Associate Director, Indirect Procurement for Wella Company driving strategic sourcing in North America and ensuring value delivery. Leading the procurement team and stakeholder engagement in complex spend areas.
About the role
- Regional Purchasing Manager responsible for developing procurement strategies and managing supplier relationships in a dynamic environment for FläktGroup Germany. Ensuring purchasing metrics and leading procurement teams.
Responsibilities
- Your focus is on independently managing procurement for specific commodity groups.
- Develop and implement regional procurement strategies in coordination with global partners
- Responsible for indirect procurement, supplier management, and negotiations
- Manage contract administration, price implementation, and escalation issues
- Ensure procurement KPIs are met
- Lead procurement teams at the Wurzen and Czech sites
- Serve as the interface between plant management, Purchasing, and Global Commodity Management
- Conduct market analyses and identify cost-saving potentials
Requirements
- University degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related field
- 3–5 years' experience in strategic procurement, preferably within a matrix organization
- Strong team orientation and leadership experience (team size 5–10 people)
- Excellent negotiation and communication skills
- Structured, detail-oriented, and results-focused working style
- High decisiveness and agility in dynamic environments
- Strong financial mindset and experience with cost and performance targets
- International experience and intercultural competence
- Solid market and supplier knowledge at the local level
- Resilience and the ability to respond quickly in challenging situations
- Excellent command of common MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Very good German and English skills, both written and spoken
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally
Benefits
- Work within a committed and collegial team where everyone is heard
- Flat hierarchies that enable quick decisions
- Exciting responsibilities in a dynamic corporate environment with room for personal and professional development
- Collective agreement benefits (e.g., vacation pay, Christmas bonus, 30 days' annual leave)
- Possibility of monthly bonuses for good ideas and improvement suggestions — creativity and effective solutions are rewarded!
- Occupational health management (free fruit and water, health days, and more)
- Corporate benefits & JobRad (company bike leasing)
- Free parking
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