Junior Buyer (M|F|X)

About the Position

Junior Buyer (M|F|X)

We are looking for a Junior Buyer to join our team at the Felgueiras manufacturing site. This role supports purchasing activities across Direct Materials and Indirect Spend categories. The Junior Buyer will be responsible for creating and managing purchase orders, 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.

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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Procurement, Management, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in purchasing, procurement, supply chain, logistics, or a similar operational environment.
• Good understanding of supply chain fundamentals and purchasing processes.
• ERP system experience, preferably SAP.
• Good command of Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel.
• Fluent Portuguese and English.
• French language skills are a plus.

Nice to Have

• Experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or purchasing environment.
• Exposure to direct materials and/or indirect spend categories.
• Experience with purchase order follow-up, supplier communication, and delivery tracking.
• Ability to manage contract or supplier data accurately.
• Interest in developing sourcing, supplier management, negotiation, and supply chain management skills.
• Teamwork orientation, proactivity, results orientation, problem-solving, communication skills, and attention to detail.

We Offer

• Exposure to multinational operations and collaboration.
• Career progression within a growing and innovative finance framework.

About the Company

SOMFY is a trusted partner in the automation of openings and closings for homes and buildings. As a French, family-owned, and independent group, we have been continuously growing since our founding. For 50 years, we have been the global leader in home automation and a pioneer in smart living solutions. Innovation drives our daily operations and ensures the excellence of our products and services.

We are present in 59 countries, with 8 production sites and 17 R&D centers. Deeply committed to the well-being of our 7,000 employees, we invest in their long-term employability through internal mobility and skills development. We actively promote diversity and inclusion, supported by a strong corporate culture.

Important: Only applications submitted with an English CV through our secure system will be considered!

The protection of our candidates’ personal data is a commitment of Somfy Group. We therefore ask any candidate to submit their application to us exclusively via our secure system, and not by email or postal.