Aachen
Expert Procurement (m/f/d)
Aachen
Expert Procurement (m/f/d)
Your main tasks
- Purchasing responsibility for defined "non-production material commodity groups" (e.g. services, CAPEX, logistics) with reporting to the respective manager
- Responsibility for the following tasks of the managed commodities in coordination with the respective manager:
- Contact person to all internal stakeholders and suppliers for the respective commodity groups
- Observation of the procurement markets - local market analysis
- Identification, selection, development, and maintenance of suppliers
- Tendering, review, and comparison of offers ("benchmark")
- Negotiations: prices, commercial terms, and contracts
- Conducting contract negotiations
- Order processing: purchase - to - pay
- Data maintenance in the ERP system / master data maintenance and archiving
- Tracking of order confirmations, deadlines and invoice clarifications
- Preparation & management of annual negotiations
- Support in the development of commodity group strategies; derivation and implementation of procurement strategies / supplier strategies
- Processing of internal requirements via electronic requisition and preparation of purchase orders
- Determination and implementation of possibilities for cost reduction
- Active involvement in escalations / complaints
- Cooperation in interdisciplinary projects / assumption of project responsibility in internal PUR projects
- Reporting of key figures
- Visits to trade fairs and suppliers
Your profile
- At least 3 years of professional experience in a procurement position in the automotive or mechanical engineering industry
- Knowledge of procurement processes
- Very good communication and negotiation skills
- Reliability, confidentiality, and initiative
- Assertiveness and flexibility
- Very good knowledge of MS-Office (Word, Excel & PowerPoint) and ERP systems
- Very good German and good English skills (written and spoken)
Why us?
- An exciting and challenging job
- Short decision-making processes and independent work
- Fast-growing company with a wide range of career opportunities
- A young, dynamic and highly motivated team with exceptional team spirit
- Flexible working environment
- Hybrid working model
- Support for the use of public transport (subsidised ticket)
- Good infrastructure for private transport (proximity to the motorway, charging stations for electric cars and free parking)
- Corporate benefits platform
- Company health management and company pension scheme with Allianz
- Drinks - flat rate (water and coffee)
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