Lead Buyer, Steel, Raw Materials
BITO-Lagertechnik Bittmann GmbH
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Meisenheim • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Senior
About the role
- Independent and continuous procurement market analysis and supplier sourcing
- Profitability and TCO analyses; development and implementation of the global purchasing and supplier strategy for the steel commodity (raw materials)
- Responsibility for building and expanding an international steel supplier pool
- Conduct targeted, efficient and successful price negotiations covering quantities, prices, delivery dates, delivery terms, assumption of costs and warranties
- Preparation of raw material reports; consolidation of similar material requirements based on planning data to optimize purchasing conditions
- Driver for the standardization of materials and processes; development and optimization of processes within commodity groups
- Development and expansion of the international steel procurement strategy in close cooperation with internal stakeholders
- Ensuring contractual prerequisites and concluding procurement contracts (framework agreements, etc.)
Requirements
- Completed technician qualification with good commercial knowledge; a completed technical/engineering degree is desirable
- Many years of experience in strategic procurement, ideally in the steel industry with a steel trader in purchasing or sales of steel (raw materials)
- Strong network in the steel industry across Europe and Asia
- Perseverance, self-motivation and strong self-organization
- Strong negotiation skills, reliable, a team player and goal-oriented
- Independent, conceptual and structured working style
- Business-fluent English, both spoken and written; additional foreign language skills are an advantage
Benefits
- Career development
- Employee participation
- Secure workplace/location
- Flexible mobile working / remote work
- Health management / wellness programs
- Bonuses
- Benefits under collective bargaining agreement
- Company canteen
- Attractive compensation
- Retirement benefits / pension plan
- Employee events
- Corporate benefits
- Bike leasing
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
procurement market analysissupplier sourcingprofitability analysisTCO analysisprice negotiationscontract managementraw material reportingprocess optimizationstrategic procurementcommodity strategy development
Soft skills
self-motivationself-organizationnegotiation skillsteam playergoal-orientedindependent workingconceptual thinkingstructured working styleperseverancecommunication skills
Certifications
technician qualificationtechnical degreeengineering degree