Plant Buyer

About Greenbrier Greenbrier is a leading U.S.-based manufacturer of railcars, with a growing presence in Europe – including our European HQ in Amsterdam, three R&D centers in Slovakia, Poland, Romania and three production sites across Poland and Romania. At Greenbrier, our success begins with people. We support our global workforce through strong commitments to Safety, Quality, Respect for People, and Customer Satisfaction.

These values are the foundation of our IDEAL commitment – Inclusion, Diversity, Engagement, Access and Leadership fostering a culture where employees are fulfilled and feel good about coming to work every day. A diverse, qualified, and engaged talent pool is the key to our ongoing success.

Job Summary

We are seeking a Plant Buyer to manage and optimize supplier performance, sourcing activities, and procurement processes within assigned commodity categories. This role is responsible for ensuring the achievement of key purchasing objectives related to cost, quality, delivery performance, and inventory management while supporting business operations in a dynamic industrial environment.

The ideal candidate is a highly organized, detail-oriented team player who will oversee the entire order process. You will review proposals, negotiate prices, select the best suppliers, analyze trends, follow up with placed orders, verify delivery, approve payment, and maintain necessary records.

Key Responsibilities

Define and guarantee commodity performance; Guarantee: delivery, PPI, OTD, PPM/NCR; Build, follow-up and monitor the local sourcing action plans; Participate in the elaboration of the purchasing budgets; Optimize working capital needs, decrease and manage the level of inventory, decrease the administrative cost (no of PO’s and invoices); Ensure Greenbrier Europe Management System compliancy; Benchmark with other sites within Greenbrier organization; Manage the supplier base for its commodity.

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Education

minimum University (in Technical domain would be preferable); Experience: min 3 years in commercial (Purchasing/Sales) field, would be preferable; Hard skills: purchasing professional, skilled negotiator, ERP, fluent in English, working experience in cross-functional teams, good level of technical understanding, experience in a globalized industrial environment; Soft skills: good communication skills, team player.

Come join us and embark on a fascinating journey with Greenbrier! The Greenbrier Companies are equal employment opportunity employers. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or disability. Prior to the next step in the recruiting process, we welcome you to inform us confidentially if you may require any special accommodations in order to participate fully in our recruitment experience.