Purchasing Expert

Date: May 21, 2025
- Location: Salzgitter, DE
- Company: PowerCo SE
- Level of Experience: Professionals
- Job Function: Procurement
- Job ID: 3705

**Purchasing Expert - Logistic (all genders)**:
**Who we are**

The mission has started. We proudly announce that in our Battery Valley we are starting our own battery cell production and the ramp up of our worldwide headquarters for global cell manufacturing. The Purchasing unit is the interface to the supplier market and is thus responsible for a large part of the value creation. The responsibilities range from raw material purchasing to supplier management and plant purchasing to value engineering.

**Your role and key responsibilities**
- Purchasing of logistic services
- Independent sourcing, negotiation and completion of single orders as well as frame contracts
- Presentation of purchasing strategies and results in PowerCo sourcing committees
- Administration and optimization of construction and structure contracts in alignment with internal stakeholders
- Establishment and management of strategic logistic suppliers

**What you bring to the team**
- University degree in economics, industrial engineering or in a comparable field
- Professional experience in Purchasing and Logistic Contract Management
- Affinity for numbers and measurable results
- Pronounced strategic thinking skills, highly developed communication and negotiatin skills
- High sense of responsibility and strong organizational skills
- Competent use of MS Office software
- Fluent in spoken and written English

**What makes you stand out**
- Competent use of SAP

**What to look forward to**
- Flexible working hours from 28 to 40h per week
- Possibility of a 4-day-week (up to 35h per week)
- 30 days paid + 10 days unpaid leave
- Mobile work options
- Relocation support
- More benefits to come
- Company: PowerCo SE
- Location: Salzgitter, DE
- Job Function: Procurement
- Level of Experience: Professionals
- Job ID: 3705
- Date: May 21, 2025

**Are you a battery believer?**:
PowerCo was founded in 2022 to become a global battery champion. Headquartered in Germany, we are currently ramping up gigafactories in Salzgitter, Valencia and St. Thomas in Canada with a total volume of up to 200 GWh. We are integrating the entire value chain and building a supply chain as local as possible. With that we are driving the development of a strong, sustainable battery industry in Europe and North America.

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