Category Lead Buyer Customer Solutions

As a Category Lead Buyer Customer Solutions, you will drive the global sourcing strategy for customer-specific components and suppliers. You will play a key role in securing supplier performance, optimizing costs, managing risks, and ensuring sustainable supply chain excellence in close collaboration with international stakeholders.

Your job:

• Build, manage, and continuously develop a global supplier portfolio within the Customer Solutions area while ensuring alignment with quality, cost, and delivery objectives
• Develop and implement commodity strategies for assigned categories to support business and procurement goals
• Identify, implement, and monitor sustainable cost reduction initiatives to achieve defined savings targets
• Secure long-term supplier and manufacturing capacities in alignment with business requirements and growth plans
• Drive continuous improvement of supplier quality performance in close collaboration with technical and quality experts
• Integrate supplier performance insights into sourcing decisions and commodity strategies
• Lead sourcing decisions and supplier selection processes for assigned commodity groups
• Manage and support cost optimization, transfer, insourcing, and outsourcing projects while ensuring effective knowledge transfer
• Drive and further develop supplier risk management and contract management processes
• Take full purchasing responsibility for assigned components, commodities, and suppliers
• Monitor global procurement markets, industry trends, and supplier developments to identify opportunities and mitigate risks

Your qualification:

• University degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Economics, Supply Chain Management, or a comparable field
• 3-5 years of professional experience in global purchasing, strategic sourcing, supplier management, project management, or supplier negotiations
• Strong knowledge of global procurement markets, supplier relationship management, industrial manufacturing environments, and production technologies
• Experience in developing and implementing commodity strategies and cost optimization initiatives
• Fluent English skills, both written and spoken, German language skills are an advantage
• Proficiency in ERP systems and Microsoft Office applications, knowledge of SAP S/4HANA is an advantage
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills
• Collaborative, proactive, assertive, and solution-oriented mindset with a strong ability to work in international environments
• Willingness to travel internationally up to approximately 20%

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation and benefits package, including annual bonus, monthly cafeteria allowance, and long-service awards.
• Flexible working arrangements with up to 5 home office days per month.
• Continuous professional development and training opportunities.
• Language learning support.
• On-site fitness center and sports facilities.
• Company restaurant available on-site.
• Secure, covered parking facilities.

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