Project Buyer

At Sioux Technologies, it’s all about making the pieces of the puzzle fit together. And we can't do that without you, a driven Project Buyer.

Sioux develops and produces state-of-the-art technology for the top of the international high-tech community. In doing so, we set the bar high and regularly make the impossible possible. We do this together, with a close-knit team of enthusiastic specialists in electronics, software, mechatronics and mathematics.

Great labor guarantee

As a Project Buyer your main focus is to set-up the supply chain and secure supply chain requirements for New Product Introduction (NPI) projects during the various phases in the Product Creation Process (PCP). You liaise with many internal and external stakeholders like procurement, supplier quality, sales, project management to understand and challenge the required Quality, Logistics, Technology and Costs (QLTC) performance levels of the customers and internal organization. Your tasks also include:

• Preparing the supplier selection to define and set up the supply chain for NPI projects, including all procurement deliverables.
• Ensuring procurement of all relevant parts (including operational set up and follow up in ERP system) with a QLTC optimized/negotiated performance level.
• Validating material costs for the project and capture them accurately in the project budget.
• Keeping track of material cost variances and escalate them to the project leader through the appropriate process.
• Together with SQA engineer qualify required new suppliers (e.g. supplier audits).
• Preparing and negotiating about new and existing long-term purchasing contracts with (international) suppliers.
• Developing and strengthening relationships with (potential) suppliers.
• Participate actively in improvement of procurement related processes/methods, such as NPI procedures, templates and contractual agreements.

This is what you bring to the table

First of all, you have excellent communication skills and you have a strong personality. You are proactive as a partner for the other project members for setting up the chain of delivery.

• Bachelor's degree, technical and/or business, preferably in the area of mechanics or mechatronics.
• NEVI 1 and NEVI 2 education or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years relevant work experience in comparable function in supply chain management/procurement in the high-tech low volume industry,
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and respective cost drivers and able to understand technical drawings (tolerances/manufacturability).
• Extensive knowledge of ERP systems.
• Experience with supplier audits.
• Strong personality, result driven and easily connecting with suppliers to get the right things done,
• Languages: Dutch (mandatory), English, German preferred.

Interested? Please apply via our career site. If you have questions, please contact Stephan Sonnemans, Corporate Recruiter a.i. via 06-55183097.

We are only open for candidates who are living and working in the high-tech sector in the Netherlands now.

This is Sioux

• You will work within a pleasant working environment, in which High-Tech, High-Fun & High-Value are central.
• Within Sioux, everyone gets a lot of freedom and responsibility to perform their work in the best possible way.
• No matter how experienced you are, you will continue to develop yourself on a personal level and in terms of content. You have a personal training budget of €3000 available for this, every year.
• We love continuous development; people, good ideas and Sioux!
• We also find it incredibly important to have fun together - no joke! We organise a lot for our employees from family festivals to inspiring knowledge sessions.
• You work on the Sioux Campus and can use our Sioux Labs living room every day to have lunch, play sports or music and share your knowledge with colleagues.