Job Description
These tasks await you:
1. Build up and maintain portfolio strategy in line with the BA needs and define a well-balanced portfolio to minimize risk, to ensure flexibility, to get an advantage position on the supplier market
2. Define, deliver and update a Sourcing List
3. Identify and onboard new potential suppliers where the need is identified
4. Identify any value improvement activities and steer implementation
5. Present and align the strategies with BA stakeholders
6. Handle all negotiations at the Category Supplier
7. Negotiate and maintain necessary global contracts
8. Support Advance Purchasing with complex / difficult negotiations
9. Manage suppliers in representant of the BA
10. Support Region Purchasing for Quality, Supply and Commercial escalation
11. Conduct market survey for the category of Investment in the Region
12. Support the plants as next escalation level in case of supply problems (quality or delivery)
13. Share market situation with stakeholders
14. Report categories performance in regular base
15. Forecast expected price development
Qualifications
16. Bachelor degree in a relevant field, in exceptional cases an equivalent professional experience
17. Many experience in the field of purchasing, experience in the automotive are is desirable
18. Strong purchasing portfolio handling (strategy, supplier list, market know how, portfolio analyze, forecast)
19. Experience in RFQ, Offer analyze and comparison
20. Experience in risk management claim, finance
21. Ability to work with a remote team
22. Project Management experience is a plus
23. Functional or project leadership experience is a plus
24. English and German language skills in written and spoken
25. Good communication and teamwork skills
26. Many years of exposure to international business
27. Willingness to travel, about 30% of the time
Applications from severely handicapped people are welcome.
Additional Information
The well-being of our employees is important to us. That's why we offer exciting career prospects and support you in achieving a good work-life balance with additional benefits such as:
28. Training opportunities
29. Mobile and flexible working models
30. Sabbaticals
31. and much more...
Sounds interesting for you?