Strategic Commodity Manager - Direct Material (m/w/d)

Your role

As a Supply Chain Professional, you will be at the forefront of optimizing our organization's procurement, supply, and logistics operations. Your mission is to drive efficiency and innovation by managing the end-to-end supply chain process, from sourcing materials to delivering finished goods to our customers. You will play a critical role in ensuring our supply chain operations are not only efficient but also resilient and sustainable. Join us in revolutionizing our supply chain, pioneering new solutions, and making a lasting impact on both our organization and the broader community. You will report to the Head of purchasing

You responsibilities are:

• Supplier Management
  • relationship with the supplier implement general supply agreements and take part in the supplier audits.
• Logistics and quality
  • delivery performance and quality levels of the suppliers, involving SQA when needed.
  • Loading the needed parameters of all new items in the system
• Technical competence
• • process and implications of make or buy, insourcing, outsourcing and resourcing and challenge technical specifications and explore new technologies.

• Total cost
  • Commodity strategy to deliver value to operations by driving down products costs and maximising quality.
  •  RFQ process of new parts, reaching pricing agreements and performing yearly negotiations.
  • Update and maintain the actions of the Saving Plan.
  • Ensure link between continuous improvement, internal strategy and KPIs results.

To succeed, you will need

We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. We value diverse experiences and perspectives and are excited to see what you bring to the role. 

• A master degree in engineering or an equivalent combination of education and job experience.
• Good English and German language skills, on both oral and writing.
• Good command of Microsoft Office basic tools, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams.
• Experience working with ERP systems, SAP is a plus.
• Experience in industrial sectors with high technical variability and low repetitiveness is a plus.
• Willingness to travel within the region and internationally.
• Collaboration attitude inside your team, with rest of the company and with external business partners is fundamental.
• Self-motivated, independent, flexible, well organized, and methodical.
• Accurate and diligent with an awareness to speed up execution within a pressurized environment.

In return, we offer

•  Culture of trust and accountability
•  Lifelong learning and career growth
•  Innovation powered by people
•  Comprehensive compensation and benefits
•  Health and well-being

Job location

This role offers a hybrid working arrangement, allowing you to split your time between working remotely and being on-site in 71229 Leonberg, Germany.

Contact information

Talent Acquisition Team: Eva Feuerfeil