The Role;

Ekomak Product Company, Kocaeli Turkey, has a vacancy for a Sourcing, (Purchasing) engineer for compressor components ranging from 2.2 kw to 315kw.

In this job you are responsible for the purchase of components for the industrial air compressors and driers that meet the requirements in terms of quality, price and delivery performance.

You manage the supplier’s market for these components in an active way, meaning you are responsible for:

• Good material knowledge, knowledge about canopy parts bending, welding processes, and pressured vessels
• Ability to read and write technical specifications is preferable
• Project implementation
• Exploring new suppliers, sourcing opportunities locally and internationally
• The supplier selection process incl. price analyses and price negotiations
• Identification of product and/or process optimization leading to the definition and implementation of cost-reduction projects
• Close cooperation with Planning, Engineering team, and other stakeholders
• Regularly be a part of new projects and search/procuring project’s special parts from the local & foreign market
• Attending global meetings and communicating with attendees in English properly
• Challenging and optimizing product specification in close cooperation with our engineering team
• Optimization of supply chain process according to projects
• Follow-up of quality performance (together with the SQA engineer) and delivery performance.
• Monitor and support inventory management activities, together with Planning and Production team.
• Experienced in Supplier relationship management, and multi-supplier management: Maintaining, developing, and controlling existing relations with suppliers

Experience requirements

• 2 to 4 years purchasing, and sourcing experience in a global company.
• Good negotiation skills, ability to express oneself (verbal and written)
• Experience in a technical function or production environment is an asset.
• Experienced in ERP programs
• Preferred responsible commodity: fabrication parts, compressor electronic components, OEM parts one or all
• Absence of domestic and international travel barriers
• English is a must, actively used in Projects
• Good command of Turkish and English

Knowledge

Preferably from the Mechanical Engineering department of the university.
You have a profound knowledge of English. Other languages are a plus.

Personality requirements

• Improved business process tracking skills
• Be able to handle and guide the process from start to end
• Confidence
• improved self-expression ability
• Build relationship: you build harmony and establish good relationships with suppliers and stakeholders
• Self-Confident
• Results focus: you commit to targets and goals and stand firm in the implementation.
• Analyses and use sound judgement: you look into problems to identify root causes by applying facts, numbers and sound logic
• Good team player and communicator, self-starter

Country and city description

The position will be located in Dilovası, Kocaeli