Director Direct Purchasing & SQ - EB(m/w/x)

In this role, you will lead Direct Purchasing and Supplier Quality efforts, driving innovation and collaboration across business units. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include managing a team, negotiating with suppliers, and shaping strategies that enhance mobility solutions.

Anforderungen

• •University degree in Business Administration with technical understanding or Industrial Engineering
• •Minimum ten years relevant experience in an international manufacturing company
• •Several years leadership experience of interdisciplinary and international teams
• •Profound cross-departmental knowledge of purchasing and quality
• •Strong communication, networking and negotiation skills
• •Empathy, straightforwardness and solution orientation
• •Team spirit and cross-cultural capabilities
• •Confident appearance at all hierarchical levels
• •Reliable and well-structured working style
• •Willingness for global travel
• •Fluency in English
• •Ability to work in an international matrix environment
• •Knowledge of automotive-specific standards and requirements such as APQP, FMEA, MSA, PPAP and SPC