Strategic Purchasing Manager for CAPEX Projects

A fantastic opportunity has arisen with one of our key clients in the automotive sector.

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of Additional Savings Potential: Evaluate opportunities to enhance cost savings and synergies across CAPEX projects.
• Supplier Management: Identify new suppliers, develop relationships with existing ones, and improve supplier evaluations.
• Proposal Development and Presentation: Create supplier proposals considering quality, costs, delivery times, and supplier assessments.
• Tender Creation and Evaluation: Develop inquiry documents and related tenders for effective evaluation and negotiation.
• Offer Negotiation and Presentation: Present results to the sourcing board and management, ensuring optimal outcomes.
• Target Achievement: Meet targets for execution, costs, and delivery times.
• Contract Development and Negotiation: Develop, negotiate, and conclude individual and framework contracts.
• Process Improvement: Enhance data quality in existing systems and create user-friendly project presentations.
• Training and Support: Provide training and support to departments on qualified requirements, specifications, and budgets.

Qualifications:

• Completed degree in economics or engineering or equivalent commercial/technical training.
• Several years of relevant professional experience in indirect purchasing (CAPEX), preferably in the automotive industry.
• Sound technical understanding of production systems.
• Experience in organizing cross-functional European teams in a matrix organization.
• Expertise in drafting contracts.
• Flexibility, negotiation skills, entrepreneurial mindset, and analytical thinking.
• Presentation skills and high customer orientation.
• Sound MS Office and SAP knowledge.

We offer a competitive salary of $120,000 - $180,000 per annum, depending on experience. This role is an excellent opportunity for a skilled purchasing professional to grow with our company.

Salary : $120,000 - $180,000