Tasks
**PRIMARY TASKS**:
**PURCHASING STRATEGY**:
- Support the development, maintenance, alignment, communication, and implementation of Information and Technology Category and Corporate Service Category of Sorting and Rework strategies with Category Management in order to ensure market transparency and highest pooling leverage on Regional and Global basis.
- Communication of procurement strategies to improve market transparency on Regional and Global basis, to ensure long-term, cost-effective supply of materials (Make or Buy).
**POOLING & SUPPLIER OPTIMIZATIONS**:
- Drive the Execution of Purchasing Strategies and ensure the ideal balance of Competition and Pooling to achieve best total value contribution.
- Optimize number of suppliers.
Sustainable reduction of purchasing prices in consideration of functional, total cost and quality aspects in coordination with Category Management.
**ALIGN**:
- Global, Regional, and Local Purchasing strategies between the Operations Center, Regional Sourcing, Category, and Internal Customers to ensure transparency in the purchasing process and highest overall outcome.
- Develop and sustain relationships with key internal customers.
**SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT**:
- Promote Strategic Suppliers based on requirements and considering Purchasing Strategies.
Drive the implementation of favorable negotiated prices, terms and conditions.
- Supplier management to ensure an ideal supply chain and cooperation with suppliers.
- Supplier selection and supplier evaluation to optimize the existing supplier panel.
**CONTRACTS**:
- Increase the number of favorable Price and Framework Agreements in legal, logístical, commercial and technical terms (Requirement Books, Specifications, Standards) in close alignment with stakeholders and steer the implementation.
- Contract and price negotiations as contribute to the profitability of the company.
- Implement requests for quotations including offers evaluation as well as creating and updating frame contracts.
**SOURCING**:
- Work with internal customers on the sourcing of products and services based on defined spend limits and corporate policies.
Identify, initiate, accompany and tender Projects in cooperation with Category Managers and Internal Customers (i.e.
Engineering, Operations, EHS, Facility Management, Controlling, Corporate Functions)
- Consulting and Support of technical departments within the scope of procurement questions to achieve saving targets.
- Show / implement alternative sources of supply and ensuring of synergies by bundling of volumes.
**KPI's**:
- Implement and track relevant KPI's according to the Corporate Targets & KPI settings
- Reporting of saving results in the Indirect Saving Tool - "IST" (KPI reporting)
**NEW VENDOR CREATION**:
- Submit requests and follow up with Master Data Administrator
**ACCOUNTS PAYABLE**:
Support issues with Accounting, Regional Operations Center and Category Purchasing
**COMPLIANCE**:
- Ensure Compliance with Business Partner Code of Conduct, Continental Ethics and Values and all Corporate Guidelines
- Ensure necessary transparency and documentation of sourcing decisions according to compliance guidelines (e.g.
Sourcing Decision Sheet).
**Qualifications**:
**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS**:
- Academic degree in Business Administration or comparable qualifications
- At least 3 years of Professional experience in Purchasing function and/or respective material groups
- English speaking and writing - Advanced ( Interviews will be in english )
- Ability to work independently and highly self-motivated
- Excellent teamwork spirit and flexibility
- Strong negotiation, persuasion and communication skillset
- Inter-cultural experience (working in different countries or with international teams)
- Willing and able to travel as needed ( 2 -3 weeks per year )
About us
Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods.
Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation.
In 2021, Continental generated sales of €33.8 billion and currently employs more than 190,000 people in 58 countries and markets.
On October 8, 2021, the company celebrated its 150th anniversary.
The ContiTech group sector develops and manufactures, for example, cross-material, environmentally friendly and intelligent products and systems for the automotive industry, railway engineering, mining, agriculture and other key industries.
Guided by the vision of "smart and sustainable solutions beyond rubber," the group sector draws on its long-standing knowledge of the industry and materials to open up new business opportunities by combining various materials with electronic components and individual services.
Keyfacts
Job-ID
236103BR
Function
Einkauf
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