Commodity Purchaser Weldments (m/f/d)
Company: CLAAS Saulgau GmbH
Location: Bad Saulgau
Start date: as soon as possible
Professional Level: Professionals
Key Area: Purchasing
As one of the world's leading manufacturers of agricultural machinery, we contribute to the nutrition of the world's population. Whether direct entry, internship, apprenticeship or dual-study programme: New colleagues, whom we continue to seek and hire, therefore fulfil – more than ever – our common goal: harvesting the future.
Your role in our team:
- Responsible purchaser for various sub-clusters within the commodity weldments along the entire product lifecycle (development, serial production, after-sales)
- Managing all purchasing activities in alignment with the global weldments’ strategy as well as in close cooperation with other internal stakeholders
- Developing existing suppliers (QCT: quality, cost, time) in accordance with goals related to quality, logistics, and product cost optimization
- Professional preparation and independent conduct of purchasing negotiations up to contract conclusion, including framework supply agreements
- Participation in development projects and cost optimization workshops
- Monitoring and analysis of the market environment
- Contribution to the definition of the weldments’ commodity strategy
Your profile:
- Completed studies in industrial engineering, business administration with additional technical knowledge, or a related field
- Several years of professional experience in strategic purchasing, ideally within welding technologies
- Good knowledge of production processes
- Comprehensive experience in conducting negotiations
- Strong entrepreneurial and analytical thinking skills as well as an independent, flexible, and efficient way of working
- Confident and professional appearance at both internal and external management levels.
- Experience working in an interdisciplinary and intercultural environment
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills
- Confident use of MS Office and SAP
- Fluent in business English and native-level German (C2) as well as willingness to travel
Your benefits:
- Personal and professional development opportunities within a highly international working environment and an intercultural, open-minded team full of drive and initiative, offering considerable scope for creativity and change
- CLAAS is a family-owned company through and through – personal contact is important to us, and we promote an open, performance- and employee-oriented leadership culture
- Flexible working time and flextime models as well as mobile office to a defined extent
We look forward to your application.
Your contact from our CLAAS Recruiting Team
Lilia Briel
CLAAS Saulgau GmbH
(+49) 7581 2036189
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