Strategic Buyer
Sunfire
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dresden • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Strategic planning and market analysis
- Develop and implement procurement strategies to optimize purchasing processes
- Monitor and analyze market trends and potential strategic partners
- Manage supplier relationships and conduct contract negotiations
- Identify, evaluate, and select suppliers
- Build long-term partnerships
- Work closely with other departments such as Engineering and Project Management
- Prepare reports and presentations for management on purchasing activities and results
- Identify supply chain risks and develop risk mitigation strategies
Requirements
- Degree in a technical field, business administration, or equivalent qualification
- Several years of professional experience in technical project purchasing as well as strategic procurement
- Strong PC skills, especially MS Office applications and SAP HANA
- Extensive strategic and operational purchasing knowledge
- Experience in process and project management
- Strong hands-on mentality
- High analytical and problem-solving skills
- Team player with cross-functional thinking
- Excellent technical understanding of complex issues
- Clear and persuasive communication skills
- Constructive approach to conflict resolution
- Strong negotiation skills
- High level of personal responsibility and ability to actively shape change
- Fluent German and business-fluent English
Benefits
- Varied and challenging work on a future technology
- Professional development through the Sunfire Academy
- Regular feedback and development discussions
- Support from colleagues during the onboarding phase
- Flexible coordination of daily work with the manager
- Running group for an active break
- Free weekly yoga class
- 30 days of vacation
- Subsidy for DVB monthly pass, Deutschlandticket and/or company bike leasing (JobRad)
- Employer pension contribution of up to 20%
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
strategic procurementtechnical project purchasingprocess managementproject managementanalytical skillsproblem-solving skillsnegotiation skillsrisk mitigation strategiesmarket analysissupplier evaluation
Soft skills
team playercross-functional thinkingclear communicationpersuasive communicationconflict resolutionpersonal responsibilitychange managementhands-on mentalitylong-term partnership buildingstrategic thinking
Certifications
degree in technical fielddegree in business administration