Lead procurement operations team at Absa overseeing third party onboarding and compliance processes. Enhance operational efficiency through methodologies while managing stakeholder relations and team performance.
About the role
- Sachbearbeiter Einkauf managing procurement processes at Daimler in Monheim am Rhein. Overseeing material and service procurement with a focus on efficiency and cost optimization.
Responsibilities
- You will manage the entire operational procurement process for materials and services: quotation analysis (price, quality, delivery time, sustainability)
- Price/terms negotiations within authorized limits
- Placing orders, tracking delivery dates, dunning/reminder management, and handling complaints in the ERP system (proAlpha)
- Point of contact for internal departments and support with intercompany matters
- Establishing and maintaining long-term supplier relationships, evaluations and audits
- Monitoring market and price developments
- Optimizing and digitizing procurement processes; maintaining master data
- Analyzing procurement KPIs, reporting and participating in cost-saving projects
- Participating in contract and investment projects as well as group-wide synergy initiatives
Requirements
- Completed commercial vocational training – ideally as an industrial clerk or in wholesale and foreign trade
- Minimum 5 years' experience in operational procurement within a manufacturing company
- Confident user of MS Office and ERP systems – proAlpha is an advantage
- Strong negotiation and communication skills
- Analytical thinker, assertive, team- and process-oriented
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