Responsibilities
- Sourcing, contract and price negotiations for non-production materials and services, and purchasing projects to contribute to the profitability of the company.
- Lead and drive Tender or Request for Proposal.
- Analysis and controlling of contractual agreements to prepare renegotiations/subsequent negotiations, initiate appropriate measures and guarantee supplies.
- Supplier selection, definition of criteria and preparation of decision for the requesting functions to ensure a defined and documented sourcing process.
- Supplier management to gain the best suppliers and guarantee an optimum supply chain.
- Consolidate and demand bundling to achieve cost savings
- Align with Purchasing process methods & tools and ensure compliance of global and country policies as well as category management
- Collaborate with cross-country to lead & drive strategy on assigned Category
