Head of Non-Metal Purchasing / Facilities and CapEx-Services (m/f/d)

Daily rate

By arrangement

Expenses

plus expenses

Project duration

as of now - 30.06.2023

Deployment country

Germany

Deployment city

Not published

Required availability

100 %

Industry

Iron & steel industry

Function

Purchasing, Logistics & SCM

Service

Operative vacancy

Our mandator is a world market leader in the processing and alloy of special metals and offers many product variations and extensive services for customers in different industries. For a good 100 years develops in Europe and worldwide active enterprises for the industry, solutions which allow a lasting use of resources.

By 1st of March we are looking for an Interim-Manager for the business unit procurement team for the European headquarter in the region Cologne / Düsseldorf to ensure that they are following the stated objectives of the department whilst also providing a good level of service to the other departments within the sites. In this role you will have control over a spend of up to circa 40m euro and you will be expected to work alongside other members of the company’s purchasing team based within the company’s different sites to ensure that the best sources of supply are selected. Possibly, the engagement will be prolonged because of a running integration after merger. Corresponding experience would be helpful.

Key responsibilities

• You introduce professional purchasing practices into the business
  
• You manage the procurement team including identifying and monitoring development requirements of your personnel
  
• You monitor and deliver the targets for the department KPIs’ and implement contingent plans when those KPI’s are not being met
  
• Supplier Management (Supplier Cost Reduction, Supplier Payment Terms, Supplier Rationalization, Supplier Performance Management)
  
• You will develop European wide supplier category strategies and implement them into the business units
  
• You ensure a professional level of service to the other departments
  
• You investigate and improve processes within the department and introduce best practices to other sites
  
• Developing commodity strategies for all of the commodities within their particular category area is also part of your tasks
  
• You work closely together with the factory’s purchasing representatives and the other areas of the business to develop and deliver strategies that identify the best long-term partners and actively rationalize the supplier base to an appropriate level
  
• You deliver continuous improvement results and year on year cost reductions with your suppliers
  
• You source new and existing business in the most competitive locations
  
• You will improve the supplier payment terms
  
• You will manage supplier implementation projects
  
• You utilize best practice purchasing tools and techniques in the delivery of the above
  
• Negotiate with suppliers in order to achieve the best result for the company
  

Personnel accountability

4 Employees

Budget accountability

45 million Euro

• A degree in Business Administration with high technical interest or Commercial Engineering
  
• Experience in manufacturing industry of at least 5 years
  
• A strong knowledge of strategic purchasing skills
  
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills and experience in analyzing and acting on numerical data
  
• Ability to connect across cultures
  
• High level of negotiation and communication skills
  
• Knowledge of contracts law would be a plus
  
• Fluent in German and English
  

Linguistic proficiency