Senior Manager Global Category Procurement

Infineon Technologies AG; Kulim; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Infineon Technologies AG in Kulim, Malaysia seeks a Senior Manager Global Category Procurement to drive strategic sourcing across sites, lead cross-functional teams, and negotiate global contracts ensuring supply and cost efficiency.

The role demands extensive experience in international procurement, strong leadership, and readiness for regular global travel, with fluency in German and English and solid IT skills.

Qualifications

• BA or engineering degree required.
• 5+ years procurement experience in international environment.
• Experience in facility management and construction topics, preferably in semiconductor sector.
• Experience in contract management with knowledge of legal terms.
• Strong communication and negotiation on eye-level with internal/external management functions.
• Experience leading international teams.
• Willingness for regular global travel.
• Fluent in German and English; IT skills.

Responsibilities

• Pool demand from multiple sites to boost procurement power.
• Develop Operations Plan and inform management about strategy.
• Act as communication provider to suppliers for global sourcing and evaluation.
• Coordinate cross-functional Focus on Value team.
• Negotiate global contracts with clear terms.
• Maintain procurement network through internal/external interface partners.
• Report cost reduction/avoidance monthly to inform sites and leadership.
• Manage risk reporting quarterly and participate in risk management.
• Support local projects to leverage pooling power in procurement.

Skills

Communication

Negotiation

Leadership

Project management

International teamwork

Travel readiness

IT skills

German language

English language

Education

BA or Engineering degree

Job description

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Your steady execution, creative problem solving, and commitment to quality create a foundation that allows innovation to happen and success to grow. As a Senior Manager Global Category Procurement on our Corporate Functions team, you ensure processes run efficiently, you bring clarity, and dependable support to the heart of the company. Are you in?

Your role

Key responsibilities in your new role

Responsible for medium to large volumes and/ or medium to high complexity
Pooling of demand from various sites to increase procurement power to best possible effect.
Operations Plan (Blue Book) with yearly goals and estimated market price development to inform Infineon Management and sites about planned strategy and main areas of activities.
The Category Manager is the communication provider (spokesperson) to the most important suppliers and specifically focus on global sourcing, selection, evaluation, and the development (out- phasing) to acquire the most promising and best suppliers and to guarantee an optimum on purchased quality and supply chain.
Co-ordinate a cross-functional “Focus on Value” team (products or services).
Contract management Negotiation of global contracts and agreements to include a common sense of understanding into contracts to have a clear, understandable, and cost-effective regulation among the entire Infineon community and to guarantee certainty of supply with the best terms.
Intensive, regular contact with internal / external interface partners to especially built up and maintain a communicative procurement network recognize developments (in market, demand, etc.) and to influence accordingly.
Reporting of results Comprehensive reporting of cost reduction / avoidance is executed monthly to inform all sites and the Procurement Heads about the valid details per plant / segment in order to make the results transparent and to control the activities of the CM on a result-oriented basis and against the Operations Plan.
Risk reporting in case of severe problems (catastrophes or others) extended information is lined out; risks are quarterly reported according to the rules of Infineon Corp.
Risk Management.
Relationship management Professionally manage supplier relationship with most important suppliers to ensure suppliers management attention and participation on both sides to continuously enhance collaboration.
Project support Actively support local projects (e.g. new plants or modules) to take the pooling power also into projects and to use project demand to establish better terms for normal demand.

Your profile

Qualifications and skills to help you succeed

• High level of BA or engineering degree
• Approx. 5+ years job experience on an advanced procurement level in an international environment
• Several years job experience in facility management and construction related topics, ideally experience in semiconductor business and project management
• Proven record of contract management including knowledge of legal terms with focus on facility management
• Strong communication and negotiation skills on eye-level with internal and external management functions
• Capable of and experienced in leading and coordinating international teams
• High mobility: willingness to regular global business travel
• Business fluent in German and English, proven IT skills

#WeAreIn for driving decarbonization and digitalization

As a global leader in semiconductor solutions in power systems and IoT, Infineon enables game-changing solutions for green and efficient energy, clean and safe mobility, as well as smart and secure IoT. Together, we drive innovation and customer success, while caring for our people and empowering them to reach ambitious goals. Be a part of making life easier, safer and greener. Are you in? We are on a journey to create the best Infineon for everyone. We strive to create the best Infineon for everyone by embracing diversity and inclusion. We welcome applicants for who they are and offer a workplace built on trust, openness, respect and equal opportunity. Our hiring decisions are based on skills and experience. Even if you don’t meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. Please let your recruiter know if you need any accommodations during the interview process. Learn more about our various contact channels and about Diversity & Inclusion at Infineon.