Please apply at our website. We encourage you to apply as quickly as possible as applications are reviewed, and interviews conducted concurrently.

 If you have any questions, you are very welcome to contact HR Business Partner Katarzyna Organ at katarzyna.organ@nkt.com, tel + 48 662 229 761

 We welcome your application!

About NKT
At NKT, we are all Connectors. We connect to develop leading technologies that enable the world’s transition to renewable energy - and we stay connected to grow as people and professionals. As a company, NKT connects a greener world with high-quality power cable technology - designing, manufacturing and installing low-, medium- and high-voltage power cable solutions and accessories that support the green transition. NKT is headquartered in Denmark, employs 4,500 people in more than 15 countries, and realized revenue of EUR 2,1 billion in 2022. We connect a greener world. www.nkt.com