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 wellbeing of our employees is important to us. Thats why we offer exciting career prospects and support you in achieving a good worklife balance with additional benefits such as:
Training opportunities
Mobile and flexible working models
Sabbaticals
and much more...
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime