Leiter Strategischer Einkauf (m/w/d)
Core
Lead strategic procurement across a corporate group to bundle volumes, negotiate supplier contracts, and drive cost reduction through category management and technical cost engineering.
Role type
Senior strategic procurement manager (category management)
Builds
Group-wide supplier strategies, framework agreements, and standardized procurement processes
Domain
Industrial manufacturing (electrical engineering, automation, switchgear, building technology)
Required skills
Category management, supplier negotiation, should-cost analysis, design-to-cost, ERP systems, market analysis, cross-functional collaboration
Preferred skills
Group-wide procurement structure setup, technical understanding of electrical components, English for supplier communication
Technologies
ERP systems, Excel, AI tools
Responsibilities
Bundle procurement volumes across companies to realize scale effects, develop group-wide supplier strategies and framework agreements, manage selected strategic commodity groups (automation components, switchgear, cables, transformers), negotiate prices and terms with suppliers, conduct technical cost engineering and should-cost analyses, establish procurement standards and reporting across fragmented ERP landscapes, collaborate with operational procurement, project management, and engineering teams, act as a sparring partner for the executive board
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
