Indirects Procurement Lead 100% — Lindt & Sprüngli

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About us We enchant the world with chocolate! Lindt & Sprüngli (Switzerland) AG is a subsidiary of the global Lindt & Sprüngli Group with headquarters and production facilities in Kilchberg on Lake Zurich. In Altendorf we operate our own logistics centre, while the Lindt Cocoa Center in Olten produces cocoa mass for our own use as well as for other European production facilities. Throughout Switzerland, we proudly operate 15 Lindt shops, including iconic locations such as the Jungfraujoch and the Swiss Transport House in Lucerne. More than 1000 employees from more than 50 nations contribute to our success. Shape tomorrow’s purchasing – strategically, digitally and with a measurable impact. You are a strong personality with negotiation skills, strategic thinking skills and the aspiration to implement things consistently? You not only want to manage, but actively shape, change and create added value? Then you are exactly right with us. In this key position, you are responsible for indirect purchasing and lead a dedicated procurement team. You will develop future-oriented procurement strategies, realize sustainable savings and consistently advance the digitalization of our purchasing processes. What you do with us:

• Development and implementation of corporate and category strategies for indirect purchasing
• Identification and realization of sustainable savings and value enhancement potential along the entire source-to-contract process
• Conduct complex national and international negotiations and conclude strategically important contracts
• Establishment, development and management of high-performance supplier partnerships
• Introduction and consistent use of modern digital procurement and analysis tools
• Further development of purchasing processes, governance structures and compliance requirements
• Analysis of procurement markets, risks, innovations and cost developments to derive strategic recommendations for action
• Leadership, coaching and further development of a procurement team
• Close cooperation with internal stakeholders at all levels of the company to implement procurement initiatives When you fit in with us:
• Several years of successful leadership experience in strategic purchasing, ideally in an industrial or manufacturing environment
• Demonstrate track record in demanding negotiations as well as in the implementation of significant savings and value enhancement programs
• Strong strategic expertise and experience in category management, supplier relationship management and total cost of ownership (TCO)
• High implementation strength and the ability to actively drive change and anchor it in the company
• Enthusiasm for digitalization and experience in the introduction or Further development of procurement systems and digital processes (e.g. SAP, Coupa, Analytics solutions)
• Sovereign appearance and the ability to communicate and influence convincingly at different management levels
• Entrepreneurial thinking, self-initiative and a strong focus on results
• Analytical strength combined with pragmatism and hands-on mentality
• Negotiable knowledge of German and English We are looking for a leader with strategic foresight, clear performance orientation and the will to implement change. Someone who wins negotiations, develops people, drives modern tools and positions purchasing as a real value driver. In short: A leader personality with a strong negotiating card, digital mindset and the ambition to develop indirect purchasing sustainably. We are all unique! We recruit free from prejudice and consider skills and qualifications unaffected by personal characteristics such as gender, age, sexual orientation, origin, religion, marital status, impairments, e