Category Purchaser Turned

vor 4 Wochen


Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland Continental Vollzeit

Your tasks

Material and Supplier strategy:

- Conduct market analysis
- Support the strategy definition with cross-functional partners
- Documentation and implementation of the supplier strategy
- Initiate the new supplier introduction process
- Define the annual supplier list for own material groups which are reflected in the category strategic paper based on Continental requirements

Achieve best market conditions:

- Actively influence the sourcing process during development phase through:

- Supplier selection
- Negotiation of prices and commercial conditions
- Preparing Sourcing decision sheet
- Negotiation:

- Perform annual negotiations to constantly improve the cost situation of Continental Automotive in case of escalation
- Negotiate changes with suppliers

Contract management:

- Ensure fulfillment of all necessary requirements by negotiating and concluding legally binding contracts with the respective suppliers

Data maintenance:

- Ensure in time implementation of correct data in the respective IT systems
- Responsibility for monthly controlling and correction of local data and target achievement

Continuous Cost:

- Support re-design in cost reduction programs
- Drive improvement programs with suppliers

**Profile**:

- Completed study in business studies, engineering (or related) field or a comparable qualification
- Profound work experience within Purchasing and/or Automotive industry
- Profound Experience in project management incl. necessary skills, tools and techniques
- Procurement process and Product Life Cycle (PLC) knowledge
- Purchasing management (including standards of quality system requirements, policies and norms (IATF 19649/ VDA 6.1)
- Risk management
- Technical understanding of specific components
- Commercial knowledge, includes contract law etc.
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Business fluent in English and German spoken and written
- Management skills, tools and techniques which ensures a strategic, profit and resulted oriented handling (balanced scorecard, benchmarking, etc.)
- Team skills, conflict management, open-mindedness and networking abilities
- Communication skills, including presentation and negotiation techniques to operate in different cultures

Diversity creates value for a better tomorrow. We offer equal opportunities to everyone - regardless of age, gender, nationality, cultural background, disability, religion, ideology or sexual orientation.

**Offer**:
Vielfalt schafft Werte für eine bessere Zukunft. Wir bieten allen Menschen gleiche Chancen - unabhängig von Alter, Geschlecht, Nationalität, kulturellem Hintergrund, Behinderung, Religion, Weltanschauung oder sexueller Orientierung.

Sie sind auf der Suche nach einem individuellen Arbeitszeitmodell? Wir unterstützen Teilzeitarbeit.

Wir wollen, dass es unseren Mitarbeitenden bei uns gut geht. Deshalb bieten wir Ihnen nicht nur eine spannende Tätigkeit in einem internationalen Technologiekonzern, sondern auch zahlreiche Zusatzleistungen wie zum Beispiel flexibles und mobiles Arbeiten, Sabbaticals sowie weitere Benefits.

About us

Continental entwickelt wegweisende Technologien und Dienste für die nachhaltige und vernetzte Mobilität der Menschen und ihrer Güter. Das 1871 gegründete Technologieunternehmen bietet sichere, effiziente, intelligente und erschwingliche Lösungen für Fahrzeuge, Maschinen, Verkehr und Transport. Continental erzielte 2021 einen Umsatz von 33,8 Milliarden Euro und beschäftigt aktuell mehr als 190.000 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter in 58 Ländern und Märkten. Am 8. Oktober 2021 hat das Unternehmen sein 150-jähriges Jubiläum gefeiert.
Der Unternehmensbereich Automotive umfasst Technologien für passive Sicherheits-, Brems-, Fahrwerk
- sowie Bewegungs
- und Bewegungskontrollsysteme. Innovative Lösungen für das assistierte und automatisierte Fahren, Anzeige
- und Bedientechnologien sowie Audio
- oder Kameralösungen für den Innenraum gehören ebenso zum Portfolio wie intelligente Informations
- und Kommunikationstechnik für Mobilitätsdienstleistungen für Flottenbetreiber und Nutzfahrzeughersteller. Umfassende Aktivitäten rund um Vernetzungstechnologien und Fahrzeugelektroniken bis hin zu Hochleistungscomputern ergänzen das Angebot.

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**Keyfacts**:

Job ID
**REF19047I**

Field of work
**Purchasing**

Location
**Frankfurt**

Leadership level
**Leading Self**

Job flexibility
**Hybrid Job**
- Contact
- **Theresa Schafberger**
- Legal Entity
- **Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH



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