Strategic Buyer / Category Manager (m/f/d) Direct Material
Are you looking for a challenging position in the area of strategic purchasing of direct materials? Would you like to take on active responsibility and have a significant influence on the future development of our purchasing department? In our internationally oriented purchasing team, we offer you the opportunity to actively contribute and develop in a motivated team with flat hierarchies.
Unlimited
100%
Flexitime
01.05.2025
German
What we offer
Culinary delights are very important to us, and freshly prepared food in our canteen makes this a tangible experience for our employees.
With our travel allowance, good public transport connections and plenty of parking spaces for cars and bicycles, our employees are mobile.
Avec HANSEFIT, tous les employés peuvent profiter d'offres de sport, de loisirs et de bien-être dans toute l'Allemagne. De plus, notre JobRad offre la possibilité de rester mobile tout en restant en forme et en respectant l'environnement.
A variety of company events ensure a great community and a familiar working atmosphere.
Our attractive additional financial benefits include a company pension scheme, holiday pay, annual bonus, employee participation and anniversary payments.
With us, you can expect professional development opportunities in an international environment. With our training campus, we offer a wide range of further training programmes and regular training courses.
We offer flexible working 4.5 days a week, more than 30 days off a year and 1 day a week to work in the mobile office.
Your tasks
- Category management and strategic purchasing for the assigned categories in the area of direct materials (raw materials, packaging, merchandise)
- Active management and participation in projects, taking into account cost and efficiency aspects
- Analysis of the categories, definition and implementation of the procurement strategy
- Organization and implementation of group-wide and local tenders, negotiation and conclusion of (framework) contracts
- Optimization of the supplier portfolio, supplier management and supplier management;group-wide and local tenders, negotiation and conclusion of (framework) contracts
- Optimization of the supplier portfolio, supplier management and further development of the categories
- Procurement market research as well as price and value analyses
- Production of market reports and presentations
- Operational activities such as master data maintenance, invoice audits E.g. master data maintenance, invoice verification
What you bring with you
- Successfully completed studies (business administration, (econom.)-Ing, Agricultural science or comparable), or commercial training with relevant professional experience
- Multiple years of professional experience in strategic purchasing, ideally in the food industry
- Experience in managing projects
- High level of initiative, teamwork, communication skills
- ; of initiative, teamwork, communication skills and organizational talent
- Analytical competence and conceptual skills
- Good MS Office skills and ideally SAP MM knowledge
- Business fluent in written and spoken English
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This is what our application process looks like:
Thank you for your application! We have received your documents and will get back to you as soon as possible.
We would like to get to know you and your motivation better in the first introductory meeting - let's have a relaxed chat and find out together whether we are a good match!
In the second interview, we will get to know each other better and talk about your skills and the next steps at our company - we look forward to continuing our exchange with you! For some positions, an assessment may still be carried out - if this is the case, you will be informed in good time.
Congratulations, we have convinced you and you have convinced us! We are now finalizing the last steps and look forward to welcoming you to our team soon!
