Dürr Group Services Sp. z o. o., Poznań, Poland

Your Tasks

Organizes and conducts negotiations with product group specific suppliers;
Manages and executes the S2C process incl. administration and monitoring of contracts (e.g. quality assurance agreements, non-disclosure agreements, work contracts, framework agreements etc.);
Establishes comparability between incoming offers and makes the award on this basis;
Ensures the coordination and harmonization of global/regional procurement activities for the product groups;
Ensures and reviews the implementation of optimization measures in the respective product group strategy;
Identifies bundling potential and other cost reduction levers globally/regionally;
Coordinates the procurement roadmap with cross-divisional commodity management, if necessary;
Observes and analyzes the national and international procurement market;
Searches for new suppliers;
Evaluates incoming supplier applications;
Defines optimal supplier panels globally/regionally and aligns global/regional supplier (risk) management;
Implements, monitors and manages strategic goals and tasks for the commodity groups / suppliers;
Ensures and reviews the implementation of optimization measures in the respective product group strategy.

Your Skills

Qualifications and knowledge:

Skills:

Negotiating skills and convincing communication skills;
Independent and reliable way of working as well as a sound understanding of numbers;
Strong communication and conflict management skills, assertiveness and the ability to work in a team;
Willingness to travel internationally to qualify suppliers;
Cross-process, entrepreneurial understanding, thinking and acting.

Experience:

Several years of professional experience in strategic purchasing in mechanical engineering (desirable);
Well versed in procurement and supplier management and the associated processes.

Strategic Buyer