Category Expert

Your contribution to something big:

• Purchasing contact person for defined Bosch plants and locations;
• Ensure early involvement in projects & structured demand management for respective internal customers;
• Transfer and promote Material field and Supplier Strategy to internal customer / plant;
• Consolidate the commodity needs and inputs;
• Supplier relationship management and mentorships;
• Annual price negotiation of regional and / or defined global supplier;
• Preparation and execution of tenders (RFI / RFQ);
• Preparation of purchasing decisions and contractual agreements;
• Participates in global commodity purchasing team meetings and support implementation of global purchasing strategies;
• Provide input to and implement global strategies for the defined sub-material field;
• Ensure compliance requirement.

Requirements

What distinguishes you:

• Industrial\Mechanical Engineer, Business Management or similar Bachelor’s\Master degree;
• Past professional experience in Procurement, Sourcing, Contracts Management or equivalent role;
• English language skills are mandatory;
• Good proficiency in Microsoft Office and able to work in a digital environment;
• Basic knowledge of the supply chain (logistics, planning, order, etc.);
• Contract and price negotiation skills;
• Excellent communication skills with an ability to build relationships with a wide array of people of different, organizational positions and locations (virtual);
• Proactivity, good customer orientation and service mindset;
• Problem-solving and analytical skills: Ability to identify issues, develop solutions & drive results.