Procurement Specialist Corporate Procurement (m/f/d)

at  Linde GmbH Corporate Office

WHAT WE OFFER YOU!

At Linde, the sky is not the limit. If you’re looking to build a career where your work reaches beyond your job description and betters the people with whom you work, the communities we serve, and the world in which we all live, at Linde, your opportunities are limitless. Be Linde. Be Limitless.
In addition to an attractive compensation package, we offer you many social benefits, such as an excellent pension plan, flexible working hours and a wide range of health care options. Furthermore, we support you with various offers to help you combine family and career and to support your professional and personal development. A good infrastructure and our company canteen, which has won several awards, are further benefits.

HAVE WE INSPIRED YOU?

We are looking forward to receiving your complete application (motivation letter, CV, certificates) via our online job market.

• In this position, you will lead the strategic sourcing process and manage various commodities, which support Corporate Headquarter Functions including Financial Services, Human Resources, Marketing & Communications, Tax, Internal Audit, Digitalization, and other indirect services (e.g. travel sourcing).
• You will lead sourcing efforts to create a competitive advantage through cost reduction, consolidation of global spend, improved service, reliability, and productivity for business stakeholder
• Negotiate price, terms and conditions and implement contracts relative to assigned commodities is also part of this position
• Furthermore, you will drive deals of medium complexity to successful conclusion without exposing new or unanticipated risk to the quality, timing, or reliability for the corporation (including collaboration with Legal department)
• You will prepare, conduct RFP’s and analyze quotations, recommend supplier selection and monitor supplier performance
• Part of your activities will also be to conduct research to build superior market intelligence as well as keep current on market trends, market players and best practices with Category Management
• You are also responsible for the supplier management process with key suppliers and you drive continuous improvement and innovation through supplier relationship management
• By developing key metrics, forecasting and spend/save reports you are enhancing the understanding of terms and market activity
• You drive compliance with safety, quality, and productivity goals in support of leadership objectives