Vice President, Indirect Procurement
MANN+HUMMEL
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Ludwigsburg • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Lead
About the role
- Lead and advance the global indirect procurement function, including strategy development, policies, compliance frameworks, and risk management.
- Manage, mentor, and develop an international high-performing team (~40 direct and indirect reports), fostering talent growth and knowledge sharing.
- Oversee sourcing activities across multiple indirect spend categories to ensure cost efficiency, service quality, and innovation.
- Build and maintain strategic supplier relationships to drive continuous improvement and long-term value creation.
- Negotiate global agreements and purchasing contracts with key suppliers to mitigate risks and secure sustainable value.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand business needs and balance cost, quality, and risk.
- Drive the implementation of digital procurement platforms and process automation to enhance operational efficiency.
- Ensure compliance with corporate policies, sustainability standards, and regulatory requirements.
- Own and manage the procurement budget, define KPIs, and implement reporting mechanisms to monitor performance and compliance.
- Identify and realize cost-saving and cash optimization opportunities across the organization.
Requirements
- Minimum 10 years of experience in procurement leadership roles, with a focus on indirect commodities.
- Master’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering, or a related field.
- Strong negotiation, contract management, and supplier relationship management skills.
- Experience with digital procurement tools, analytics, and process automation.
- Proven track record of delivering cost savings and value creation in complex, global environments.
- Proven experience in leading senior managers and leadership teams across multiple regions and time zones, fostering collaboration and alignment in a global environment.
- Fluent in English (negotiation level); additional languages are a plus.
Benefits
- You work with a high degree of independence and decision-making freedom.
- Performance-based pay and extensive social benefits.
- Trust-based working hours, along with flexible working hours and 30 days of vacation.
- Everyone has Talent: Our talent management process supports your professional development.
- Company restaurant.
- Reserved places in a private daycare center nearby (both for children under 3 and over 3 years old).
- A modern company pension scheme to complement your statutory pension insurance.
- A wide range of discounts through our Corporate Benefits portal (e.g., on travel, fashion, insurance, etc.).
- Mobility options: subsidy for the Deutschlandticket, JobRad leasing, and e-charging stations in the free company parking garage at the company’s charging rate.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
procurement leadershipnegotiationcontract managementsupplier relationship managementcost savingsvalue creationprocess automationanalyticsbudget managementKPI definition
Soft skills
team managementmentoringtalent growthknowledge sharingcollaborationcommunicationfostering alignmentrisk managementstrategic thinkingproblem solving
Certifications
Master’s degree in Business AdministrationMaster’s degree in Supply ChainMaster’s degree in FinanceMaster’s degree in Engineering