Purchaser Operational Procurement and Materials Planning

Your Tasks

Operational purchasing (focus of the function: approx. 75%)

• Procurement of components and services according to the purchase requirements internationally by placing orders

• Provision of production-relevant documents to suppliers for ordering

• Obtaining order confirmations and comparing them with the order

• Checking and approving invoice discrepancies

• Execution of the necessary transactions in the SAP system

• Maintenance of purchasing data: order books, supplier data, master data, etc

• Support for supplier evaluation and development

• Support of supplier inventories for additional material

• Handling of quality claims

• Ensure that demand is met on time, e.g. by processing and checking the corresponding transactions in the SAP system, monitoring delivery dates and dunning

• Initiation and coordination of suitable measures with internal and external interfaces in the event of delivery delays or bottlenecks

• Communication with suppliers in German and English

• Support of other purchasing teams in the event of capacity bottlenecks

Disposition ***(***share of function: 25%)

• Implementation of strategic specifications by setting scheduling parameters with the help of evaluation tools, e.g. ABC-analysis, XYZ-analysis

• Resolving trade-offs between low inventories, economical delivery lot sizes and reducing procurement risks.

• Conversion and maintenance of MRP data in the material master

• Processing of exception messages in SAP (date adjustments / cancellations)

• Inbound and outbound control of new or discontinued goods

Your Skills

• vocational training and several years of professional experience in purchasing and / or material planning

• English and German fluent

• experienced user of SAP ordering process and / or material planning

• experienced user of office applications e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams

• technical knowledge is an advantage

• knowledge of quality management tools is an advantage