Technical Buyer

Zurich Instruments AG; Zürich; Vor Ort; CHF 140.000 - 190.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Zurich Instruments AG in Zürich is seeking a Technical Buyer to secure timely, high-quality procurement of components for production and R&D. You will bridge Planning, Suppliers, Manufacturing and R&D, turning technical requirements into sourcing strategies and maintaining strong supplier relationships.

Ideal candidates bring a commercial/technical apprenticeship with procurement exposure, 10+ years in technical procurement, and excellent German and English communication.

Qualifikationen

• Completed commercial or technical apprenticeship with further education in purchasing/business administration or engineering degree with relevant procurement experience.
• Minimum 10 years of procurement experience in a technical industry (ideally electronics).
• Solution oriented thinking, independent and conscientious working style, hands-on mentality.
• Technically savvy with the ability to understand 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.
• Excellent communication skills.

Aufgaben

• 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.

Kenntnisse

Procurement experience

Negotiation

ERP systems

Technical purchasing

Ausbildung

Commercial/technical apprenticeship with procurement exposure

Purchasing/business administration or engineering degree

Tools

ERP systems

Jobbeschreibung

Technical Buyer

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.
• Excellent communication skills.

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.

• Work location 8005 Zürich (ZH)
• Workload 100%
• Employment start Immediately
• Employment duration Permanent

• Qualification skilled
• Work experience More than 3 years
• Education Higher professional education and training, diploma or equivalent

• English Orally : Very good knowledge Written : Very good knowledge
• German Orally : Very good knowledge Written : Very good knowledge

• By online Online form