Category Manager

About the job

You work 100% in Zug or partially remote

• Your responsibilities include the development and implementation of the product group and supplier strategy, aiming to optimise the supplier portfolio and ensure long-term material supply. This includes identifying new suppliers as well as alternative sourcing options
• You develop and manage the supplier portfolio from selecting new partners to targeted further development or phase-out, and together with Supplier Quality Management, ensure target achievement through regular evaluations and audits
• Your role includes contract management within your product groups rubber, glass, packaging, and insulation, including drafting, negotiating, and maintaining supplier contracts in close coordination with internal stakeholders.
• You conduct tenders and offer comparisons and play a significant role in well-founded awarding decisions in collaboration with the relevant departments
• You are responsible for the cost development of pre-series and series articles, actively identify cost reduction potentials, and sustainably implement these through targeted price negotiations and measures
• In your role, you actively participate in projects, coordinate material requirements with suppliers, and ensure the timely provision of samples, prototypes, and series materials.

• You have a degree in industrial engineering, business administration, supply chain management, or a comparable qualification
• Several years of experience in purchasing, combined with strong negotiation skills and excellent communication abilities, form the basis for effectively representing purchasing interests towards suppliers
• Strategic and analytical thinking enables you to develop sustainable purchasing strategies and confidently interpret market dynamics
• Clarity, assertiveness, and persuasiveness help you to take a confident position both within internal project environments and with external partners
• Confident handling of ERP systems, especially SAP, as well as digital tools, is part of your daily work
• Very good German and English skills, both spoken and written, enable you to communicate confidently in an international environment