Category Manager handling procurement strategies for electrical and electromechanical components. Collaborating with development and quality departments to enhance cost efficiency and supplier cooperation.
Responsibilities
Develop and implement category strategy: You define the strategic direction for your categories in the area of electrical and electromechanical modules and components. Together with the development and quality departments, you implement this strategy with the goal of sustainably improving cost efficiency and supplier collaboration.
Global market analysis & supplier selection: You conduct international procurement market analyses and manage the entire selection process for new suppliers — from tendering and evaluation to award and contract drafting.
Forward-looking negotiation: You conduct price and contract negotiations with international suppliers and service providers — consistently, respectfully, and purposefully. You always keep total cost of ownership (TCO), quality and delivery performance in focus.
Supplier management & audits: You optimize the existing supplier base through systematic evaluations and support audits to ensure quality and compliance standards.
Requirements
You have a completed university degree.
You bring several years of experience in strategic procurement of mechanical parts and components.
You possess strong analytical and conceptual skills that enable a strategic approach to complex tasks.
You present yourself confidently and have proven yourself as an experienced negotiation partner in both national and international contexts.
Your assertiveness is combined with a communicative and team-oriented personality.
You are fluent in German and English, both written and spoken.
You have good knowledge of SAP and MS Office.
Benefits
Flexible working hours: You can arrange your working hours flexibly without fixed core hours, work remotely and switch between the office and mobile office.
Vacation: You receive 30 days of annual leave by default, which you can increase each year via salary conversion.
Profit sharing: As an employee, you have the opportunity to participate in the company’s success through profit sharing.
Health: We promote your physical and mental health through regular health initiatives.
Development: We support your continuous professional development through our AIXTRON Academy and individual development programs.
Retirement provision and supplementary insurance: We support your retirement planning and offer capital-forming benefits (vermögenswirksame Leistungen) as well as individual supplementary insurance options.
Corporate Benefits: You benefit from exclusive discounts and special offers through our Corporate Benefits program with numerous partners.
Catering: Our company canteen offers subsidized meals and fresh seasonal fruit baskets.
Open company culture: We maintain an open and respectful informal first-name culture across all hierarchy levels.
Sustainability and mobility: We focus on sustainability and provide e-charging stations for cars and bicycles, good transport connections and free parking.
Referral program: If you recruit new talent for AIXTRON, we reward you generously through our referral program.
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