Your tasks:

• They lead and develop the current 7-member team in operational purchasing and are responsible for resource management, prioritization and escalation management, and promote cross-departmental collaboration with relevant stakeholders. 
• By proactively managing all operational purchasing activities for material supply – from capacity and demand planning through procurement and contract management to change order management – ​​you ensure on-time project and production completion.
• With a keen sense of what's needed, you select and manage suppliers to strategically develop our supplier portfolio, including supplier qualification, performance evaluation, and conducting audits to ensure quality and delivery reliability. 
• In negotiations with national and international partners, you achieve both profitable prices and optimal conditions for future cooperation, keep risks in mind and have suitable alternatives ready for supply bottlenecks, differing services and other incidents.
• Through competent collaboration with strategic purchasing and other departments – including make-or-buy decisions, outsourcing initiatives, company-wide process optimizations, compliance, CIP and digitalization projects – you contribute to profit maximization and future business success.

Your profile:

• Completed technical or commercial training plus further education, e.g. as an industrial specialist or business specialist, alternatively a degree in business administration, supply chain management, industrial engineering or a comparable qualification
• Several years of experience in purchasing, ideally with expertise in project business or mechanical and plant engineering, in change management and in collaboration within complex matrix organizations.
• Several years of management experience and enjoyment in leading a purchasing team, promoting teamwork and individual employee development
• Excellent German and good English skills, both written and spoken, as well as proficiency with MS Office and integrated ERP systems, ideally SAP.
• Time flexibility, Class B driving license and willingness to travel regularly for work 
• Confident demeanor, solution-oriented approach and negotiation skills – even in challenging situations
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