Category Purchaser Foundries (m/f/diverse) - REF75451X
Category Purchaser Foundries (m/f/diverse) - REF75451X
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Job Description
Continental is newly entering into Fabless Semiconductor Business/COT. In particular for Foundries and R&D Services we target to built up new Supply Base and Contracts as we cut the value chain of IDMs with a consequence of new responsibility and interface definition for suppliers. The Category Purchaser is actively supporting the Senior Category Management in defining a fitting supplier strategy is responsible for negotiation with suppliers to achieve best market conditions in the respecticve area of responsibility.
To your tasks belong:
- Support in driving and setting up of supplier pannel for Foundries and corresponding Design Service Companies.
- Implementing and maintaining a network within the Category and the other Categories within the Cluster organization to share competence and best practices Coaching developing and supporting the team and employees.
- Develops a respective technology and supplier capacity strategy over global suppliers panel:
- Drives the strategy definition process with crossfunctional partners.
- Ensures that Continentals requirements are reflected in the strategy.
- Document and implement the strategy in all Business Areas worldwide.
- Conducting market analysis
- Actively influence the sourcing process through:
- Supplier selection
- Negotiation of prices nonconformance costs etc. and closure of contracts with suppliers using negotiation concepts (like Advanced negotiation concept)
- Applying Advanced Negotiation Concepts.
- Driving annual negotiations to constantly improve the cost situation of Continental Automotive in case of escalation.
- Ensure in time implementation of correct data in the respective ITsystems Controlling of Target Achievements
- Supporting redesign in cost reduction programs
Qualifications :
- Academic degree (Masters) in Business Administration Engineering or comparable qualification
- Procurement Process and Product Life Cycle (PLC) knowledgepreferable in semiconductor industry
- Multiple years of working experience in the abovementioned area preferable in semiconductor industry
- Purchasing Management (including standards of Quality systemrequirements policies and norms (IATF 19649/ VDA 6.1))
- Technical understanding of specific components
- Risk Management experience
- Commercial knowledge includes contract law etc.
- Business fluent English language skills (spoken and written)
- Project management skills tools and techniques
- Entrepreneur mindset
- Communication skills including Presentation and Negotiation techniques to operate in different cultures; Ability to respresent Continentals interest on Management Level
- Problemsolving and decisionmaking tools and techniques
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...
Sounds interesting for you Click here to find out more.
Ready to drive with Continental Take the first step and fill in the online application.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
