Global Direct Materials Category Leader | Strategic Procurement

Kloepfel Consulting Deutschland; Germany (OH); On-site; USD 102,762 - 159,853; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mobile working

Childcare

Leadership training

Job summary

Kloepfel Consulting Deutschland seeks a Global Category Manager – Direct Material to lead global direct material procurement. You will develop and implement site-wide strategies, manage supplier relationships, and drive savings across production-focused product groups such as steel and aluminium profiles.

The role requires 5+ years in strategic purchasing, strong technical aptitude, and fluent German and advanced English.

Qualifications

• Completed training, studies, or equivalent qualification.
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in strategic purchasing.
• Ability to think strategically and develop long-term strategies for product groups.
• High technical affinity with an understanding of production technology.
• Technical interest and experience with product groups such as steel profiles and tubes, aluminium profiles.
• Very good communication skills and confident negotiation.
• German language skills and advanced English skills.

Responsibilities

• You are part of the Global Procurement Team in central, strategic purchasing.
• Independent development and implementation of global and site-wide procurement group strategies (including global procurement market analyses, etc.), taking into account the company objectives for the procurement group to be managed (e.g. steel profiles and tubes, aluminium profiles, etc.).
• Implementation of Supplier Lifecycle Management (selection, evaluation, development, phasing out, etc.)
• Negotiation of annual price adjustments and major procurement projects, as well as framework, supply, and works contracts
• Supply chain risk management and definition of necessary preventive and counter-measures
• Identification and implementation of savings potentials to achieve global procurement goals
• Coordination of multifunctional teams in purchasing projects (e.g. value analyses, savings projects, etc.)

Skills

Strategic thinking

Negotiation

Communication skills

German language skills

English language skills

Technical affinity

Education

Completed training, studies, or equivalent qualification

Job description

Kloepfel Consulting Deutschland seeks a Global Category Manager – Direct Material to lead global direct material procurement. You will develop and implement site-wide strategies, manage supplier relationships, and drive savings across production-focused product groups such as steel and aluminium profiles.

The role requires 5+ years in strategic purchasing, strong technical aptitude, and fluent German and advanced English.