Strategic Purchasing

Primary Responsibilities:

• Purchasing responsibility for assigned projects
• Strategic purchase of production material and components (global)
• Measures to optimize costs in the procurement process
• Advising the departments in the purchasing process
• Conducting needs analysis, market analysis and supplier analysis
• Independent evaluation, expansion and development of business relationships with suppliers
• Responsibility for purchased parts in terms of costs, quality and technical design
• Market research with an international focus in the course of the purchasing project
• Participation in cross-functional teams for the supplier management (e.g. engineering, project and quality management, logistics)
• Actively influencing the product development process as well as carrying out and driving forward cost reduction measures (design to cost, target costing, etc.)
• Implementation of common parts management (standardization)
• Conducting price and contract negotiations (including risk and contract management)

Requirements:

• Completed technical education (HTL, FH, UNI)
• Ideally several years of professional experience in strategic (technical) purchasing
• Negotiating skills and stress resilience
• Structured  and goal oriented way of work
• Ability to work in a team and inter-divisional thinking
• Good English skills
• Good EDV practice skills (ideally SAP)