Teamleiter Strategischer Einkauf

About the role

The Team Leader Strategic Procurement plays a key role in managing supplier relationships, digitalization, master data, and procurement controlling. This position involves developing procurement strategies, leading negotiations, and driving the digital transformation of procurement processes. The role requires a strategic and analytical mindset to optimize costs and performance while leading a team of three.

Responsibilities

• Develop procurement strategies, bundle volumes, and realize cost-saving potentials.
• Lead strategic price negotiations, tenders, and contract discussions.
• Build and develop strategic supplier portfolios including evaluation systems and cooperation.
• Establish KPIs, reporting, and dashboards for volumes, prices, savings, risks, and performance.
• Drive the development of procurement processes, ERP, BI, workflows, and master data.
• Provide professional and disciplinary leadership for a team of three.
• Collaborate with operational procurement, sales, logistics, controlling, finance, and IT.

Required skills

• Strategic Procurement
• Supplier Management
• Procurement Controlling
• Negotiation
• ERP
• Excel
• Data Analysis
• Leadership

Nice to have

• BI Tools

Qualifications

• Commercial vocational training
• Degree in Business Administration or equivalent
• Minimum 5 years of experience in strategic procurement
• Minimum 3 years of professional and disciplinary leadership experience

Benefits

• Company car
• Flexible working hours
• Company pension scheme
• Business bike leasing
• Employee discounts
• Professional development
• Team events

About the Company

The client is a family-owned business with 650 employees and over 20 locations in Germany. For nearly 100 years, they have been an established player in the building materials wholesale industry, combining mid-sized values with a clear future orientation.