Global Procurement Manager (m/f/d)
HybridBerlin, State of Berlin, Germany or Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Job Summary
Develop and implement short-, mid-, and long-term procurement and sourcing category strategies, including single and multiple sourcing approaches. Own cost, risk, and innovation management while ensuring long-term supply risk management, compliance, and continuity of supply. Build, evaluate, and continuously develop a global, competitive, and resilient supplier base using scorecards and KPIs. Prepare and lead complex contract and price negotiations, utilizing raw material indexes and supplier performance facts to mitigate price rises. Set up and manage RFQs, tenders, and award processes while analyzing sourcing markets, trends, technologies, and geopolitical risks. Cooperate closely with Product Management and SCM as a direct business partner to integrate ESG criteria into sourcing. Requires a university degree, minimum five years of international procurement experience, and fluent English. Competitive salary and flexible hybrid working hours with 60% office presence.
Required Qualifications
- University degree in business administration, industrial engineering or comparable qualification
- Minimum 5 years of experience in an international buying, procurement environment
- Highly confident personal style
- Fluent in spend and price data
- Proven track record in developing and executing global procurement and sourcing strategies
- Understands finance terminology, eg P&L, ROI etc
- Familiar with working in matrix structured, collaborative environments
- Proven negotiation and contract management skills
- Strong experience in should-cost & TCO modelling, supplier evaluation and risk management
- Solid project management background
- Business fluent English
Desired Qualifications
- Retail buying or manufacturing experience
- Additional languages
- Confident user of ERP systems and eSourcing tools
- Knowledge of SRM Tool usage
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