Imagine yourself… Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you, while growing your expertise and expanding your skillset with every project.
It’s possible with a role at OTT HydroMet, where you’ll have the chance to shape the future of your career—and the future of our planet.
In a world increasingly focused on how humans can responsibly live within our environment, OTT HydroMet, a Veralto company, is on the frontlines of creating the critical water and weather solutions that ensure a safer future for us all. By partnering with our customers around the world, we help detect floods, make solar power more efficient, protect the environment, and ultimately save lives.
Our collaborative, diverse team is made up of engineers and scientists, marketers and researchers; people who’ve been in the industry for decades or have just arrived with fresh ideas. We’re driven by a love of problem-solving and inventive thinking, and by the unique impact our customers make on people’s everyday lives. Bringing our global team together within our renowned brands affords us unsurpassed strength and expertise in meteorology and hydrology—and gives you the chance to build a meaningful career, with work that makes an everyday impact and a culture that prioritizes your growth and development.
We offer:
40 days of leave (vacation and ADV)
Professional onboarding and training options
Powerful team looking forward to working with you
Career coaching and development opportunities
Competitive salary and tax free commuter allowance
Many more benefits – reach out to find out more!
Position summary:
Reporting to the Procurement Manager , the Senior Buyer is responsible for purchasing goods, materials, and services to ensure that the company's operational needs are met. Negotiate contracts and pricing with suppliers to optimize cost, quality, and delivery.
Responsibilities
Makes independent decisions to place and maintain purchase orders (including long-term contracts), handles call-offs to support ongoing material supply
Leads supplier quality & on-time-delivery (OTD) performance and develops improvement plans to maintain uninterrupted production
Predicts and resolves site-specific material planning issues and take up immediate actions in the event of material shortages & supply risk
Negotiates with suppliers to attain the lowest possible total cost
Works with strategic procurement team to identify re-sourcing and cost-reduction opportunities, to build long-term partnerships with strategic suppliers
Lead inventory levels to achieve yearly turn rate while improving customer service levels
Resolve and bring up blocked supplier invoices
Develops supply plans that take into account forecasts, availability of material and manufacturing capacity, identifies and maintains the appropriate planning parameters in the ERP system
Actively engages with the operation team and key partners, provides a high level of responsiveness and communication as it pertains to supply chain needs
Apply and lead Veralto Enterprise Systems (VES) tools. (e.g., Daily Management, Standard Work, PSP - Problem Solving Process, Kaizen, Kanban, IMAG - Inventory Management at Gemba) to identify and close gaps in planning processes, to reduce total cost of ownership (TCO)
Lead Daily Management KPI’s and take corrective actions to achieve the KPI targets
The essential requirements of the job include:
Bachelor’s degree in business, or supply chain, or engineering
Excellent knowledge of written and spoken English. Dutch is a plus.
Excellent communication skills and analytical skills with the ability to lead supplier relationships
Microsoft Office and ERP experience
It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:
Procurement, and/or supply chain in a manufacturing Industry (electronics)
Nevi 2 education
PowerBI and/or Infor SyteLine experience
OTT HydroMet is proud to part of the Water Quality segment of Veralto (NYSE: VLTO), a $5B global leader dedicated to ensuring access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. When you join Veralto’s vibrant global network of 16,000 associates, you join a unique culture and work environment where purpose meets possibility: where the work you do has an everyday impact on the resources and essentials we all rely on, and where you’ll have valuable opportunities to deepen your skillset, pursue your ambitions, and grow your career. Together, we’re Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources™—and building rewarding careers along the way.
At Veralto, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.
If you’ve ever wondered what’s within you, there’s no better time to find out.
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