Procurement

• Global optimization of strategic procurement for transport services, ensuring cost-effectiveness, quality, and availability.
• Provide methodological and functional guidance to procurement stakeholders worldwide, promoting consistent processes and best practices.
• Drive the end-to-end execution of the category strategy, including budget planning, tender support, and finalization.
• Deliver advanced support to regional procurement organizations and local experts, especially for tender activities and cost reduction initiatives.
• Support regions during annual budget planning with market insights and validation of savings pipelines.
• Execute and support strategic sourcing activities, including supplier strategy, tender design, negotiation, and contracting support.
• Monitor and oversee global transport procurement KPIs, providing transparency and progress updates to management and stakeholders.
• Ensure effective communication with upper management and key stakeholders, actively managing interfaces with internal teams.

Manager, Global Transport Procurement

• Develop and implement effective category strategies aligned with organizational priorities and objectives.
• Analyze spend, market trends and supply risks to effectively manage procurement activities to ensure cost efficiency and optimal supplier performance.
• Provide strategic direction and operational support to Sourcing Managers to execute procurement activities.
• Define category roadmaps, sourcing pipelines, and performance metrics.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers to foster collaboration and drive innovation.
• Facilitate supplier business performance reviews and ensure alignment with contractual and CSL needs and priorities.
• Lead supplier risk management and continuity planning.
• Engage with internal stakeholders across CSL to align procurement initiatives and saving opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies and governance frameworks and ethical sourcing standards.
• Lead the Tendering process, negotiations, and contract awards for activities over US$500K.

Associate Director, Indirect Procurement

• With digitalization as a focus, you actively drive the further development of our services in the retail banking (private customer) area for our partner banks.
• You handle, on behalf of our partner banks, all relevant tasks related to consumer lending and mortgage financing.
• You further develop our highly successful standard process model in retail banking and align it with the new operating model.
• You take market requirements and technological developments into account and proactively and cooperatively network with colleagues from business areas and other specialist departments.
• You work as part of projects and client acquisition activities in close cooperation with senior management of the banks and with internal and external strategic partners from the cooperative financial group.
• You are comfortable with travel of approximately 70 days per year.

Credit Specialist for Outsourcing Services

• Support of the LBP IT to create and execute the Business Procurement Strategy
• Ensure stakeholder management and supplier engagement
• Manage initiatives and projects to align Procurement services and strategic supplier management with Uniper IT’s operational and strategic needs
• Close coordination with Uniper IT managers to translate their requirements into procurement strategy
• Ensure smooth collaboration with the IT Contract & Vendor Management team
• Actively manage suppliers strategically to create value for Uniper IT
• Responsibility for strategic tendering and sourcing operations
• Acting as Project Procurement Lead (PPL) in Uniper IT projects for all procurement related topics
• Coordination with Procurement Management for optimal procurement

Business Partner, IT Procurement

• Internal support for the Procurement & After Sales department
• Preparation of contract negotiations
• Systematic collection and analysis of supplier terms and conditions
• Procurement and maintenance of manufacturer documentation
• Research on manufacturer news and preparation of market analyses
• Support for project management in After Sales projects

Working Student Procurement (Wind Turbines)

• Develop and negotiate vendor-specific collaboration concepts for global terminal operators and achieve budget targets in collaboration with regional procurement teams.
• Conduct market analysis and internal assessments to identify negotiation leverage points.
• Implement strategic proposals to secure terminal capacity and maintain Hapag-Lloyd's competitiveness.
• Drive cross-regional category strategy and sourcing activities, ensuring alignment with stakeholders.
• Support port studies to analyze surplus and demand, impacting sourcing concepts.
• Establish and maintain strong vendor relationships at relevant levels.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to identify value-add potentials.
• Contribute to the creation and standardization of global supplier management processes and tools.

Manager – Terminal Procurement

• Holistic management and ownership of the subcontractor process from selection to award, including qualification, deployment capability and contract management
• Preparation, review and negotiation of work and framework agreements as well as purchase orders in SAP in close coordination with our Business Units
• Conducting price negotiations and identifying and realizing cost-saving and optimization potentials
• Ensuring audit-proof contract and purchasing processes and compliance with quality, safety and regulatory requirements
• Key user for the contract management system and preparation of reports and analyses
• Optimization and digitization of procurement processes

Technical Buyer

• You support the procurement organization in the efficient execution of purchasing processes and promote the continuous optimization of procurement workflows.
• You review purchase requisitions, create purchase orders and manage the entire ordering and contract process.
• You carry out low-risk local and global sourcing activities, including requests for quotations, price comparisons and negotiations in coordination with strategic buyers.
• You maintain supplier, material and contract master data in the relevant systems and ensure its quality.
• You prepare reports and analyses on purchasing KPIs, spend and savings to support data-driven decisions.
• You monitor compliance with purchasing policies and procurement processes and assist with escalations in the event of scheduling or quality deviations.
• You contribute to improving contract coverage and reducing maverick buying.
• You support the continuous development and automation of the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process.

Buyer, Purchaser

• Analyze and evaluate tender documents.
• Prepare bid and contract calculations.
• Communicate with clients, authorities, experts/surveyors, subcontractors, project planners and internal specialist departments.
• Prepare tender documents for external trades and subcontractor services.
• Define market inquiries and execute contract awards for suppliers and subcontractor services.
• Support the technical department in preparing alternative bids and special proposals.

Estimator — Tenders, Bid Calculations, Contract Management in Construction

• As Product Manager Procurement & Portfolio Management, you will shape one of the strategically decisive product roles within our energy retail business.
• Define how and where 1KOMMA5° procures, hedges and optimizes energy for our customer portfolio.
• Develop a clear market segmentation and continuously refine it based on portfolio characteristics, customer mix and market conditions.
• Design hedging and risk management strategies tailored to different customer portfolios.
• Perform independent analyses of procurement performance, hedging effectiveness and portfolio profitability.
• Define KPIs covering procurement costs, hedge effectiveness, portfolio risk and flexibility margin.

Senior Product Manager – Procurement & Portfolio Management

• Develop and implement sustainable category strategies for industrial supplies, tools, packaging, and occupational health & safety
• Actively shape and optimize the strategic supplier portfolio by selecting, evaluating, and developing suppliers and service providers
• Independently conduct thorough market and price analyses and manage tenders (sourcing); independently negotiate and conclude complex contracts at national and international levels
• Collaborate professionally with internal departments and stakeholders to ensure efficient procurement processes
• Identify and implement cost-saving opportunities while ensuring quality requirements are met
• Lead procurement projects and actively contribute to the further development of procurement processes

Strategic Buyer – Industrial Supplies, Tools, Packaging

• Supports the team in placing orders for goods.
• Monitors delivery schedules and coordinates incoming goods with our logistics team.
• Maintains product data, pricing and supplier information in our ERP system (Odoo).
• Handles written correspondence with our partners and wineries worldwide.
• Prepares data for pricing calculations.
• Actively contributes to the design and optimization of our digital workflows.
• Participates in internal tastings and assists in presenting new gourmet and product highlights.

Office Management Specialist — Focus: Procurement, Digital Organization

• Define and drive the contractual strategy
• Oversee the entire contract lifecycle
• Support strategic bids

Contract Management Adviser

• Erstellung und Auswertung von Anfragen und Bestellungen
• Bearbeitung und Erfassung von Auftragsbestätigungen
• Terminüberwachung und Reklamationsbearbeitung
• Bedarfsermittlung durch Bearbeitung des Bestellvorschlags
• Rechnungsbearbeitung
• Beschaffung und Verwaltung zollrelevanter Unterlagen
• Datenpflege von Preisen, Texten, Liefer- und Zahlungsbedingungen

Sachbearbeiter Einkauf, Teilzeit 60%

• In unserer Unternehmenszentrale in Mainz-Kastel unterstützt Du unser Team an der Schnittstelle von Einkauf, Fuhrparkmanagement und Digitalisierung.
• Dabei arbeitest Du an echten Projekten mit, hilfst bei der Optimierung von Geschäftsprozessen und sorgst gemeinsam mit uns dafür, dass unsere Systeme und Daten effizient funktionieren.
• Du unterstützt unser Einkaufsteam im operativen Tagesgeschäft und im Order Management.
• Du hilfst bei der Administration und Weiterentwicklung unseres Procure-to-Pay-Tools.
• Du bearbeitest Bestellanfragen, pflegst Produktkataloge und unterstützt bei administrativen Einkaufsthemen.
• Du begleitest die digitale Weiterentwicklung unseres Fuhrparkmanagements und unterstützt bei der Einführung neuer Softwarelösungen.
• Du wirkst bei Datenmigrationen, Tests, Rollouts und der Hyper-Care-Phase neuer Systeme mit.
• Du arbeitest an der Verbesserung von Prozessen, Datenqualität und digitalen Workflows.
• Bei Bedarf unterstützt Du außerdem im Bereich Immobilienmanagement.

Werkstudent – Einkauf, Digitalisierung

• Support for resource, capacity and performance analyses within the transformation portfolio
• Support in management reporting, KPI development and dashboard preparation
• Support activities for medium-term resource and workforce planning
• Support resource forecasting and data management
• Assist in the continuous improvement of planning standards, governance and resource management processes
• Contribute to change-management activities related to the implementation and adoption of resource planning tools (e.g., Planisware)
• Support data-quality initiatives and perform ad-hoc analyses for strategic management decisions

Working Student – Project Resourcing

• Independently manage and develop FMCG categories in e-commerce/Amazon
• Identify relevant products, brands and assortment opportunities
• Decide on the inclusion of new items in the portfolio
• List new products in the system and maintain relevant product and assortment data
• Conduct terms and contract negotiations with manufacturers, brands and suppliers
• Responsible for operational ordering and ensuring product availability
• Analyze sales, margin, sell-through, competition, pricing and assortment performance
• Monitor market trends, consumer behavior and competitor activities
• Manage collaboration with manufacturers, brands and suppliers

Senior Category Manager, FMCG

• You identify new brands, manufacturers, suppliers and assortments with relevant potential for our e‑commerce business.
• You research markets, products, trends, competitors and growth potential, deriving concrete new‑business opportunities from your findings.
• You proactively approach potential partners, establish initial contacts and develop them in a structured way.
• You manage your new‑business pipeline from research and prioritization through outreach and follow‑ups to closing.
• You assess revenue, margin and assortment potential and create simple business cases as a basis for decision‑making.
• You conduct commercial and contract negotiations with new partners and work towards commercially attractive terms.
• You bring new assortments into implementation together with internal stakeholders and ensure handovers are executed cleanly.
• You have a solid grasp of category management fundamentals to realistically assess potential and, when needed, reliably take on selected ongoing topics or cover for colleagues.

Category Manager – New Business

• Operational purchasing of goods and services, including requirements analysis, supplier selection and price inquiries
• Obtaining and evaluating offers, and negotiating prices, terms and delivery times
• Order processing and placement, as well as monitoring deadlines, quality and supplier delivery performance (SCEM)
• Tracking and ensuring material availability and proactively resolving discrepancies
• Complaint management and close collaboration with Quality Assurance, Production and Sales
• Contributing to procurement strategy and optimization projects (e.g., supplier development, cost analysis, process improvements)

Operational Buyer, Part-time

• Build a range with passion: You create a selection of fruit and vegetables that delights our customers with uncompromising freshness and quality
• Discover local gems: You identify regional farmers, innovative producers and passionate family businesses
• Nurture global partnerships: You work as an equal with leading international brands and importers
• Bring trends to the market: Whether forgotten vegetables, exotic fruits or sustainable organic innovations — you are the first to introduce them to the market
• Optimize using data: You use customer insights and analytics to continuously develop your category
• Negotiate with added value: You negotiate long-term partnerships that deliver real value for both our customers and our suppliers
• Act together with impact: Together with Marketing and Supply Chain you define pricing, plan targeted promotions and manage inventory efficiently
• Make fast decisions: You keep performance (revenue & margin) constantly in view and act agilely to maximize the customer experience and business results

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