Operational Purchaser

**Your Job**
We are looking for an Operational Purchaser (M/F/d) in full-time for our location in Hilden. In this position, you will play an important role for the company to ensure smooth production and maintain customer satisfaction.

We offer you individual training in a diverse and challenging work environment within a modern industrial company with its own manufacturing.

**Our Team**

Our procurement team consists of highly motivated professionals who work passionately to find the best procurement solutions. Their collective expertise and innovative drive ensure efficient and targeted procurement of materials.

**What You Will Do**
- Production procurement for our Hilden location
- Determination and disposition of material requirements based on technical documents
- Procurement of raw and warehouse materials (primarily stainless steel), as well as special requirements
- Project-related procurement of production materials and operational resources
- Ensuring the quality and availability of purchased components in the product development process.
- Project procurement for our major projects in plant construction
- Conducting price negotiations and generating purchase orders
- Reviewing order confirmations
- Timely, logístical, and commercial processing of placed orders in close coordination with project managers
- Identification and realization of cost reduction potentials in collaboration with all involved departments
- Continuous monitoring of markets and competition on national and international levels
- Evaluation and development of suppliers
- Handling of complaints and initiation of corrective measures

**Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)**
- Completed commercial apprenticeship
- Professional experience in procurement within an industrial or manufacturing company
- Cost consciousness, as well as analytical and organizational skills
- Proficient negotiation skills and assertiveness
- Knowledge of logístical processes
- Legal background knowledge concerning payment and delivery terms
- Self-motivated individual with an entrepreneurial mindset
- Analytical, goal-oriented, and solution-focused work approach
- Strong communication skills and teamwork spirit
- Excellent and fluent command of both spoken and written German and English

**What Will Put You Ahead**
- Knowledge in the field of stainless steel

**What We Offer**
- A secure and long-term position with opportunities for growth
- The chance to contribute ideas and actively shape the corporate culture
- Room for personal initiative and autonomous decision-making
- Job bicycle program, English courses
- Company pension scheme
- Additional vacation days

**Who We Are**

As a Koch Engineered Solutions company, Julius Montz keeps our customers' operations running with a wide range of innovative products and solutions serving the refining, chemical and petrochemical industries. As a full-service provider of mass transfer, mist elimination and phase separation equipment, we handle everything from design and fabrication to delivery and installation.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

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