At Beiersdorf, we want to help people feel good about their skin – and our commitment goes far beyond caring for skin. For 140 years, we have developed innovative skin and body care products for well-known brands such as NIVEA, Eucerin, La Prairie, Hansaplast, and Labello. We act according to our purpose, WE CARE BEYOND SKIN, and take responsibility for our consumers, our employees, the environment and society.
Behind every brand, every product and every accomplishment are our more than 20,000 employees. It is for them that we live a culture of inclusion, respect and trust that is strongly aligned with our values – CARE, COURAGE, SIMPLICITY and TRUST. We embrace diversity by valuing the uniqueness of each individual and being committed to equal opportunities for all.
Your Tasks
Strategy & Governance
- Conducting regular market research & analysis for own categories
- Responsible for the definition and deployment of regional strategies and the deployment of regional strategies for own area of responsibility
- Consulting regional and regional area strategy development
- Providing local input for regional strategies in relevant categories
Procurement Business Partnering
- Negotiating and contracting frame conditions with suppliers (prices, TCO, payment terms, quality levels, etc.) for local and agreed regional categories along a regional roadmap towards objectives agreed with the demand owner or set by regional initiatives
- Continuously monitoring the related activities for opportunities to maximize Proc value contribution
Project Procurement
- Representing Procurement in projects (e.g. IIMs, Masterplans), managing deployment of local and regional Procurement strategies for selected categories within their scope while supporting OTIF delivery
- Responsible for contract handling and negotiation for project-related sub-set of local or regional spend
- Responsible for maintaining all project-related master data
Procurement Processes & Systems
- Responsible for compliance with legal requirements, Beiersdorf Procurement and non-Procurement procedures within own negotiations and contracts
Ensuring proper maintenance of Category spend data in SAP and that KPIs reflect contractual terms for own categories, contracts and suppliers
- Developing best practices, standard documents and tools for own categories and actively feeding them into the continuous improvement process of regional standards as required
Supplier Management
- Ensuring proper supplier selection (e.g. financial health, process knowhow, etc.) to minimize supply risks for the affiliates of Beiersdorf
- Conducting commercial audits of major suppliers in close conjunction with internal stakeholders
- Actively managing supplier relationships to ensure suppliers are able and willing to fulfill Beiersdorf supply requirements
- Actively working with suppliers to achieve innovative solutions
Organizational Development
- Continuously developing assigned category and respective processes together with global & local peers to ensure competitiveness
Your Profile
Education:
University Degree. 8-10 years in relevant industries
Functional experience:
Min. 4 years in Procurement
Cross functional experience:
An advantage, especially SC-functions
International experience:
An advantage
Additional information
We embrace Diversity and Inclusion and are committed to providing equal opportunities to all of our applicants – regardless of race, gender, age, religion and beliefs, sexual orientation & gender identity, disability, cultural, ethnic or national origins. We would therefore kindly ask you to include only information and data in your documents which are relevant for the assessment of your application (e.g. curriculum vitae with relevant references and certificates) and encourage you to upload your CV without a picture.
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