Category Purchasing Specialist

Job description

Purchasing & Supplier Quality is crucial to our success as a global provider of innovative mobility solutions. As part of the procurement team, you actively help shape the future of mobility. Close collaboration with all business areas ensures the definition and implementation of commodity group strategies, while commercial negotiations have a direct impact on the company's success. Selecting the best and most innovative suppliers guarantees the highest quality standards, as well as sustainable and innovative products. The tasks in procurement are as diverse as they are essential to success. You can look forward to these exciting tasks: - Implementing strategies for negotiating category purchase agreements based on in-depth knowledge of foreign and domestic markets for optimum pricing and terms - Ensuring the availability of materials in the supply chain as scheduled and maintaining the inventory at minimum acceptable levels - Identifies and selects suppliers that meet the organization’s standards of price, quality and delivery - Develops, coordinates and implements the purchasing strategy within a less complex, moderate/regional category/program - Conducts contract negotiations wi...