Procurement Director (m/f/d)

Work place: Stuttgart

 

WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOU!

As Procurement Director (m/f/d) within Pon.Bike you will be responsible for managing a team of Category Managers and Project Buyers located at our factory in Emstek, and our FOCUS office in Stuttgart, Germany. Our location in Emstek represents roughly 40% of our global group spend and as such is key in realizing our global synergies and targets. On one hand, in this role you are responsible for managing the corporateteam including 6 Project and Category Buyers (Kalkhoff and FOCUS). On the other hand, as part of the global procurement management team of Pon.Bike, you will be managing a global cross-functional category team including people from functions like product management, engineering and quality from different brands across the globe.

 

YOUR PROFILE

  • Completed studies in business administration or similar
  • Proven experience in international procurement category management of direct materials (at least 5 years)
  • Experience in developing complete category strategies
  • Capability to conduct stakeholder management in a multi-brand global environment
  • Fluency of business level English. Other languages such as German and Dutch are preferred
  • Willingness to travel extensively in Europe, USA and Asia
  • Preferably experience in the outdoor industry, the consumer goods industry, the automotive industry or the electronics industry
  • Leadership and facilitation skills
  • Assertiveness and strong influential and negotiation skills

 

WE OFFER

  • A challenging position in an international, growing company
  • Hybrid way of working and flexibility to design your workload in line with your private life
  • Many opportunities to develop yourself and your team
  • An attractive compensation, extensive fringe benefits, and more (e.g. car leasing, discounts on bikes, workplace health promotion, company pension scheme and much more)

 

 

It would be great, if you could submit your application in English.

Please send us your application documents via our online application form.