Buyer – Research Institute
Fraunhofer IIS
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Erlangen • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- You are responsible for procuring goods as well as works and services in compliance with public procurement law.
- You advise our employees on all matters related to purchasing and procurement and act as a competent point of contact.
- You manage and support tendering procedures from the requirements analysis (in close coordination with the purchasing coordinators of the specialist departments) to the final commissioning in SAP.
- You communicate and negotiate with bidders, including in an international environment, in German and, if required, in English.
- You prepare the documents required for the procedure on e-procurement platforms and review and evaluate submitted offers in close cooperation with the scientific departments, taking responsibility for the audit-proof documentation of the procurement file.
- Together with the institute’s legal contacts and central purchasing, you ensure legally compliant procurement for the institute.
Requirements
- Completed technical or commercial vocational training with relevant further qualifications, or alternatively a completed degree with a technical or technical-business background.
- Ideally, professional experience in technical purchasing and/or in a research and development environment, as well as knowledge of public procurement law.
- Business-fluent German and English, both written and spoken.
- Self-motivation, strong communication skills and a confident presence.
- The position is also suitable for career starters with relevant prior knowledge and experience from internships, academic projects or theses.
Benefits
- Exciting role: Attractive working environment at a world market leader in a highly innovative key industry.
- Committed teams foster creativity and personal responsibility: Here you have the freedom to develop your ideas and actively help shape outcomes.
- Personal contact matters to us: Through structured onboarding you will expand your network and quickly settle in at our institute.
- We take your needs seriously: We support the best possible compatibility of your professional and private life through flexible working hours and hybrid work options.
- Our employees enjoy a respectful culture: We are open, helpful and maintain a trusting working relationship.
- Top workplace equipment: With our state-of-the-art technologies we develop solutions for the challenges of today and tomorrow.
- Your goals and interests matter to us: We regularly support you through professional and personal seminars, coaching and language courses.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
public procurement lawtendering proceduresrequirements analysisprocurement documentatione-procurement platformsSAPtechnical purchasingresearch and development
Soft skills
strong communication skillsself-motivationconfident presence
Certifications
technical vocational trainingcommercial vocational trainingdegree in technical or technical-business field