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Tactical Project Purchaser (German Speaker)

In your role as a Tactical Purchaser based in Germany on a project-based assignment, your responsibilities include:

• Tracking and reporting cost trends associated with essential commodities.
• Ensuring the completeness, proper execution, and consideration of all cost variables in supplier contracts.
• Conducting research, qualification, and evaluation of national suppliers and sub-contractors on a project basis.
• Initiating market research efforts and fostering supplier development to establish and sustain a suitable supply base.
• Spearheading improvement processes with suppliers, grounded in supplier qualification and evaluation.
• Actively participating in category management, encompassing defining category strategies, strategy implementation, and execution.
• Providing accurate and dependable information for budget and cost price calculations.
• Developing and maintaining records of quotation evaluations and key performance indicators.
• Overseeing and coordinating the procurement process, which includes specification, selection, evaluation, contracting, contract management, and post-contract care, in accordance with applicable procedures and project parameters.
• Formulating proposals for standardization, creating framework contracts, and overseeing their monitoring and maintenance.
• Ensuring the implementation and adherence to all Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality (HSEQ) policies and procedures, thus fostering a safe and healthy work environment.

To excel in the role of Tactical Purchaser, the following qualifications and attributes are essential:

• Exceptional negotiation skills, combined with assertiveness and a self-directed, well-organized approach.
• A minimum of five years of hands-on experience in a technical environment, with a strong background in procurement.
• Proficiency in both German and English, both written and spoken.
• Technical Bachelor Degree or similar, preferably with certified procurement trainings or willingness to enroll in such trainings.
• Permanent multiyear EU citizenship
• Efficiently procure products, materials, services, and outsourcing activities in alignment with project objectives and timelines.