Strategic Buyer - Indirect Procurement — Denner AG
CHF 49'500 - 75'000
Denner AG · Zürich (ZH)
- Location
- Zürich
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 10 days ago
SalaryCHF 49'500 - 75'000
Role overview
Do you want to ensure our business runs smoothly behind the scenes in indirect procurement?
Welcome to the winning team.
You will negotiate smartly, optimize costs, and make performance transparent.
- Do you want to ensure our business runs smoothly behind the scenes in indirect procurement?
- Welcome to the winning team.
- Act as a business partner for internal stakeholders, providing advice and support on all procurement and negotiation matters
- Identify and realize optimization potential within independently managed purchasing initiatives
- At least 5 years of professional experience in a related role
- Completed education in business administration with procurement specialization
Main responsibilities
- Act as a business partner for internal stakeholders, providing advice and support on all procurement and negotiation matters
- Identify and realize optimization potential within independently managed purchasing initiatives
- Conceive and further develop strategies for the assigned product categories
- Ensure professional supplier management and continuously optimize the supplier portfolio Manage and monitor contracts
- Actively manage stakeholders and collaborate in cross-functional teams with various committees, departments, and specialists Requirements
- At least 5 years of professional experience: in a related role
- Completed basic or advanced education: in business administration, supplemented by a procurement specialization
- Sound purchasing experience in various product categories, ideally with a focus on logistics and store construction procurement (e.g., equipment and technical services)
- In-depth understanding of strategic procurement Strong negotiation skills
- Confident and winning demeanor when dealing with diverse stakeholder groups German (negotiation level) English (an advantage) What we offer
Key requirements
- At least 5 years of professional experience in a related role
- Completed education in business administration with procurement specialization
- Sound purchasing experience, focus on logistics and store construction
- In-depth understanding of strategic procurement Strong negotiation skills
- Confident and winning demeanor with diverse stakeholders German (negotiation level) English (an advantage)
Application process
- Application & Contact Sarah Schwery HR Business Partner
- Recruitment Process Pre-selection of applications We continuously review incoming applications, create a pre-selection, and release it to the hiring manager for review.
- Time to feedback: Up to three weeks Interview with HR & Department The interview is conducted with the responsible person from HR and/or the department, either virtually or on-site.
- The primary goal is to learn more about personal and professional skills and to give both sides the opportunity to assess the cultural fit within the company and team.
- Time to feedback: Up to three weeks Technical interview with case presentation Specific technical skills are tested using a case study or other assessment instruments.
- After completion, the result is presented to the manager and discussed together.
- Usually, the team is also present at the presentation.
- As a rule, the interviews are conducted by the supervisor, without an HR representative.
Contacts
- The decision on whether to proceed or exit the recruitment process is communicated via phone or email.
Additional details
- Ensure professional supplier management and continuously optimize the supplier portfolio Manage and monitor contracts
- Actively manage stakeholders and collaborate in cross-functional teams with various committees, departments, and specialists
- In-depth understanding of strategic procurement Strong negotiation skills
- Confident and winning demeanor when dealing with diverse stakeholder groups German (negotiation level) English (an advantage)
- Once agreed, the contract creation is commissioned and sent by post. Time to feedback: Up to three weeks
- Note for recruitment agencies For this position, we only consider direct applications.
Notes and original content
- for recruitment agencies For this position, we only consider direct applications.
- Ensure professional supplier management and continuously optimize the supplier portfolio
- Manage and monitor contracts
- Requirements
- In-depth understanding of strategic procurement
- Strong negotiation skills
- Confident and winning demeanor when dealing with diverse stakeholder groups
- German (negotiation level)
- English (an advantage)
- What we offer
