Job Description1.

Supplier management - Supplier Mentorship for CN suppliers- Planning and ensuring supplier capacity- Supplier monitoring and identification of risks within supply chain - Price analysis and price benchmarking (based on strategy definition)- supplier assessment and evaluation (Tool: DSC)- Supplier decision preparation and documentation (Tool: COQ)- Setup & update of supplier master data in SAP system and SRM2.

Strategy development - support global lead buyer in global material field and supplier strategy development- support development and implementation of material field strategy- creation and update of strategy for dedicated similarity classes- preparation and participation strategy meetings3.

Price negotiation and contract management based on mentorship definition:- Demand analysis and RFQ preparation and execution- support preparation of negotiation/advantage design and execution of defined negotiations of purchasing agreements and price contracts (within global buyer’s network)- update SAP system4.

Project management - Purchasing project management: support release of suppliers and products, secure ramp up / launch of new products or transfers of business- Systematic market screening and supplier search- Create analysis of quotation and strategic supplier selection- Conduction of supplier evaluation- Generate and evaluate ideas for cost savings projects (RPP)5.

Reporting and administration - Regular update on price development (YTD reporting)- Regular update of supplier status- Regular update of project status- Business planning for dedicated similarity classes6.

Organization Related Processes - Co-ordination of tasks with other functions (MKT, PUQ, LOx)- support global lead buyer- Support logistic in case of vendor backlog- Support PUQ to ensure stable quality and for negotiation of cost claims- Support cost and consolidation projects Qualifications1.

Education Degree in business administration / supply Chain Management or Engineering 2.

Work Experience - Must Have - initial experience in International Purchasing or supply chain management role within a multi-national companyo Priority No.

1: Automotive Aftermarket Industry / trade goodso Priority No.

2: Automotive Industryo Priority No.

3: Other Industry (consumer goods)Work Experience - Should Have - Experience Purchasing, supplier management & price negotiation.- Working knowledge of contracts, production process & material costing- Preferred with international Exposure- Experience as a buyer for technical products, project management Work Experience - Perfect Match - Purchaser of an Automotive Aftermarket Division within an international company / competitor (or Bosch)- Purchasing experience in brake components3.

Languages - Mandatory: Proficient oral- and written communication in English, able to lead negotiations in English- Good to have: proficient oral- and written communication in German4.

Strong Entrepreneurial Mindset - Shows initiative- Able to quickly adapt to complex situations- Pro-active and works independently- Thinks and acts strategically / visionary- Highly conscientiousness- Target- and profit oriented, cost-sensitive- Excellent analytical capabilities - Highly numeric5.

Social Competence - Strong in communication with key-stakeholders- Self-responsible and structured- is a team player- Is creditable and reliable- Sensitive to intercultural aspects- Has good negotiation skills- Has good presentation skills6.

Well developed Technical and Methodological Competence - Thinks interdisciplinary- Is flexible- Is creative- Has good intellectual skills- Has good abstraction ability- Specialist knowledge7.

Software Skills - Mandatory: Proficient knowledge of purchasing standard software (especially MS Excel, MS Powerpoint), SAP, Pilum-Nice to have: digitalization tools (Power BI, or others)