Do you speak German and English fluently?
Do you have extensive experience in strategic purchasing?
As a Strategic Buyer, your key responsibilities will be:
- Supporting category managers with category strategy plans, sourcing execution, supporting category planning, and strategic sourcing tasks
- Identifying and communicating with a diverse range of stakeholders
- Establishing negotiation strategies, identifying, and developing negotiation levers, validating them with stakeholders, and leading negotiations to ensure savings, timely supply, and other benefits for purchases
- Discussing with vendors and evaluating their products and capabilities as suppliers;
- Demonstrating continuous effort to improve operations
- Managing all supplier selection and procurement activities
- Guiding junior team members
- Participating in firm building activities, including recruitment
