Purchaser (m/f/d) Filter

TL;DR

Purchaser (Filter): Managing the full life cycle of filter products from project to after-sales with an accent on purchasing activities, supplier integration, and cost-quality-delivery goals. Focus on conducting negotiations, steering supplier performance, and analyzing supply markets in a global network.

Location: Hamm, Germany

Company

Family-owned international company specializing in agricultural machinery, spare parts, and after-sales support for customers worldwide.

What you will do

• Handle full life cycle responsibility for filter commodity products across project, serial, and after-sales phases
• Manage purchasing activities aligned with commodity strategy
• Collaborate cross-functionally with R&D, QM, and SCM teams in a worldwide network
• Prepare and execute purchasing negotiations leading to contract conclusions
• Integrate high-performance suppliers early in development projects to meet cost-quality-delivery targets
• Monitor and steer supplier performance while observing supply markets

Requirements

• Business fluent German and English required; French optional
• Completed studies in industrial engineering, business administration, or comparable
• Several years of experience in strategic purchasing and knowledge of contract law
• Strong negotiation experience and project management skills
• Entrepreneurial and analytical thinking, independent working style
• Confident interaction with management levels in interdisciplinary and intercultural environments
• Proficient in MS Office and SAP; willingness to travel worldwide

Nice to have

• Project management skills and experience

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent employment with metal and electrical industry collective agreement, including vacation pay, Christmas bonus, and additional payments
• 35-hour workweek and 30 days vacation
• Professional development via internal/external training and digital learning courses
• Opportunity to purchase silent partnership shares for co-entrepreneurship and long-term wealth building