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As a Global Category Manager Mould Management, you will play a pivotal role in shaping Beiersdorf’s strategic approach to mould refurbishment, ensuring cost efficiency and process transparency. You will be responsible for negotiating selected new moulds while optimizing the refurbishment process of Beiersdorf-owned plastic injection moulds, creating transparency on refurbishment needs, and negotiating supplier costs, with a strong focus on cost savings and efficiency. This role requires a balance between procurement expertise and technical understanding of mould maintenance. You will report to the Director of Global Procurement and work closely with cross-functional teams, including R&D, Supply Chain, Packaging Development, and external suppliers.
Your Tasks
Procurement & Cost Optimization
Negotiate mould maintenance and refurbishment requests/offers from suppliers post-SOP in collaboration with Packaging Development (7–10 million EUR annual spend).
Negotiate selected new moulds & assets in collaboration with Packaging Development (25-30 million EUR annual spend).
Track and report savings of mould maintenance negotiations to showcase benefits and enable further advanced mould management solutions.
Review and update the Mould Strategy together with the Sourcing Team to align with long-term procurement objectives.
Mould Refurbishment Process & Data Management
Create transparency on the mould refurbishment pipeline, prioritizing critical moulds for maintenance and refurbishment.
Establish and maintain a Mould Refurbishment Database, including detailed refurbishment information, drawings, offers, and historical data.
Develop warranty and spare-part strategies to ensure long-term mould performance and efficiency.
Define end-of-life & scrapping guidelines to ensure cost-effective asset management.
Shaping the Future: Development Areas with Room for Your Ideas
Take an active role in shaping the Mould Management at Beiersdorf and develop topics that you find important. You will have the opportunity to drive key developments and make a lasting impact. Examples include:
Support integration of sensors, analytics, and robust tools for predictive maintenance.
Steer implementation of predictive maintenance tools for BDF-owned moulds.
Steer and oversee the technical assessments, troubleshooting, and on-site evaluations of IM-Moulds.
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 and 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 (with curriculum vitae, motivation letter, relevant references and certificates, salary expectations) and encourage you to upload your CV without a picture.
If you have any questions, please contact our recruiter Sandra Vennhoff on Wednesdays between 10 and 11am via the telephone number +49 40 4909 4956.
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