Procurement Manager for Construction Tenders // Location Aarau, Castione or Prilly (80-100%)

About the job

Electricity powers our lives. And we move electricity. Every day, we commit ourselves to ensuring grid-side supply security in Switzerland. On behalf of Switzerland and in cooperation with international partners, our employees ensure a powerful and reliable electricity grid.

For our Procurement Team at our headquarters in Aarau or alternatively at our locations in Castione or Prilly, we are looking for a

Procurement Manager for Construction Tenders // Location Aarau, Castione or Prilly (80-100%) - 1531

Ensuring electricity in Switzerland

In this exciting role, you take responsibility for procurements for construction projects and represent this topic as an ambassador within purchasing and across departments. As a Procurement Manager, you are responsible for your product groups and ensure close coordination with internal stakeholders to jointly achieve defined strategic and operational goals. Your further tasks include:

• Planning, coordinating, and accompanying procurement projects for complex construction projects in German (and ideally Italian or French) under strict compliance with public procurement law (BöB/VöB) and internal guidelines
• Shaping the standardization and optimization of construction tenders
• Reviewing and optimizing requirements in close collaboration with project managers and asset management to ensure timely and market-appropriate procurement of the highest quality
• Continuously analyzing and monitoring procurement markets, identifying opportunities and risks to ensure long-term supply security and cost efficiency
• Developing and implementing effective procurement strategies in exchange with specialists while actively anticipating market and industry developments
• Managing and optimizing the supplier portfolio through targeted performance and risk assessments to sustainably guarantee quality, deadlines, and costs
• Confidently managing claim management and coordinating collaboration with the legal department and all relevant stakeholders regarding additional claims
• Actively shaping and developing contract management and sustainability standards with the relevant purchasing departments
• Actively contributing to the further development of Procurement & Claim Management – e.g., by initiating or leading development projects focused on resilience, cost-effectiveness, and digitalization

What makes you stand out

For this position, we are looking for a committed personality with pronounced analytical, conceptual, and communication skills to successfully master complex and interconnected tasks. Team spirit is important to you; even in hectic situations, you keep a clear head and act with a focus on solutions. You approach conflicts constructively and set priorities in the interest of projects and the company. Furthermore, you bring the following:

• You have a degree in engineering or business administration, complemented by further training or experience in purchasing, construction, or project management
• You have experience in carrying out construction procurements, ideally in the public sector – including contract design – or bring comparable experience from a relevant environment
• You present yourself confidently, are resilient, and strong in communication. Persuasiveness and assertiveness are among your strengths
• Experience in developing procurement strategies and knowledge of procurement law (BöB/VöB) are advantageous; knowledge in supplier management is a plus
• Experience with clients in the public infrastructure sector or knowledge of the SIA standards is a plus
• You are proficient in MS Office and quickly adapt to new systems such as SAP
• Very good German skills in spoken and written form are required
• Very good Italian skills (level B2) are a valuable advantage, while additional knowledge of French ideally rounds off your profile

How we inspire you

We offer diverse and exciting tasks in a company unique to Switzerland and a modern working environment in Aarau. Besides our headquarters in Aarau, we offer Prilly or Castione as alternative workplaces, complemented by approximately 20 percent presence time in Aarau. In addition, we convince with the following benefits:

• Flexible working hours (42 hours per week) with opportunities for home office
• 25-30 working days of vacation as well as company holidays between Christmas and New Year
• Progressive social benefits and an attractive pension fund
• Opportunities for professional development
• Financial and/or time support for internal or external training
• Competitive salary and rewarding good performance

About us

Our purchasing team offers you a dynamic, motivated environment and a portfolio of tasks with great scope for design in a central interface function. With your procurement know-how and pronounced initiative, you set effective impulses and actively drive the further development of the team as well as the entire Procurement & Claim Management department.

Contact person

If interested, Daniela Toth looks forward to receiving your complete application documents via the career portal.