Junior Buyer (M|F|X)

1. Role overview

This role supports purchasing activities across Direct Materials and Indirect Spend categories for the Felgueiras manufacturing site. The Junior Buyer is responsible for creating and managing purchase orders in the ERP system, following supplier deliveries, resolving supply-related issues, maintaining accurate purchasing and contract data, and contributing to procurement best practices, spend optimization and continuous improvement initiatives.

2. Proposed mission

Support the development of the Purchasing Department at the new Felgueiras manufacturing site by ensuring accurate, timely and reliable procurement operations, while helping secure supplier deliveries, improve purchasing data quality and contribute to sourcing, supplier management and cost optimization activities.

3. Main responsibilities

• Create, update and manage purchase orders within the ERP system, ensuring accuracy, completeness and timely processing.
• Follow up supplier order confirmations, delivery dates and overdue purchase orders to ensure production and business requirements are met.
• Resolve supply-related issues in coordination with suppliers, purchasing, supply chain, production and internal stakeholders.
• Maintain accurate supplier, contract and purchasing data in the information system, supporting reliable reporting and operational decisions.
• Support procurement activities for selected direct and indirect purchasing categories.
• Track purchasing metrics, prepare procurement reports and provide visibility on key purchasing performance indicators.
• Maintain purchasing documentation, contract records and operational follow-up files.
• Participate in procurement best practices, spend optimization, cost reduction and productivity improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to the integration of a new manufacturing site and help shape purchasing processes from the ground up.

4. Performance indicators

• Purchase order processing time.
• Purchase order accuracy rate.
• Contract data accuracy rate.
• Average supply issue resolution time.
• Supplier service rate.
• Purchase order confirmation time.