Commodity Buyer

As a Commodity Buyer (m/f/d) you will report to the Deputy Head of Procurement EMEA and support the Procurement organization’s strategy.

In this role you will be responsible for the development of sourcing strategies, translate strategy into objectives/action plans and drive their execution. Furthermore, you will manage the processes and spend associated for these commodities.

The role will be based in our Clarios EMEA headquarters office in Hannover, Germany.

• You will develop, support, and implement strategy for global/regional commodities.
• You will drive strategic sourcing activities within functional area(s) of expertise, including but not limited to spend analysis (benchmarking, supply market analysis, supplier analysis, RFI/RFP building, negotiations, cost break down and/or should-cost analysis, supplier profitability analysis, contracting, building business cases).
• You will be involved in supplier selection and proper negotiation of contracts. This will also include the evaluation of supplier quotations utilizing appropriate negotiation and procurement analysis techniques.
• You will also drive procurement related cross-functional and cross-regional interaction and alignments.
• With suppliers, you will develop and monitor production capacity strategy.
• Overall, you will be responsible for the Supplier Development with focus on improving Quality, Productivity, Conversion Cost and Delivery Time.

• Degree with an economic or technical focus
• Several years of work experiences in a procurement function
• Knowledge of purchasing practices, applicable laws, and regulations
• Proficient negotiation and supplier relationship management skills
• Very good communications skills
• Good knowledge of SAP and E-Procurement applications
• Very good MS Office skills
• Business fluent in English and German, other European languages are a plus.

As a technology leader with strong brand (i.e. VARTA® and OPTIMA®), Clarios notably lives on the creativity, capability and satisfaction of its employees. Therefore, we offer people with drive and power many good reasons to join us:

• Exciting professional tasks and challenges in a diverse international environment with strong commitment to integrity, values, social engagement and sustainability.
• Arrange your working hours and breaks flexible via our flexible and trust-based working hours model and combine your professional and private life even better according to our mobile work policy and company kindergarten.
• A competitive remuneration package, including additional payments such as holiday, Christmas as well as company pension scheme.
• Your well-being is very important to us: Take advantage of our preventive health care offers such as fitness center, physiotherapist, modern office environment, healthy canteen, team and company events or hobby clubs.
• Stay fit whilst at the same time positively contributing to our environment: Lease your company bike.
• Our well-advanced onboarding process and buddy program supports you to quickly grow into the position and team. By using the offering in our Internal Learning Academy, LinkedIn Learning and EMEA Mentoring Program you will be able to further grow professionally and personally.
• Last, but not least we support you in relocating and finding a flat in location surrounding if appliable and depending on individual factors.

Clarios is the global leader in advanced, low-voltage battery technologies for mobility. We power progress through ever-smarter solutions for virtually every kind of vehicle. With 16,000 employees in over 140 countries, we bring deep expertise to our Aftermarket and OEM partners, and reliability, safety and comfort to everyday lives. We answer to the planet with a rigorous ESG focus – advancing best-in-class sustainability practices and advocating for them across our industry. We recover, recycle and reuse up to 99% of our battery materials. Clarios is a Brookfield portfolio company.