Head of Purchasing
Kontron AG | Kontron Group
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Burscheid • Germany
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Job Level
About the role
- Overall responsibility for the company’s strategic and operational purchasing
- Leadership, development and motivation of the purchasing team
- Supplier management: selection, evaluation, development and consolidation of suppliers
- Contract management: negotiation, conclusion and maintenance of framework agreements and ensuring contract compliance
- Cost and value optimization across the entire procurement chain
- Process optimization and digitalization of purchasing processes
- Management of restructuring and change processes within purchasing
- Close collaboration with internal departments such as production, logistics, controlling/finance, product development (R&D) and management
- Analysis of procurement markets, risk management and ensuring supply security
Requirements
- Degree in business administration, industrial engineering or a comparable qualification
- Several years of professional experience in purchasing, ideally in a leadership role
- Proven experience in people management and in building or further developing purchasing teams
- Very good SAP skills and confident IT skills (MS Office, analysis and reporting tools)
- Experience in restructuring and transformation projects within purchasing
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking abilities
- Proven negotiation skills, assertiveness and excellent communication skills
- Structured, solution-oriented and independent way of working
Benefits
- Leadership position
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Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
purchasingsupplier managementcontract managementcost optimizationvalue optimizationprocess optimizationdigitalizationrisk managementnegotiationanalysis
Soft Skills
leadershipteam developmentmotivationpeople managementanalytical thinkingstrategic thinkingassertivenesscommunicationstructured workingsolution-oriented
Certifications
degree in business administrationdegree in industrial engineering