You manage supplier relationships and develop sourcing strategies that align with business needs while effectively addressing quality and supply challenges.
Anforderungen
- •Bachelor degree or equivalent experience
- •Several years in Purchasing, few in automotive
- •Strong Purchasing Portfolio Handling
- •Negotiation experience in RFQ and offers
- •Risk Management in Finance and Legal
- •Ability to work within a remote team
- •Project Management experience is a plus
- •Functional or project leadership experience is a plus
- •Several years exposure to international business
- •Experience of living abroad is a plus
- •Fluent English and good German language skills is a plus
- •Business trip to be expected up to 30%
- •Applications from severely handicapped people are welcome
Deine Aufgaben
- •Develop and maintain portfolio strategy aligned with BA needs.
- •Create and update a comprehensive Sourcing List.
- •Identify and onboard new suppliers as needed.
- •Implement value improvement activities.
- •Present and align strategies with BA stakeholders.
- •Negotiate with Category Suppliers.
- •Maintain necessary global contracts.
- •Assist Advance Purchasing with complex negotiations.
- •Manage suppliers on behalf of the BA.
- •Support Region Purchasing with quality and supply issues.
- •Troubleshoot supply problems for plants.
- •Share market insights with stakeholders.
- •Regularly report on category performance.
- •Forecast expected price trends.
Deine Vorteile
Training opportunities
Mobile and flexible working
Sabbaticals
Much more
Original Beschreibung
## Job Description
**Category Strategy:**
* 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.
* Define, deliver and update a Sourcing List.
* Identify and onboard new potential suppliers where the need is identified
* Identify any value improvement activities and steer implementation.
* To present and align the strategies with BA stakeholders
**Commercial:**
* To handle all negotiations at the Category Supplier
* To negotiate and maintain necessary global contracts
* To support Advance Purchasing with complex / difficult negotiations
* Manage suppliers in representation of the BA
**Escalation Support:**
* Support Region Purchasing for Quality, Supply and Commercial escalation
* Trouble shooting: Support the plants as next escalation level in case of supply problems (quality or delivery)
**Reporting:**
* Share market situation with stakeholders
* To report Categories performance in regular base
* Forecast expected price development
## Qualifications
* Bachelor degree; in exceptional cases an equivalent professional experience
* At least several years in Purchasing, thereof a few years in automotive
* Strong Purchasing Portfolio Handling (Strategy, Supplier List, Market Know How, Portfolio Analyse, Forecast) & Contractualization
* Negotiation experience: RFQ, Offer analyse and comparison, Negotiation
* Risk Management Claim, Finance, Legal
* Ability to work whitin a remote team
* Project Management experience is a plus
* Functional or project leadership experience is a plus
* Several years exposure to international business
* Experience of living abroad is a plus
* Fluent English and good German language skills is a plus (written and spoken)
* Business trip to be expected (up to 30% of working time max)
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...