Global Category Manager — Bühler Group

Full description

Do you want to design global procurement strategies and develop sustainable solutions for a competitive supplier network together with international teams? As a Global Category Manager, you assume strategic responsibility for defined product groups and their portfolio management. You combine global procurement goals with the requirements for sustainability, quality, cost, delivery capability and technology and work closely with internal specialist areas as well as strategic suppliers.

Tasks

• You develop and implement global strategies for the assigned commodity groups and manage their portfolio along the company’s goals
• You will lead cross-functional teams in planning and implementing global procurement projects and lead buying initiatives
• You build strategic relationships with key suppliers, develop them further and negotiate contracts, prices and conditions
• Analyze market and technology trends, develop cost-efficient solutions and drive initiatives for sustainable cost optimization
• They work closely with research and development, lifecycle management and supply chain teams, integrate new technologies and identify and reduce global supply chain risks.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Economics, Supply Chain Management or a comparable subject area
• Five to seven years of professional experience in procurement, project implementation, production or research and development, of which at least two years in a globally oriented function
• In-depth project management knowledge as well as experience in the management of cross-functional and international teams and the ability to work in a structured and solution-oriented manner even in the event of changing requirements
• Very good communication and negotiation skills in German and English, at least at level B2, as well as security in exchange with different levels of organization
• Willingness to travel nationally and internationally up to 20%

We offer

Staff restaurant VIVA We offer our employees a daily fitness menu from 9.00 CHF.

Attractive mobility concept We offer an OSTWIND ZVV / Z-Pass + Half-Tax for 365 CHF + 400CHF public transport credit as well as an attractive first-class subscription or free parking.

Health port We are committed to health prevention through laboratory analyses, massages, nutritional advice, physiotherapy, group courses and a company doctor.

Attractive holiday entitlement Sufficient time for recreation and personal interests - we offer from 25 to 30 days of holidays per year depending on the year of life.

Employer-funded pension plan Bühler Pensionskasse offers its employees an independent pension fund that ensures reliable financial retirement: www.pk-buhler.ch

Mobile subscriptions We offer special conditions for mobile subscriptions via Mobilezone at Sunrise and Swisscom.

Two billion people eat food produced at Bühler plants every day. One billion people travel in vehicles whose parts were produced using Bühler technologies. With every decision, Bühler pursues the goal of reconciling the needs of the economy, people and nature. In this way, we develop solutions that open up sustainable business opportunities in the global food, feed and mobility industries. We want to innovate for a better world, with a particular focus on healthy, safe and sustainable solutions. This is why we work with customers, start-ups, multinational corporations and scientists to achieve a faster impact together.