Buyer
KÖNIG GmbH & Co KG
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Gaggenau • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
ERP
About the role
- Derive product group strategies based on the company's and purchasing strategy in the areas of outsourced manufacturing / "extended workbench" and general procurement needs
- Ensure and optimize the supply chain for the medium and long term, including contract management
- Continuously monitor national and international markets
- Source new suppliers, evaluate and develop existing suppliers
- Create transparency and optimize cost structures
- Independently prepare, conduct and lead price negotiations
- Resolve technical and commercial queries
- Record and maintain master data in IT systems
Requirements
- Degree in industrial engineering or a comparable qualification
- Several years of professional experience as a buyer in an international environment
- Negotiation skills, assertiveness and a strong cost awareness are required
- Hands-on mentality with a high solution orientation and intercultural competence for negotiations in an international environment
- Quick comprehension as well as a structured, results-oriented and independent way of working
- Confident user of MS Office and experience with an ERP system
- Very good German and English skills, both written and spoken
Benefits
- Professional development with challenging assignments
- Contracts and tools such as framework agreements and delivery schedules
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
contract managementsupply chain optimizationprice negotiationssupplier evaluationcost structure optimizationmaster data management
Soft skills
negotiation skillsassertivenesscost awarenesssolution orientationintercultural competencestructured workingresults-orientedindependent working
Certifications
degree in industrial engineering