Procurement Manager – Buyer
GALVANY
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Berlin • Germany
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About the role
- Operational order and purchase management: Responsible for timely issuing of purchase orders for production materials and traded goods.
- Continuous monitoring of all open orders and ensuring material availability for our production lines.
- Development and maintenance of a scalable overview (dashboarding/reporting) of all orders to provide transparency on delivery status and backlogs at all times.
- Supplier management & escalation: Close coordination with suppliers regarding prices, delivery dates and quantity availability.
- Active shortage management and escalation control: You identify bottlenecks early, enforce commitments and find solutions for delivery delays.
- Evaluation of supplier performance regarding on-time delivery, quality and flexibility.
- Process optimization & interfaces: Analysis of existing procurement processes and identification of weak points.
- Close collaboration with production planning, warehouse and strategic purchasing to optimize inventory and avoid out-of-stock situations.
- Review of order confirmations for discrepancies and resolution of invoice variances.
Requirements
- Education & experience: You have a commercial apprenticeship or a degree (Business Administration / Supply Chain Management) and have already gained solid experience in operational purchasing or order management.
- Structured working style: You keep an overview even with hundreds of open orders. Your work is characterized by data accuracy and a drive to replace manual steps with smart processes.
- Flexibility & motivation: In our growth phase not everything always goes according to plan. That doesn’t deter you—instead you are flexible, hands-on and find pragmatic solutions for urgent challenges.
- Communication: You are confident in dealings with suppliers. You demand dates and quantities and manage escalations professionally and solution-oriented.
- Tech stack: You are proficient in common ERP systems and use Excel not just as a list but as an analysis tool.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Hybrid working: Partial remote work possible after onboarding
- Company laptop and mobile phone
- Modern, centrally located offices in Berlin
- Fresh, subsidised lunch – vegetarian and healthy
- Team culture with genuine cohesion and regular events
- Training opportunities and career development prospects
- Room to shape your role in a forward-looking company in the renewable energy sector
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
operational purchasingorder managementsupplier performance evaluationprocess optimizationdata accuracyinventory managementbottleneck identificationshortage managementinvoice resolution
Soft Skills
structured working styleflexibilitymotivationcommunicationproblem-solvingcollaborationhands-on approachsolution-oriented
Certifications
degree in Business Administrationdegree in Supply Chain Management