Job Description

As a Material Buyer, where you'll play a crucial role in optimizing our supply chain. In this position, you will manage purchasing activities, demand planning, and supplier collaboration for both 1st and 2nd tier suppliers. You'll ensure seamless order management, logistics, and delivery, tackling exceptions and escalations head-on. Your contributions will directly support our mission to innovate and enhance connectivity worldwide. Bring your strategic thinking and negotiation skills to help us deliver exceptional products and services while creating new opportunities in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.



Ensure inbound material availability against the demand on oHub's with optimized logistics total landed cost. Execute orders and forecasts for internal and external suppliers. Execute DCD orders based on SO for internal and external suppliers. 1st level of material shortage/lead time management. Manage inventories (e.g. stock level review, E&O management and reporting). Purchasing master data management and maintenance. Operative 1st level supplier management (e.g. supplier collaboration including KPI monitoring and capacity utilization follow-up). Collaborate with other departments to forecast demand, plan inventory levels, and ensure timely delivery of goods. Execution of inbound logistics models based on the agreed roadmap. Manage exceptions (e.g. invoice clarification, returns, quality claims, blocked stock, etc.). Identify opportunities for cost savings and process improvements.

You have:


Require bachelor's degree with related field. Typically, minimum 4-5 years of relevant buyer experience of direct materials. Experience with Power BI and Data Analytics as value-added skills. Effective communication skills for explaining complex concepts to diverse audiences. Experience in leadership roles, such as Team Leader or Project Leader.
It would be nice if you also had:


Ability to influence stakeholders across different job areas. Cross-cultural knowledge and a global mindset for diverse collaboration.

Come create the technology that helps the world act together

Nokia is committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. Your career here will have a positive impact on people's lives and will help us build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable, and inclusive world.


We challenge ourselves to create an inclusive way of working where we are open to new ideas, empowered to take risks and fearless to bring our authentic selves to work

What we offer

Nokia offers continuous learning opportunities, well-being programs to support you mentally and physically, opportunities to join and get supported by employee resource groups, mentoring programs and highly diverse teams with an inclusive culture where people thrive and are empowered.

Nokia is committed to inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer

Nokia has received the following recognitions for its commitment to inclusion & equality:





One of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Gender-Equality Index by Bloomberg Workplace Pride Global Benchmark



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We are committed to a culture of inclusion built upon our core value of respect.





Join us and be part of a company where you will feel included and empowered to succeed.