We are looking for a professional to join our team in the role of Employee Procurement Excellence, where you will be responsible for organizing cross-functional workshops to develop alternative suppliers and improve supplier performance. You will also advance systems for tracking procurement measures and establish supplier risk monitoring in various areas.
Responsibilities
* Organize the cross-divisional target-setting process across the organization
* Implement KPI development and reporting for performance measurement and controlling
* Manage value creation programs with a focus on supplier management within procurement
Key Tasks
* Realizing cross-functional workshops for developing alternative suppliers optimizing supplier structures improving supplier performance and enhancing supplier resilience as well as risk mitigation strategies
* Advancing systems for tracking the execution of procurement measures including supplier regulatory compliance and supplier performance
* Establishing supplier risk monitoring in the areas of sustainability compliance financial stability supply chain disruption and geopolitical risks
* Evolving and installing procurement processes in the department scouting onboarding qualification development performance etc with a special focus on regulatory frameworks e.g CS3D LkSG and supply chain due diligence
* Conceiving and organizing procurement conferences particularly on topics such as regulatory changes risk management and supplier performance
Required Skills and Qualifications
* Degree in economics engineering chemistry or comparable professional training
* Extensive experience in procurement in a manufacturing company ideally in the chemical industry in projects in procurement and supply chain in a consulting company or in international supplier and risk management
* Familiarity with supplier development and qualification procedures excellent organizational awareness and a service and stakeholder orientation
* Strong process understanding and the ability to implement compliance and risk measures in procurement compelling communication skills at different hierarchical levels
* A good understanding of compliance-driven procurement and risk management as well as procurement-related regulatory frameworks e.g CS3D LkSG ESG risk criteria is a plus dexterity in SAP and SRM tools Coupa Ivalua Jaggaer SAP Ariba etc is advantageous
Benefits
* A comfortable working environment where everyone knows each other personally and exchanges views as well as short information and decision-making paths
* An excellent environment for implementing your ideas paired with constructive openness to new developments and other ways of thinking
* Modern pension schemes Flexible working hours with options to work partially remotely
About Us
Our organization has around 100 employees at its headquarters near Düsseldorf We offer a unique culture of innovation that encourages individual ideas and talent and promotes open trusted collaboration In detail We provide a stable company that is excellently positioned for the future with attractive development opportunities in a globally active and growing group of companies