Technical Purchaser

The Komax Group is a pioneer and market and technology leader in solutions for automated cable processing. As a company of the Komax Group, the site supplies machines and systems for wrapping, insulating and fixing cables, mainly for the automotive industry. They are looking for a technical purchaser for procurement and offer negotiation.

• Requesting quotes within a given commodity group and sourcing strategy
• Preparing quotes and creating qualitative and quantitative quote comparisons
• Renegotiating quotes within target specifications and a set cost framework
• Operational procurement of drawing parts in coordination with the in-house machining department, purchased parts, and raw and auxiliary materials, taking the procurement strategy into account (ERP-supported stock- and demand-based procurement, Kanban-supported procurement), and carrying out first article inspections
• Procurement of operating equipment and supplies
• Checking and recording order confirmations and monitoring deadlines
• Checking and recording incoming invoices
• Handling complaints
• Master data maintenance in ERP and SRM tools
• Support in the further development of lean principles (5S, one-piece flow, Kanban)
• Supporting engineering in selecting alternative sources and components for cost reduction, especially in design-to-cost

• Successfully completed commercial apprenticeship in procurement with additional technical qualification
• Alternatively, successfully completed technical training in mechanical engineering with additional commercial qualification
• Ideally several years of professional experience in technical project purchasing or procurement
• Confident use of MS Office applications and confident use of merchandise management systems
• Very good German and English skills
• Basic knowledge of lean management desirable
• Strong technical and commercial understanding
• Strong communication skills and assertiveness
• High degree of self-organization and a structured, systematic way of working
• High degree of resilience, reliability and initiative