Strategic Buyer

As a strategic buyer, you ensure reliable supply of high-quality raw materials to the Aesculap division and, through forward-looking procurement strategies, make an important contribution to quality and cost-effectiveness.

• Strategic commodity and supplier management for stainless steels and other metallic raw materials, especially CoCr, titanium and aluminium, as well as plastics
• Develop and implement strategies for your commodity groups and identify and realise cost, quality and supply potential
• Continuously monitor and analyse raw material markets, stock exchange prices of the main LME metals and relevant price indices
• Prepare and conduct contract and price negotiations with national and international suppliers, and conclude and manage the relevant contracts
• Analyse and manage procurement, supplier, capacity and supply risks and derive suitable safeguards
• Work with Supplier Quality Management on selecting, qualifying, developing and auditing suppliers in Germany and abroad
• Work closely with material development, Supplier Quality Management, engineering and operational purchasing on new developments and on quality, cost and availability questions

• Completed bachelor's degree in industrial engineering or a comparable qualification
• Good understanding of raw material markets and price trends, and a feel for the right purchasing times and for securing material supply
• Follow global developments, derive their impact on procurement, find suitable suppliers and build partnership-based relationships
• Strategic thinking, planning ahead and aligning decisions with long-term procurement goals
• Very good German and English skills
• Negotiation skills and assertiveness, staying calm and resilient in demanding situations, and a good sense for the other party