Strategic Purchasing Pro: Tech Components

Knorr Bremse Group; Avon (OH); Hybrid; USD 76,000 - 114,000; Full time

Job summary

Zelisko GmbH, a Knorr-Bremmse subsidiary, located in Springfield, United States, seeks a Technical Purchasing Professional to source components, manage supplier relationships, and ensure material availability in a hybrid environment. This role ties into engineering, operations, and central purchasing to support production with cost-effective, high-quality parts.

Responsibilities include leading supplier negotiations, developing commodity strategies, and driving improvements across the supply

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related technical field.
• Alternatively, extensive technical and purchasing experience in a relevant industrial environment.

Responsibilities

• Source new components for a defined supplier and product portfolio, ensuring quality, cost, delivery, and performance requirements are met.
• Ensuring seamless material availability and on-time delivery for production. Evaluate and select suppliers based on competitiveness, technical capabilities, quality standards, capacity, and long-term strategic fit.
• Lead contract, pricing, and logistics negotiations with suppliers, focusing on achieving the best Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
• Track and analyze supplier KPIs, driving continuous improvement initiatives and ensuring sustainable supplier performance.
• Develop and implement local commodity strategies in close cooperation with Commodity Management and Central Purchasing.
• Provide technical purchasing support during component selection processes and make-or-buy decisions.
• Identify, plan, and realize cost-saving opportunities and value engineering initiatives in collaboration with Commodity Management and internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with Engineering, Quality, Production, Logistics, and Finance to ensure alignment across the supply chain.

Skills

Procurement strategy

Sourcing

Negotiation

Supplier management

Stakeholder management

Education

Engineering or related technical field degree

Alternative: extensive purchasing experience in industrial environment

Tools

SAP MM/PP

SAP S/4HANA

Job description

Zelisko GmbH, a Knorr-Bremmse subsidiary, located in Springfield, United States, seeks a Technical Purchasing Professional to source components, manage supplier relationships, and ensure material availability in a hybrid environment. This role ties into engineering, operations, and central purchasing to support production with cost-effective, high-quality parts.

Responsibilities include leading supplier negotiations, developing commodity strategies, and driving improvements across the supply