As „ Senior purchaser“ you are responsible for the global sourcing of production equipment and related services.

In detail your tasks will be:

• Preparation and execution of high-value, international negotiations for production equipment and related services as worldwide Purchasing Key Account

• Interface and Stakeholder Management (External Suppliers, Engineering, Controlling, Legal and (Plant) Management)

• Supplier Management:

• Analysis of the global supplier market

• Supplier evaluation and execution of supplier audits

• Selection and development of suppliers, particularly focusing on best-cost suppliers

• Implementation of an organizational set-up to create and execute an intradisciplinary global supplier- and sourcing-strategy

• Claim and escalation management

• Contract Management:

• Planning, creation and negotiation of high-value, multi-year frame and joint development contracts

• Creation and implementation of new cooperation concepts (e.g., volume contracts with call-offs, outsourcing of emergency remote support)

• Shaping and enhancing a value-adding central purchasing organization for production equipment that generates a value-add through and beyond negotiation results, balances all of our stakeholders’ interests and suits the companies’ business model

• Functional management and support of the local purchasing departments in regard to your area of responsibility

• Support of local and central functions in the preparation of budgets and capital requests

• Execution of make-or-buy decisions or initiation of value engineering projects

Qualifications:

• Academic Degree (master) in economics, engineering or natural sciences

• Long-term work experience in Strategic Purchasing, Sales or Purchasing related areas as well as a distinct technical understanding

• Expert in conducting complex negotiations

• Excellent communication and intercultural skills

• Experience in strategy development as well as strategy implementation

• A high degree of independence/ownership in acting and decision taking

• Experience in project management, preferably as project leader

• Experience in leadership of teams (functional), international context is preferable

• Fluent English skills, German language skills preferable (written and spoken)

• Willingness to travel

• Profound MS Office skills (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Power BI, OneNote)