Site Purchasing Manager

Site Purchasing Manager

Villingen, Germany

Hybrid

Responsibilities

• Oversee supply management for the manufacturing site
• Serve as the go-to person for purchasing at the site
• Manage internal stakeholders including Operations, Supply Chain, Admin, and legal
• Maintain and enhance supplier relationships and their performance
• Evaluate the quality and service levels of suppliers
• Promote site-specific purchasing initiatives to improve site performance
• Lead and report on purchasing performance
• Implement the category strategy onto the site

Job Expertise

• Technical expertise: purchasing and master data administration, negotiation skills, enterprise relationship management
• Over 6 years of purchasing experience - packaging, pharmaceutical and automotive industry is preferred
• Leadership skills, self-starter, team player, communication and relational skills
• Business knowledge: knowledge of the supply chain and commercial business
• Education or background: computer literacy, SAP, sound knowledge of business administration, Ariba skills, Purchasing degree
• Language skills: good command of English and German, analytical and troubleshooting skills preferred

Accountability

• Guidelines, policies and procedures: implement and contribute to the improvement of the guidelines
• Process: mastery of process use
• Spend / Geography scope: 70M € large site level/country-wide scope
• Strategy definition: feeding of input for strategy definition
• Strategy execution: operational and tactical
• Exposure to senior management: member of the site management

Additional Information

• This is a hybrid role, with the employee working both on-site and remotely.
• The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of supply chain management and purchasing.
• They will also have excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• The ability to work independently and as part of a team is essential.
• Fluency in English and German is required.

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