Senior Buyer – Electronics
Belden Inc.
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Neckartenzlingen • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Senior
About the role
- Responsibility for the strategic development and management of product categories in the field of electronics
- Establish, maintain and further develop an international supplier network
- Develop and implement global category strategies to ensure quality, cost efficiency, innovation and supply security
- Independently conduct negotiations and conclude contracts
- Analyze global markets, technologies and price trends
- Contribute to risk and crisis management processes
- Work closely with departments such as Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain and Production
- Initiate and implement cost reduction measures and supplier development programs
Requirements
- University degree in Economics, Industrial Engineering or a comparable discipline
- 5+ years in strategic procurement, ideally in electronics or electromechanics
- Solid knowledge of supplier management, contract management and international procurement markets
- Experience working with complex, global supply chains as well as risk and crisis management processes
- Proficient in MS Office and SAP
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking, with a high level of initiative and decision-making ability
- Confident communicator with intercultural competence
- Fluent in English and German
Benefits
- Hybrid and remote work practices where feasible
- Flexible working hours
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Parental leave benefits
- Paid leave for volunteer work in your community
- Multiple and frequent training opportunities
- Professional talent management and succession planning
- Corporate health and well-being initiatives
- Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and sustainability
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
strategic procurementsupplier managementcontract managementglobal supply chainsrisk managementcrisis managementanalytical skillsstrategic thinkingdecision-making
Soft skills
initiativecommunicationintercultural competence