Your Tasks
- Alignment and coordination of procurement activities according to schedule;
- Procurement-internal project management from project set-up, through the execution phase to project-specific supplier evaluation;
- Active monitoring of projects, escalations if necessary, e.g. delays, schedule changes with purchasing team and business partners, corresponding claim management;
- Requesting project requirements (supplier lists, deadlines, specifications);
- Connecting the project team with relevant experts in purchasing (e.g. product group management) and exchanging project information with purchasing teams;
- Participating in project kick-off and jour fix meetings and updating the project status from a purchasing perspective;
- Active frontloading;
- Enquiries to suppliers and, if necessary, negotiation as part of the product development process
- Development of cost-optimized solutions for new products in cooperation with the development and engineering departments;
- Analysis and evaluation of incoming savings potential;
- Support of sourcing decisions in compliance with the respective product group strategy;
- Acceleration of lead times for savings potential through coordination between the departments involved (e.g. quality assurance, development, product groups, etc.) requesting and analyzing open book calculations;
- Close coordination with Strategic Purchasing, Operational Purchasing and Materials Planning.
