Job Description
As a leading film manufacturer RKW combines the dynamics of a global player with around 3.000 employees & 19 production sites worldwide with the DNA of a privately owned company. With our broad product portfolio in the segments Packaging & Industrial, Hygiene and Agriculture, we enable our customers to improve the daily life of consumers all over the world. We moreover assume responsibility - sustainability is a key component in our corporate policy and business mission.
In this challenging environment we are currently looking for a
Manager Purchasing Buying Center Germany (m/f/d)
In this role you will lead RKW's Buying Center Indirect Germany. The members of this team predominantly take care of the Operational Purchasing tasks for Indirect Spend Categories. The Buying Center Indirect works closely with RKW's Indirect Lead Buying Team which focuses on Strategic Purchasing tasks.
The role:
- Leading and developing a team consisting of Purchasing Specialists and Purchasing Professionals, and thus responsibility for Operational Purchasing Indirect
- Key member of the RKW's Purchasing leadership team and by that contribute to identification and execution of value adding initiatives.
- Developing RKW's business processes and digital tools jointly with the Lead Buying Team and adjacent departments, e.g. Finance and Operations.
- Responsibility for RKW's German car fleet in collaboration with an external service provider.
- Location could be Michelstadt – where most of the Busing Center Indirect team members are located – or the RKW Headquarters in Mannheim.
- You hold a university degree in business administration, engineering or similar
- You have a proven track record of leadership and you are proactively analyzing and improving processes and/or business tools.
- You have 3 + years of professional experience in Purchasing preferably in a multi-national manufacturing company.
- You feel comfortable in an international environment and have the ability to build partnerships and work collaboratively across regions, functions and teams
- Business fluent in German and English
- Ideally familiar with an SAP ERP system and experience in fleet car management.
- An international working environment within a privately owned company
- Contribution to company pension scheme
- Job bike leasing, meal voucher, fresh fruits and more employee discounts
- Mobile working minimum 2 days per week
- Intensive onboarding an continuous professional training possibilities
- Modern office space, outstanding technical equipment and free parking space
- Flat hierarches, innovative thinking and the chance to work within intercultural teamscom