Operational Purchasing Manager 100% (m/f/d)

What is my role?

You take responsibility for operational purchasing and actively shape processes – hands-on, solution-oriented and close to the business. Together with your team, you ensure smooth material supply, strong supplier partnerships and smart processes. You combine oversight with drive and make purchasing noticeably effective.

• Professional and disciplinary leadership of the purchasing team with close proximity to daily business

• Ensuring timely supply of direct and indirect materials

• Controlling, optimising and pragmatically further developing purchasing processes and systems

• Building and maintaining reliable supplier relationships as well as confident handling of bottlenecks and escalations

• Close, solution-oriented collaboration with production, logistics, engineering and controlling

• Creating key figures and reports as well as ensuring quality, compliance with guidelines and efficiency

What do I need to be successful?

• Completed commercial or technical training with further education in purchasing/supply chain and several years of experience in operational purchasing (ideally industry)

• Experience in leading a team and enjoyment in developing your employees both professionally and personally

• High initiative, strong implementation skills and enthusiasm for actively tackling tasks

• Structured, solution-oriented and independent working style with assertiveness as well as strong communication and team skills

• Very good ERP knowledge (e.g. SAP) as well as German as a native language and good English

What are my benefits?

• A responsible and varied position with the opportunity to shape and further develop purchasing processes

• Working in a globally operating company with flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths

• A collegial and supportive team that values shared success

• Flexible working models and home office options

• A pension fund with attractive retirement plans

What distinguishes the company?

This globally active specialist from Switzerland has been developing automatic access systems for buildings and stations for over 60 years. The company, headquartered in the Bern area, produces sliding doors, gates and platform doors that impress with high engineering quality, safety and durability.

Languages
German: C2 - native level

Work location
Köniz

Vacancy number
VA-27W-6N8