PURCHASING JOBS FOR SPECIALISTS AND EXECUTIVE MANAGERS

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Are you specialised in purchasing and familiar with both the conventional tasks and requirements that are becoming increasingly important? And the thought of working in the fields of digital purchasing, advanced analytics or supply chain management, purchasing controlling or in-house purchasing marketing makes your heart beat faster? Then let's find the purchasing job you’re passionate about.

How do we succeed in this? It’s quite simple: You send us your application documents and we create a detailed candidate profile based on your information. We will then check if your profile matches the requirements of our customers. As soon as there is a match between your qualifications and the required expertise on the corporate side, we establish the contact.

In a personal interview, you will convince your future employer or client of your expertise and learn more about your tasks and roles in purchasing. You have a positive feeling after this interview and really want to start working there? If the company agrees on working with you, we coordinate the framework conditions. This is free of charge for you. Let’s take your next career step together. We are looking forward to working with you.

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Are you looking for a job in purchasing?

You love working in purchasing, however, you’re not happy with your current employer anymore? Then let us find the company you would like to work for. We will quickly and easily establish contact between you and the decision makers of the specialist departments in SMEs and well-known DAX-listed companies.

Do you have questions about jobs in purchasing? Our contact persons are happy to advise you

Are you looking for a new job in purchasing and have questions? Our experts are in daily contact with our customers, have long-term experience in recruitment and are familiar with the current market.

Regardless of whether you need advice on career opportunities, require a free review of your social media profiles or need help with your application documents: Feel free to contact us! We will be happy to support you in finding your future position in technical, operational or strategic purchasing.

Find a job in purchasing with Hays – your benefits

Your opportunities of finding a new job in purchasing look very promising at the moment. Job portals are full of job offers. However, which of these numerous companies is the right one for you?

That’s what we find out in our cooperation. With the support of our highly specialised experts, you will benefit from the following advantages:

✓ Precise matching of your skills and the requirements of the companies

✓ Access to SMEs and DAX companies

✓ Short response time

✓ Professional support with the contract elaboration

✓ Flexible forms of employment

✓ No costs: These are borne by the companies

Would you like to work on a flexible or a permanent basis? Both forms of work are possible with our contract types

Do you love the challenges of different projects as a freelancer? Or would you like to gain an insight into different organisations and companies via temporary work? With our contract types, we also offer you the security of a permanent position. You decide! We are certain: We will find the next project or assignment in purchasing that matches your requirements.

Contracting

Are you working as a freelance expert and looking for new projects? We face the challenge together with you and find the right project. Because we are very familiar with the market and know the top decision-makers in the industry.

Permanent employment

Would you like to contribute your know-how to a specific company? We accompany you through the entire application process so that you can get started quickly and easily in a new company.

Purchasing jobs – your expertise is required

The job profile of purchasers is very broad. Specific product knowledge is necessary simply because of differences in industries. In addition, the operative purchasing covers routine tasks in the daily business, whereas the strategic purchasing is responsible for long-term optimisations in the procurement process.

We currently offer the following positions in purchasing across all industries:

  • Head of procurement

  • Chief procurement officer

  • Process manager procurement

  • Lead buyer

  • Strategic purchasing

  • Technical/operational purchasing

  • Direct/indirect purchasing

  • Category manager

  • Sourcing/purchasing Manager 

Job offers in purchasing – we are hiring

Reference number: 817070/1

Project Buyer (m/f/d)

Employment with Hays Professional Solutions GmbH
Salzgitter
  • Tracks any evolution on valorized Bill of Material
  • Manages prototype development at suppliers and tooling orders for program items
  • Validates with the support of legal department all contractual and warranty documents between company and suppliers
  • Supports supplier development process and ensures suppliers are aligned with project and required objectives
  • Encourages suppliers to develop technically and economically optimized products and services
  • Proposes cost savings and contributes to improvement of material margin through sourcing alternatives or introduction of innovative solutions
  • Interfaces with global purchasing organization for local sourcing and localization plans, and technical center
  • Anticipate cost and development demand to enhance supplier and product development.Buyer selects suppliers and negotiates contract terms in accordance with required objectives; Quality, Cost, Timing, Risk (QCTR) from early stage of development. Work for Program purchasing area
  • Buyer sources suppliers of components, services, tooling and specific equipment and negotiates contract terms in accordance with project objectives, with purchasing strategy, with internal and external customer requirements
  • Responsible for on-time delivery of necessary components during development and ramp-up phases by working with other functional areas and suppliers globally
  • Contributes to cost to market approach while proactively suggesting competitive solutions, which ensure reliability, safety, compliance to norms and regulations of product/system and to ergonomic rules
Online since: Fri Apr 11 10:29:17 CEST 2025
Reference number: 794107/1

Sales Manager Wood Central Europe and Nordics (m/f/d)

Permanent employment with our customer
Hamburg
  • Responsible for the sales of wood products such as plywood and lumber, applying sound commercial strategies to achieve sales targets
  • Conduct market analyses to identify and secure new customer contacts in line with guidelines and strategic objectives
  • Create precise and reliable sales forecasts to optimize the balance between supply and demand, adhering to budget requirements regarding volume, price, and margin
  • Build and maintain strong, long-term customer relationships by understanding customer needs and acting as a trusted partner with extensive market knowledge
  • Prepare and maintain price lists and create sales and volume reports as needed
  • Collaborate with the Global Commercial Team, Operations, and Supply Chain
  • Direct reporting line to the Sales Director
Online since: Mon Apr 07 14:43:51 CEST 2025
Reference number: 809674/1

SRO FP&A Manager (m/f/d)

Freelance/temporary employment for a project
Basel Land
  • Provide financial leadership for the EPD SRO organization of Direct Procurement and TPM
  • Consolidate EPD Direct Spend P&L results for Plans and LBEs
  • Track monthly actual results versus plan/LBE targets and conduct cost spend analysis related to Direct Spend
  • Develop annual Standard Cost calculations and analytics
  • Prepare monthly reports for SRO/Operations Management
  • Provide product cost to commercial for year-over-year planning and NPI
  • Ensure compliance with local and Corp Procurement policies and procedures
  • Lead Gross Margin Improvement related activities
  • Collaborate and provide financial expertise to the Direct Procurement leadership team
  • Provide ongoing support to SRO Controller with Finance related activities
  • Act as an informational resource by accumulating best practices/procedural guidance
  • Lead other Purchasing and TPM costing related activities and projects as needed
Online since: Thu Mar 20 15:51:08 CET 2025
Reference number: 814389/1

Mitarbeiter Support Commodity Management (m/w/d)

Anstellung bei der Hays Professional Solutions GmbH
Nürnberg
  • Unterstützung des Commodity Managers EMS bei der Beschaffung von elektronischen Bauteilen zu Zeiten der Allokation
  • Unterstützung für alle Aufgaben und Aktivitäten des Bereichs Strategic Purchasing im Rahmen des Produktentstehungsprozesses (PEP)
  • Erstellen einer standortübergreifenden Fehlteilliste mit entsprechender Prioritätenvergabe in Abstimmung mit den entsprechenden Fertigungssteuerungen
  • Abstimmung mit EMS Lieferanten, Distributoren, Brokern, Bauteilmanagement und Entwicklung, um Fehlteile gemäß erstellter Prioritätenliste abzuabeiten und potentielle Alternativen aufzutun
  • Frühestmögliche Einbindung von Vorzugslieferanten in den Produktentstehungsprozess in Abstimmung mit dem Project Buyer und den Commodity Manager
  • Abstimmung des Projektzeitplanes mit den betroffenen Team Mitgliedern zur Sicherstellung der zeitgerechten Abarbeitung aller Aufgaben und Aktivitäten des Bereiches Strategic Purchasing
  • Koordination und Monitoring der projektrelevanten Arbeitsinhalte
  • Interne standortübergreifende Zusammenarbeit mit operativem Einkauf und Fertigungssteuerung der zeitlichen Abarbeitung aller Aufgaben und Aktivitäten des Bereichs Strategic Purchasing
  • Einhaltung von gültigen Prozessen, Arbeitsanweisungen, Methoden, Richtlinien, gesetzlichen und tariflichen Vorgaben und Regelungen, Anforderungen aus Revision, Normen Audits etc. sowie der Compliance Richtlinien und der allgemeinen Geschäftsgrundsätze des Diehl Konzerns
Online since: Wed Apr 16 15:53:20 CEST 2025
Reference number: 813677/1

BI Controller (m/w/d)

Festanstellung durch unseren Kunden
Freyburg (Unstrut)
  • Sie implementieren und optimieren zentrale Reporting-Anforderungen (Berichte, Dashboards, KPIs, etc.) im Controlling und entwickeln diese weiter.
  • Sie bauen BI-Dashboards und automatisierte Reports mit Cognos, Power BI, SAC oder ähnlichen Tools auf und pflegen diese.
  • Sie analysieren und prüfen die Plausibilität von Daten, um steuerungsrelevante Erkenntnisse abzuleiten.
  • Sie fungieren als zentraler Key User für SAP mit Schwerpunkt COPA und sind die erste Anlaufstelle für Controlling-relevante BI-Themen.
  • Sie koordinieren die Schnittstelle zur IT, um Datenflüsse, Stammdaten und technische Anforderungen zu managen.
  • Sie stellen Ad-hoc-Analysen und tiefgehende Auswertungen für das Management und Controlling bereit.
  • Sie unterstützen aktiv Projekte zur Prozessoptimierung und Verbesserung der Nutzung der vorhandenen Daten aus verschiedenen Systemen.
  • Sie entwickeln und implementieren Maßnahmen zur Verbesserung der Datenqualität und -konsistenz.
Online since: Mon Apr 07 14:38:04 CEST 2025
Reference number: 816950/1

Experte Einkaufscontrolling (m/w/d)

Freiberuflich für ein Projekt
Sauerland
  • Definition und Weiterentwicklung geeigneter KPIs für Einkauf und Supply Chain Management
  • Enge und vertrauensvolle Zusammenarbeit mit den Führungskräften beider Fachbereiche
  • Regelmäßige Versorgung des Einkaufs und des Supply Chain Managements mit aussagekräftigen Abweichungsanalysen und Kommentaren zu Kennzahlen, Reports und Anfragen
  • Mitwirkung beim Budget und Forecast-Prozess 
  • Unterstützung der folgenden Fachbereiche im Supply Chain Management: Fertigungssteuerung, Demand Planning, Disposition sowie Kundenauftragseinzelfertigung
  • Aufstellung einiger Aufgaben im Einkauf: Monitoring Materialkostenveränderung und Wertanalyseziele, Kostentreiber- und ABC-Analysen, Währungskurseinflüsse aufzeigen, (Betreuung und Weiterentwicklung der Software Softcon WEBCIS), Erstellung eines Rolling Forecasts (RFC)
Online since: Thu Apr 10 14:31:16 CEST 2025
Reference number: 812051/1

Commodity Manager (m/w/d)

Festanstellung durch unseren Kunden
Lommatzsch
  • Globale Marktanalyse und -beobachtung: Sie führen umfassende Analysen des weltweiten Einkaufsmarktes mit einem besonderen Fokus auf Rohwaren durch, um Trends und Entwicklungen frühzeitig zu erkennen
  • Lieferanten- und Wettbewerbsbewertung: Sie bewerten und analysieren kontinuierlich die Leistung von Lieferanten sowie die Aktivitäten der Wettbewerber und die Marktschwankungen, um fundierte Entscheidungen zu treffen
  • Aufbau und Pflege eines Lieferantennetzwerks: Sie entwickeln und pflegen ein starkes, partnerschaftliches Netzwerk von Lieferanten im landwirtschaftlichen Sektor, um langfristige Beziehungen zu sichern
  • Organisation und Durchführung von Lieferantenaudits: Sie planen regelmäßige Audits bei Lieferanten und führen diese durch, um deren Einhaltung von Qualitäts- und Sicherheitsstandards sicherzustellen
  • Vertragsverhandlungen: Sie sind verantwortlich für die strategische Verhandlung und den Abschluss von Verträgen mit Lieferanten, um optimale Konditionen zu erzielen
  • Einkaufscontrolling: Sie überwachen und steuern alle Einkaufsaktivitäten, um Effizienz und Kosteneffektivität sicherzustellen
  • Führung des Einkaufsteams: Sie leiten das Einkaufsteam am deutschen Standort und fördern dessen Entwicklung und Leistung
Online since: Mon Apr 07 14:28:40 CEST 2025

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