Product Unit Purchaser (m/f) / Acheteur Produit Presses (h/f)

CLAAS Industrietechnik GmbH; Woippy; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Usines CLAAS France S.A.S. in Woippy seeks a Product Unit Purchaser to join the purchasing team.

You will support Q-C-T target achievement and coordinate interfaces with Global Purchasing Organization, Quality Management, and Manufacturing Engineering to ensure timely APQP releases for developmental components. You will drive cost optimization for purchasing topics, manage tool costs, and contribute to supplier selection with target costing.

Qualifications

• Academic degree in engineering or business fields.
• Experience in purchasing for developmental components is preferred.
• Knowledge of APQP and product development processes is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support Q-C-T target achievement for the dedicated Product Unit and purchasing processes.
• Coordinate PU Purchasing interfaces with Global Purchasing Organization, Quality Management, Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering.
• Coordinate APQP releases for purchased developmental components.
• Coordinate early integration of purchasing and suppliers into CPDP and ensure timely costing.
• Budget and control tooling costs for purchased components.
• Drive Product Cost Optimization for purchasing topics and target cost achievement.
• Provide inputs to LoD for machines and drive cost driver analysis for supplier selection.
• Coordinate target costs for all critical components for supplier selection.
• Participate in Product Unit, Purchasing and CPDP committees.

Skills

Analytical ability

Numeracy

Communication

Structured work style

Cross-functional PM

Multicultural collaboration

English & French fluency

Education

Academic Degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Business Administration

Tools

MS Office

SAP

Job description

Company :Usines CLAAS France S.A.S.
Location :Woippy
Start Date :10/10/2026
Professional Level :Professionnels
Key Aera : Purchasing

Usines CLAAS France (UCF), which specialises in the design and production of round and square balers, was founded in 1958 by brothers Reinhold and Helmut Claas.
UCF, which encompasses departments such as Research and Development, Purchasing, Production, Logistics, Human Resources, Finance and Quality Assurance, ships its products all over the world.
Wherever you are in the world, if you see a CLAAS baler, you can be sure it comes from Metz!

For our Woippy site, where CLAAS balers are manufactured, we are currently looking for an Product Unit Purchaser, reporting to the Head of PU-Purchasing.

Your role in our team:

• You are a member of the PU Purchasing Team in Global Purchasing Organization as well as a member of one Product Unit Team.
• Responsible for support of Q-C-T target achievement for dedicated Product Unit, especially for purchasing related processes and components.
• Coordination of PU Purchasing interfaces – e.g. Global Purchasing Organization, Quality Management, Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering.
• Coordinate appropriate release planning and APQP’s for purchased developmental components.
• Coordinate early integration of purchasing and suppliers into CPDP.
• Budgeting and controlling for tooling cost for purchase components.
• Drive “Product Cost Optimization” activities especially for purchasing related topics and support target cost achievement.
• Ensure Purchasing inputs to machine LoD and drive creation of component LoD for cost drivers for concept days, RfQ and supplier selection.
• Coordinate availability of target costs for all critical components for supplier selection.
• Participation in all relevant Product Unit, Purchasing and CPDP related committees.

Your profile:

• Academic Degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Business Administration.
• Beneficially minimum of 3 years working experience in purchasing role for developmental components.
• Broad technical basic knowledge and understanding.
• Knowledge of product development and supplier qualification processes and tools (e.g. APQP).
• Experience in project management of cross functional teams.
• Hands on experience in MS Office and SAP.
• Good analytical and numeracy skills.
• Good communication skills / open-minded personality interested in acting in multi-cultural environment.
• Structured and self-sufficient working style.
• Experience in collaborating within matrix organization under respect of functional guidance desirable.
• Fluent in English and French, German are a plus.

Your application should be done in English.

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We look forward to your application.

Your contact from our CLAASRecruiting Team

Usines CLAAS France S.A.S.

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