For our Krefeld location
Purchasing Manager (m/f/d)
If the chemistry is right, then WE can achieve almost anything together. Become part of our team.
What sets us apart:
WE are one of the world's leading manufacturers of superabsorbent polymers, which keep the skin of babies and adults dry all over the world. Together, we work at three locations in Germany on varied and challenging topics in a modern, innovative, and creative environment. The basis for our success is the knowledge, commitment, and motivation of our employees. Together, WE shape our future.
Performance-based pay, personal development, and professional training are a matter of course for us. The sense of togetherness leads to success.
Your tasks:
- Management and further development of strategic and operational procurement
- Development and implementation of procurement strategies for cost optimization, quality assurance, and risk minimization
- Analysis of market and technology trends and identification of new sourcing opportunities
- Drafting, negotiating, and finalizing framework agreements
- Responsibility for the procurement of raw materials, components, services, and project-related purchases
- Ensuring quality, delivery capability, and on-time supply to all locations
- Technical and managerial leadership, as well as the further development of the procurement team at two locations
- Ensuring compliance with regulations, internal standards, and company guidelines
What you bring to the table:
- A successfully completed university degree in business administration, engineering, or chemistry
- Several years of professional experience in procurement, ideally in the chemical industry or in mechanical and plant engineering
- In-depth knowledge of strategic and operational purchasing as well as supplier and contract management
- Excellent SAP skills and experience with digital procurement processes
- Business-level proficiency in German and English
- A strong hands-on approach within mid-sized company structures
- Entrepreneurial mindset, strong cost awareness, and the courage to rethink things
- Strong communication and negotiation skills, analytical thinking, and a confident demeanor
What we offer:
- #Onboarding: Intensive on-the-job training
- #Pioneering work: The opportunity to actively shape our future and our success during an exciting phase in the company’s history
- #OtherGoodies: Chemical industry pay scale , #gerneperdu, free parking (including charging stations for electric cars), childcare subsidies, etc.
Your Application
To ensure your application is processed as quickly as possible and to help protect the environment, please apply via email: bewerbung@stockhausen.com. We look forward to receiving your application.