Customer Buyer (m/f/d)

As a Customer Buyer, you are responsible for managing cost, availability and inventory for the materials of the assigned programs. This role focuses on the sourcing of material considering best costs, quality and availability.
You should be a dynamic and self-motivated team player with an outstanding personality.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Sourcing: Calculate material costs, select suppliers, and design the optimal supply chain for assigned customer programs. Mitigate risks, define order quantities for critical components, benchmark prices, place POs, and manage delivery timelines in SAP (SCX).
•  Material Cost Management & Controlling: Deliver benchmark costs to support business wins, drive cost reduction initiatives, and manage cost development through preferred suppliers, benchmarking, negotiations, and alternative sourcing.
• Supply Chain Management: Advise customers on optimal supply chain and sourcing strategies, manage all assigned customer materials including after-sales, and ensure the best pricing and material selection for customer projects.
• Supplier Management: Select and negotiate with preferred suppliers, explore second sourcing options, expand the supplier network, and coordinate new supplier qualifications with QA and Global Procurement.
• Master Data Maintenance: Maintain SAP master data for critical components (e.g., pricing, packaging, lead times). Reassign components to Factory Procurement when criticality decreases.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent professional qualification in Supply Chain Management or Procurement from a recognized professional institute.
• Minimum 3-4 years working experience in the relevant field. Experience in Electronics manufacturing will be an added advantage.
• Excellent communication skills in English both written and spoken.
• Should be a Team Player processing strong analytical, interpersonal, negotiation and project management skills.
• Ability to multi-task, work under pressure, Follow through commitments and meeting deadlines.
• Working experience in MS Outlook, Excel and Word is necessary. Hands-on experience with MS 365, Advanced Excel and an ERP system preferably with SAP will be an added advantage.

What we offer

• An attractive remuneration package.
• Company health benefits from day one.
• Continuous learning and professional growth opportunities.
• Supportive and collaborative work culture.
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in a global environment.

To apply, please send your CV to jobs@variosystems.lk or contact us at +94 76 820 0810.
We look forward to hearing from you.