Eugster/Frismag AG
Amriswil
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Strategic Buyer (m/f/d)
- 18 February 2026
- 100%
- Amriswil
Job summary
Join a leading company in developing high-quality coffee machines. Be part of a supportive and dynamic work environment with great benefits.
Tasks
- Develop and implement the material group strategy effectively.
- Collaborate closely with operational purchasing and development teams.
- Conduct market analyses to optimize supplier and material portfolios.
Skills
- Technical background with business education; purchasing experience needed.
- Strong negotiation skills and assertiveness are essential.
- Fluent in German and English; additional languages are a plus.
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About the job
Strategic Buyer (m/f/d)
We are an internationally operating and reliable partner in the development and manufacturing of coffee machines and other high-quality electrical appliances. We maintain a relationship of appreciation, trust, and tolerance with our contacts. Together, we invest our potential in success. This also applies especially to our employees.
Your responsibilities:
- Developing and implementing the material group strategy
- Close cooperation with the departments of operational purchasing, development, and quality
- Market, technology, and procurement analyses to optimize the supplier and material portfolio
- Strategic supplier development and annual meetings
- Negotiation of prices, contracts, and conditions
- Ensuring compliance with standards and guidelines
- Monitoring supplier evaluation / delivery performance as lead buyer and conducting annual audits
Your qualifications:
- Technical basic training, preferably in plastics, mechanics, or die casting with business management further education
- Further education in purchasing (HF/FH)
- Experience in international and industrial strategic purchasing (category management)
- Strong negotiation skills
- Confident and competent appearance, assertiveness
- Professional expertise, methodological competence, and strong communication skills
- Very good German and English skills (at least B2 level) - additional foreign languages are an advantage
- Travel activity 10 - 20% (Switzerland and Europe)
Shape the future of our products – with your expertise and strategic intuition!
Your workplace: Amriswil or Eschenbach/Neuhaus.
