Business Developement Engineer (m/w), Ensisheim

At thyssenkrupp we have more than 155,000 employees in nearly 80 countries and annual sales of €43 billion. We are active in automotive engineering, logistics, plant technology, steel production, elevator manufacturing and much more. We work in large and small businesses all around the world – but we always work together. We have over 200 years of experience in industry and the latest cutting-edge technology. We have a position that‘s right for you, that piques your interest, and that puts your skills to the test.

Your responsibilities

Summary:

• Managing and continuously optimizing assigned procurement clusters, and implementing strategies to achieve defined targets together with other stakeholders.
• Scouting, qualifying, developing and managing suppliers for assigned clusters to ensure optimum supplier base for the customer projects.
• Executing procurement processes to ensure on-time, cost-optimized, efficient delivery of goods, services and components as per identified demands and requirements.
• Collaborating cross-functionally and cross-culturally within the organization, and among global procurement community.
• Ensuring compliance of all procurement transactions according to applicable processes and Group policies.

Primary responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing assigned procurement clusters, and ensuring the availability of the most competitive suppliers to meet set targets.
• Developing/participating to the development of procurement cluster strategies.
• Working closely together with sales and customer project management colleagues.
• Reviewing demands and in-depth technical requirements with internal counterparties.
• Analysing supplier markets and trends.
• Searching for, developing and managing suppliers, including supplier on-site assessments and regular performance management.
• Managing key supplier relationships and being responsible for problem-solving with assigned suppliers (to support customer project execution).
• Preparing and conducting/leading contract and price negotiations, and ensuring compliance to existing contracts and agreements.
• Participating in global procurement clusters and cooperating proactively with other buyers globally.
• Coordinating cross-functional collaboration to ensure that the requirements of internal clients reflect current market offering, support standardization and are in line with pursued procurement cluster strategies.

• Processing of purchase requisitions (making enquiries/RFQs to obtain offers, performing price comparisons, placing purchase orders in line with applicable approval procedures) and initiation of procurement Transactions.

• For defined cases: preparation and issuing of purchase orders, using available SAP and relevant processes; responsible for reliable delivery information in SAP and expediting if necessary.

Your profile

• Technical/commercial university degree (Bachelor or above)
• At least 5 year experience in strategic and tactical procurement.
• Strong experience in procurement category management and supplier relationship management.
• Strong experience in the following procurement areas: Services, Major Equipment (nutrunners, press systems, robots, dispensing systems, feeders,…),Make to Print Parts (machining including high precision (microns), sheet metal parts, welded assemblies, rubber, plastic, PU, casting, sub-assembly,…).
• Experience in working cross-functionally and cross-culturally.
• Good negotiation and analysis skills.
• Experience in project business and automobile industry
• Good SAP knowledge.
• Fluent French (both written and verbal).
• Fluent English (both written and verbal).

Our offer to you

• We work together closely and respect each other, for over 200 years now and up till today.