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 safety of products, accelerate time-to-market and support industries in successfully enhancing quality of life.We’ve been driving innovation in analytical instrumentation for 60 years now. Today, worldwide more than 10.000 employees are working on this permanent challenge, at over 90 locations on all continents.In your role as Strategic Purchasing your main tasks will be compose - but not limited - to the below fields: Act as business partner towards all related internal and external stakeholders for own area of responsibilityManage and develop supplier base, performance, relationships andnegotiations in close cooperation with the respective business lines Ensure sourcing objectives and targets on quality, lead times and cost aremet in own area of responsibilityCreate and update agreements with suppliers, maintain material/supplier master data in relevant partsLead role in contract and purchasing negotiations, secure capacity andforecastingManage supplier performance and relationships, gather, and analyze spendand supplier data, execute benchmarking, provide data to the relevantfunctionsAnalyze future supply demand in cooperation with the respective functions and stakeholders Support non-conformity/warranty process management in escalated issuesSecure compliance to supply management processes/procedures,strategies and agreementsExecute/support material/services for cost budgeting and follow-upExecute/support supplier selection/rationalization processAs an ideal candidate: You own a Bachelor/ Master degree (or equivalent) in relevant areas of expertise e.g., economics, industrial engineering or similarYou are a hands-on person with min. 5 years’ experience in strategic purchasing or other relevant areasYou are keen to learn and develop yourself. applying out of the box thinkingYou see strategic purchasing including sourcing as of the main support function securing business continuity and sustainable growthYou gain experience in leading and driving project in a cross-functional team setupSufficient business English and GermanApplying your experience to form and built up the strategy for own are of responsibility is your main motivation driversClear and transparent and trustworthy way of workingYou are communicating clear and straight to the pointBuilding networksYou are experienced in common SAP transactions and standard processes in procurementWillingness to travel approx. 25% mainly in EU