Senior Sourcing Associate at Twelve responsible for supplier sourcing and cost strategy across packaging and promotional items. Collaborating with teams to deliver high - quality products and managing supplier performance to ensure timely delivery.
About the role
- Purchasing assistant managing procurement processes including supplier negotiations and analysis for a manufacturing firm. Collaborating with internal departments to enhance procurement efficiency.
Responsibilities
- You will manage the entire operational procurement process for materials and services: offer analysis (price, quality, delivery time, sustainability)
- Price/terms negotiations within delegated authority
- Placing orders, tracking delivery dates, handling dunning and complaint processing in the ERP system (proAlpha)
- Point of contact for internal departments and support with intercompany matters
- Building and maintaining long-term supplier relationships, supplier evaluations and audits
- Monitoring market and price developments
- Optimization and digitalization of purchasing processes; master data maintenance
- Analysis of purchasing KPIs, reporting and participation in savings projects
- Participation in contract and investment projects as well as group-wide synergy initiatives
Requirements
- Completed commercial vocational training – ideally Industrial Clerk (Industriekaufmann/-frau) or Wholesale and Foreign Trade clerk
- Minimum 5 years' experience in operational purchasing in a manufacturing company
- Confident use of MS Office and ERP systems – proAlpha is an advantage
- Strong negotiation and communication skills
- Analytical thinking, assertive, team- and process-oriented
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