Category Mgmt. Profess. Steel Commodity

• Plan, initiate, coordinate and monitor business relations with dedicated suppliers, in a geographical area and with respect to the categories.
• Support the creation of market analyses and implement category strategies.
• Define and implement profitable purchasing strategies and effective negotiation tactics for the assigned area, ensuring cross-functional and cross-divisional alignment.
• Monitor the supply market continuously and manage and optimize the supplier portfolio to ensure quality, cost efficiency, on-time-delivery, sustainability and compliance with terms of contracts as well as legal regulations.
• Negotiate prices and conditions in the context of supplier management assignment (SMA) and manage contracts with suppliers.
• Coordinate and steer assigned category incl. purchase price planning and define saving projects.

Your Qualifications

• Graduate Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management
• 3 to 5 years