Associate Procurement Operations Lead Manufacturing

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EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years experience in a Procurement, Supply Chain or Manufacturing environment
• Strong presentation and analytical skills

IT SKILLS & OTHERS:

• Fluent German and English is a must – any other European language is an asset.
• Strong SAP and Microsoft Excel skills

• Procurement single point of contact for the Wittlich Manufacturing plant in Germany.
• Operational contact frequently represented in the plant and on the office floor where the majority of her/his stakeholders are situated.
• Has daily interaction with engineering, maintenance, research, innovation, PO, and production teams to anticipate needs in its earliest stage.
• Contribute to the EMEA EBIT and Cost avoidance objectives through negotiations and effective use of the procurement toolbox to reduce materials & services costs. Continuously improve the company’s working capital position and meet other objectives on handsfree, compliance, and supplier concentration.
• Handles plant and country sourcing events across all commodities in line with the commodity strategy and based on a predefined project list aligned with the strategic team.
• Is responsible for the in-time and in-full handling of shopping carts that are MRO, civil works, or manufacturing equipment related.
• Catalog manager of several local e – e-procurement catalogs
• Supports strategic and transactional buyers in their procurement tasks, warrants that business can run without interruption and stakeholders’ satisfaction remains on a high level.
• Develop close relationships with suppliers for which he is the key supplier contact, review their performance, and drive joint cost reduction and innovation initiatives.