Customer Buyer – Mechanical (m/f/d)

As a Customer Buyer – Mechanical, you will be responsible for establishing and executing the optimal supply chain strategy for mechanical components across the entire procurement process. Your role ensures cost efficiency, availability, and inventory control within assigned programs. This position focuses on sourcing mechanical parts and assemblies with the best cost (TCO), quality, and availability. You will collaborate closely with technical program management, industrialization, and development teams. From project bidding to production completion stage, you will conduct value analyses, organize procurement activities, and monitor project-related supply performance.

Key Responsibilities

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

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional qualification in Mechanical Engineering, Procurement from a recognized professional institute.
• Minimum 3–4 years working experience in procurement, preferably in mechanical or industrial manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of mechanical components, assemblies, manufacturing technologies and supplier markets.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and spoken.
• Team player with strong analytical, interpersonal, negotiation, and project management skills.
• Ability to multi-task, work under pressure, follow through on commitments, and meet deadlines.
• Working experience in MS Outlook, Excel, and Word is necessary. Hands-on experience with MS 365, Advanced Excel, and ERP systems (preferably 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.

Work location – Badalgama, Sri Lanka

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.