Senior Strategic Purchaser (m/f/d)

Overview

As one of the world’s leading analytical instrumentation companies, Bruker covers a broad spectrum of advanced solutions in all fields of research and development.

All our systems and instruments are designed to improve the safety of products, accelerate time-to-market, and support industries in successfully enhancing the quality of life.

We’ve been driving innovation in analytical instrumentation for 60 years now. Today, worldwide more than 9,700 employees are working on this permanent challenge, at over 90 locations on all continents.

Responsibilities

In your role as Strategic Purchasing, your main tasks will be composed – but not limited – to the below fields:

• Act as a business partner towards all related internal and external stakeholders for your area of responsibility.
• Manage and develop supplier base, performance, relationships, and negotiations in close cooperation with the respective business lines.
• Ensure sourcing objectives and targets on Quality, Lead Times, and Cost are met in your area of responsibility.
• Create and update agreements with suppliers, maintain material/supplier master data in relevant parts.
• Lead role in contract and purchasing negotiations, secure capacity, and forecasting.
• Manage supplier performance and relationships, gather and analyze spend and supplier data, execute benchmarking, and provide data to the relevant functions.
• Analyze future supply demand in cooperation with the respective functions and stakeholders.
• Support non-conformity/warranty process management in escalated issues.
• Secure compliance to Supply Management processes/procedures, strategies, and agreements.
• Execute/support material/services for cost budgeting and follow-up.
• Execute/support supplier selection/rationalization process.

Qualifications

As an ideal candidate:

• You hold a Bachelor’s/Master’s degree (or equivalent) in relevant areas of expertise, e.g., economics, industrial engineering, or similar.
• You are a hands-on person with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in strategic purchasing or other relevant areas.
• You are keen to learn and develop yourself, applying out-of-the-box thinking.
• You see strategic purchasing, including sourcing, as a main support function securing business continuity and sustainable growth.
• You have experience in leading and driving projects in a cross-functional team setup.
• You possess sufficient business English and German.
• You are motivated to apply your experience to form and build the strategy for your area of responsibility.
• You work in a clear, transparent, and trustworthy manner.
• You communicate clearly and straight to the point.
• You are skilled in building networks.
• You are experienced in common SAP transactions and standard processes in procurement.
• You have a willingness to travel approximately 25%, mainly in the EU.

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