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our exciting opportunity
we are now looking for an
inbound supply buyer
to secure short- and long-term material availability in the inbound supply chains between external suppliers, ericsson supply sites and contract manufacturing sites (ems), ensuring strong stakeholder fulfilment with r&d, production management and sourcing.
In this role, you will be part of a small, experienced purchasing team, managing hardware suppliers (mainly in asia) and acting as their primary commercial and operational counterpart. You will run purchasing activities end-to-end – from po creation and follow-up to negotiating lead times and commercial conditions – safeguarding on-time deliveries to our americas customers and continuously optimizing the use of time and capital resources across the supply chain.
What you will do
execute inbound planning, purchasing and logistics operations to secure material availability and meet customer commitments.
Manage hardware supplier relationships, mainly in asia, including day-to-day communication on orders, deliveries, escalations and issue resolution.
Negotiate prices, lead times and other commercial terms within agreed frames, supporting sourcing and cost-improvement initiatives.
Work with import processes and customs clearance, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to avoid delays.
Fulfil and continuously improve targets for lead time, delivery precision, cost and capital, as well as order acknowledgement (oa) response time.
Analyze potential risks in the inbound supply chain and drive mitigation actions (expediting, re-planning, escalation, etc.).
Establish and maintain supplier governance, including regular performance reviews, kpi follow-up and agreed actions.
onitor supplier performance and take corrective actions to secure stable deliveries and prevent shortages.
Optimize the use of capital resources, ensuring correct dimensioning and mai