Category Buyer
Yesterday• Budapest, Hungary
About the Role
We are seeking a skilled and strategic Category Buyer K2K4 (Metal Stampings & Springs) to join our regional procurement team. This role is responsible for managing suppliers and part numbers within the defined category scope across multiple plants in the region. The Category Buyer plays a key role in executing procurement strategies, improving supplier performance, and supporting plant-level procurement operations.
You will lead supplier relationships directly with support of category manager and ensure the successful implementation of the Annual Procurement Operation Plan (APOP) in alignment with regional and global objectives.
Key Responsibilities
Supplier Management
- Lead supplier negotiations and manage RFQ processes
- Organize and facilitate supplier performance meetings
- Develop and implement annual supplier improvement plans (covering productivity, supply chain, quality, sustainability, and innovation)
- Identify supplier risks and implement corrective actions
- Support supplier qualification and assessments
- Drive initiatives such as Should Cost analysis, ISO26000, Lean, and DPO
- Manage supplier contracts and agreements (e.g., Market Award Letters, MSAs)
- Administer supplier accounts in SAP MdG and resolve invoice disputes
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Category Strategy Execution
- Build and execute the regional APOP in alignment with category strategies
- Contribute to Supplier Orientation Charts and support deployment through plant-level PPMs
- Collaborate with the Supplier Quality & Development (SQLD) team to define and implement supplier development plans
Performance Management
- Drive productivity targets in collaboration with Material Productivity Leaders and Procurement Project Leaders
- Prepare and conduct quarterly, semesetrly or yearly negotiations and the raw material market trend implementation
- Ensure supplier delivery performance (U-BOL, U-OTD, S-OTD)
- Support quality performance initiatives and monitor S-DPMe metrics
- Lead or support supplier change and sourcing projects (ENECS, Asian Sourcing, CoS)
- Report productivity actions in the Isave Tool and maintain accurate pricing data
Your Profile
- Proven experience in procurement and supplier management
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills
- Leadership capabilities and ability to manage cross-functional relationships
- Analytical mindset with cost analysis expertise
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and digital procurement tools
- Ability to navigate complex environments and solve problems creatively
- Fluent in English
- Willingness to travel quarterly
What we offer
- Yearly bonus
- Medicover White Spring medical package
- Life & accident insurance
- Cafeteria allowance
- Home Office allowances
- Hybrid and flexible working model
- Voluntary health & pension fund contribution
- Global Family Leave Package to support work-life balance
- WESOP (World Employee Share Ownership Plan), our unique program with the opportunity to become a shareholder in the company
- Working at the company that ranked #1 in TIME World's Most Sustainable Companies in 2024
- International, diverse environment and a company culture that encourages raising questions and ideas - to make an impact
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Client-provided location(s): Budapest, Hungary
Job ID: Schneider_Electric-https://careers.se.com/jobs/100136?lang=en-us
Employment Type: FULL_TIME
Posted: 2026-02-04T18:48:31
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