You will lead the development of purchasing strategies and manage supplier relationships, focusing on cost reduction and compliance with corporate standards while fostering strategic partnerships.
Anforderungen
- •Academic degree in business administration
- •3-5 years of experience in Purchasing
- •Experience in project management
- •Leadership experiences mandatory
- •Knowledge of MS Office and SAP R/3
- •Excellent communication skills in English
- •Affinity for cooperation and intercultural competences
- •Strong negotiating and persuasion skills
- •Ability to work under pressure
- •Creativity, reliability, integrity, teamwork
- •Willingness to travel worldwide
Deine Aufgaben
- •Develop and implement purchasing strategies.
- •Guide identification and tendering of projects.
- •Manage regional roles based on leadership principles.
- •Execute market intelligence studies for cost reduction.
- •Promote global strategic suppliers based on requirements.
- •Increase favorable price and framework agreements.
- •Define and track relevant KPIs globally.
- •Ensure compliance with corporate guidelines and ethics.
Deine Vorteile
Training opportunities
Mobile and flexible working
Sabbaticals
Original Beschreibung
## Job Description
ONE ContiTech – The first choice for material driven solutions.
Are you interested in shaping the future of ContiTech together with a great team?
Please join us and contribute to our goals with your new role as Global Category Lead ContiTech Building, Utilities and Facility Management within Purchasing@ContiTech.
The Global Category Lead Building, Utilities and Facility Management is responsible for the worldwide Strategic Sourcing in the area of construction, utility installation, facility management and design/engineering.
Functional lead of the Regional Category Managers and Buyers in the regions of EMEA, AMERICAS and APAC is part of the responsibility.
The Global Category approach creates a mutual added Value for all internal Customers in terms of commercial, logistical and processual Enhancements by providing Expertise and Best Practices around the needs of the internal Customers as well as strengthening the relationship to strategic Business Partners (internally and externally).
**Your tasks**
* PURCHASING STRATEGY: Development and implementation of **Purchasing Strategies** in alignment with all respective stakeholders.
* SOURCING PROJECTS: Push and guide the identification, initiation and tendering of **global and regional Projects** in cooperation with our internal Customers and the respective purchasing responsible functions (e. g. Regional Categories, Sourcing Centers, etc.).
* LEADING: **Managing the Regional roles** assigned to that position based on the leadership principles of ContiTech.
* POOLING & SUPPLIER REDUCTION: Push the Execution of Market Intelligence studies and ensure the ideal balance of **Competition and Pooling** through supplier reduction to achieve a maximum cost reduction contribution and best possible synergy effects.
* SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT: Prioritize the development and promotion of **Global Strategic Suppliers** based on our requirements (SRM, Sustainability, Quality). Support Strategic Supplier Meetings helping to achieve additional benefits in the future.
* CONTRACTS: Target on increasing number of favorable **Global and Regional Price and Framework Agreements** in legal, logistical and commercial terms in close alignment with stakeholders and assure the implementation in respective regions.
* KPI’s: Define, implement and track relevant **KPI´s** on a global scale according to the ContiTech Target & KPI settings and process.
* COMPLIANCE: Ensure **Compliance** with Business Partner Code of Conduct, Continental Ethics and Values and all Corporate Guidelines.
## Qualifications
* Academic degree in business administration, engineering or comparable qualification
* 3-5 years of professional experience in Purchasing of large companies with international background, preferably in technical purchasing (NPM area) with verifiable success
* Experience in project management
* Leadership experiences mandatory
* Knowledge of MS Office tools as well as in SAP R/3 and World Class Sourcing Platforms
* Excellent communication skills in English (written and spoken), good German language skills preffered
* Affinity for cooperation with people and intercultural competences
* Strong negotiating skills, persuasion and communication skills
* Ability to work under pressure, driving execution
* Creativity, reliability, integrity, teamwork, operates with global perspective
* Willingness to travel worldwide (approx. 30 %)
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:
* Training opportunities
* Mobile and flexible working models
* Sabbaticals
and much more...
Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging are important to us and make our company strong and successful. We offer equal opportunities to everyone - regardless of age, gender, nationality, cultural background, disability, religion, ideology or sexual orientation.
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