Project Purchasing Manager

Duties

• Project work in partly international vehicle development projects according to PEP in close coordination with the departments involved;
• Active participation in the Simultaneous Engineering Team Steel as well as regular communication with the Technical Procurement staff and the Commodity Team;
• Selecting suppliers, controlling and ensuring on-time delivery of purchased parts for A1 and A2 samples, prototypes, initial samples, pilot series, pilot series and start of production with a focus on steel;
• Negotiation of purchasing conditions;
• Ensuring the assigned project targets, in coordination with the commodity team incl. scheduling, controlling and reporting;
• Synchronization and exchange with other projects;
• Making decisions regarding the subproject and initiating measures.

Requirements

• Several years of professional experience in project purchasing with international orientation;
• Knowledge of international markets (BCC, LCC etc.), suppliers, technologies, manufacturing processes and cost structures as well as material knowledge with focus on "components and assemblies" made of steel;
• Legal knowledge, especially in BGB, HGB, product liability and contract law
• Experience in the practical application of manufacturing and costing processes in the purchasing area;
• Confident handling of SAP (MM, BW) and MS Office;
• Completed university studies in industrial engineering (Uni, FH, Technical University or TH)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in German and English;
• Several years of professional experience in project purchasing;
• Legal knowledge, especially in BGB, HGB, product liability and contract law.