Onsite Materials Manager

Posted 2 days ago

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About the role

  • Materials Manager leading procurement and logistics departments for a global automotive components manufacturer. Ensuring supply chain efficiency and optimizing purchasing strategies in Crimmitschau.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the Procurement and Logistics departments
  • Ensure open, transparent, and proactive communication within the department and with management and interfaces
  • Implement purchasing and procurement strategies
  • Evaluate and select suppliers considering delivery dates, costs, and quality
  • Contribute to the development of a structured supplier management system and identify alternative sourcing routes
  • Ensure supply security for production
  • Initiate and manage corrective actions in case of insufficient supplier performance
  • Prepare value and cost analyses to identify potential savings
  • Conduct purchasing negotiations
  • Review and evaluate contracts
  • Inventory control and optimization of stock levels
  • Continuous optimization of materials management processes

Requirements

  • Several years of leadership experience in procurement- or logistics-related areas
  • Solid experience in purchasing raw materials, consumables, and operating materials
  • Knowledge of serial production, ideally with an automotive focus
  • Experience in analyzing and optimizing logistics and material flow processes
  • Confident use of ERP systems and very good MS Office skills
  • Good to very good written and spoken English skills.

Benefits

  • Health care
  • Pension plan
  • Flexible working hours
  • Training and development opportunities

Job title

Materials Manager

Job type

Experience level

Junior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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