Technical Buyer

Zurich Instruments AG; Zürich; In loco; CHF 120.000 - 180.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Zurich Instruments AG in Zürich is seeking a experienced Technical Buyer to ensure timely and reliable procurement of components for high-tech instrumentation. You will bridge Planning, Suppliers, Manufacturing and R&D to translate technical needs into sourcing strategies and keep production on track.

The ideal candidate has at least 10 years in procurement in a technical industry, strong ERP experience, and fluent German and English.

Competenze

• Minimum 10 years of procurement experience in a technical industry.
• Strong understanding of sourcing strategies and supplier management.
• Fluent written and spoken German and English.

Mansioni

• Own operational purchasing including quotations, purchase orders and confirmations.
• Monitor schedule dates and report delays to prevent shortages.
• Act as first contact for procurement for production, R&D and other departments.
• Maintain optimal inventory levels and materials regularly.
• Contribute to process improvements and support NPD activities.

Conoscenze

Procurement experience

ERP systems experience

Negotiation skills

Analytical abilities

German and English fluency

Formazione

Commercial or technical apprenticeship with further education in purchasing/business administration

Engineering degree with procurement experience

Strumenti

ERP systems

Descrizione del lavoro

Zurich Instruments is a technology leader in advanced test and measurement instruments based on dynamic signal processing. Our products are used in many challenging research fields by scientists all over the world. Zurich Instruments' vision is to be the reference for digital instrumentation in leading research and development laboratories.

As a Technical Buyer within our Supply Chain team, you will ensure the timely, reliable procurement of components that meet Zurich Instruments' quality and precision requirements. Serving as the key interface between Planning, Suppliers, Manufacturing, and R&D, you will translate technical requirements into sourcing strategies, build strong supplier relationships, and resolve technical and logistical challenges to keep production on track. Your contribution will be essential to delivering our high-tech instrumentation to customers worldwide.

Your responsibilities

• Responsible for operational purchasing including quotation requests, purchase orders and order confirmations.
• Monitoring of schedule dates and reporting critical delays to prevent material shortages.
• First contact for quotation requests and purchasing for production, R&D and other departments.
• Assisting with maintaining optimal inventory levels and materials on a regular basis.
• Contributor to process improvements.
• Support with New Product Development (NPD) activities.

Your profile

• Completed commercial or technical apprenticeship with further education in purchasing/business administration or engineering degree with relevant procurement experience.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in procurement in a technical (ideally electronic) industry.
• Solution oriented thinking, independent and conscientious working style, hands‑on mentality.
• Technically savvy with the ability to understand the high‑level technical design, issues, and solutions of our products.
• Structured way of working, strong negotiation skills, analytical and conceptual abilities.
• Experience with ERP systems and procurement processes.
• Fluent written and spoken German and English.

We offer a diverse work environment with an open and transparent company culture where personal development forms the basis of our success. We thrive on cooperation and support distributed decision‑making that allows everyone to take responsibility and generate substantial impact from the start and on many levels.

Now is a great time to join the team.