You manage sourcing and procurement activities, ensuring strong supplier relationships and cost optimization while collaborating with various teams to support efficient supply chain operations.
Anforderungen
- •Completed technical or commercial education
- •Professional experience in procurement
- •Confident in using MS Office and SAP R3/S4 Hana
- •Fluent English skills for negotiations
- •Strong communication and negotiation skills
Deine Aufgaben
- •Manage sourcing of drawing and standard parts.
- •Develop sourcing strategies and select suppliers.
- •Negotiate contracts for welded main components.
- •Lead procurement activities in development projects.
- •Focus on cost analysis and coordination with teams.
- •Oversee supplier relationships and conduct audits.
- •Support supplier development and manage RFQs.
- •Analyze supplier markets for cost-saving opportunities.
- •Implement strategies for material availability.
- •Align with R&D and production teams on requirements.
- •Support the Make-or-Buy process for supply chain.
Deine Vorteile
Flexible working hours
Further training opportunities
Corporate health management
Company restaurant with meal subsidy
Job ticket for travel
Employee discounts
Original Beschreibung
For our production and assembly site in Lengau, we are looking for a Sourcing Group Lead Buyer (m/f/d) for the welded main components segment.
The Sourcing Group Welded Main Components is a strategically important and growing purchasing segment at PALFINGER. In your role as a Strategic Buyer, you will be responsible for the strategic procurement management in this area. Additionally, you will have a project management & target costing role in procurement for the development process.
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**YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES**
* Manage the sourcing of drawing and standard parts, develop sourcing strategies, select suppliers, and negotiate contracts on a global, regional, or local level for the welded main components segment.
* Lead procurement activities in development and MoB projects, focusing on cost analysis and close coordination with global teams and internal stakeholders.
* Oversee supplier relationships, conduct audits, support supplier development, and manage processes like RFQs, delivery strategies, and supplier phase-in/phase-out activities.
* Analyze supplier markets, identify cost-saving and optimization opportunities, and implement strategies to ensure material availability and process improvements.
* Align with R&D, production, and product line teams to bundle requirements, support the Make-or-Buy process, and ensure smooth supply chain operations.
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**YOUR QUALIFICATIONS**
* You have successfully completed a technical or commercial education (e.g., mechanical engineering apprenticeship/technical college/degree).
* You already have professional experience in procurement, ideally with a technical focus and in an international setting.
* You are confident in using MS Office applications and already have experience working with SAP R3/S4 Hana.
* You have fluent English skills for negotiations and are willing to travel internationally (approximately 25%).
* Your strong communication skills and negotiation talent make you a confident and assertive personality.
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**WHAT WE OFFER**
* Flexible working hours with no core time and possibility to work partly from home
* Further training and international career opportunities
* Corporate health management "PALfit"
* Company restaurant with freshly prepared meals and daily meal subsidy (at the Vienna site: Edenred card)
* Job ticket for travel to and from PALFINGER
* Numerous employee discounts through Corporate Benefits
The minimum gross wage according to the Austrian metal industry collective agreement is EUR 52.197,04 per year. According to experience and qualification, we offer a market-conform overpayment.