Job Description
About KWSKWS is one of the world's leading plant breeding companies. Nearly 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around €1.68 billion in the fiscal year 2023/2024. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for almost 170 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for sugarbeet, corn, cereals, vegetables, oilseed rape and sunflower. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to continuously improve yield for farmers and plants' resistance to diseases, pests and abiotic stress. To that end, the company invested more than €300 million last fiscal year in research and development.
We are seeking for our Global Procurement Team a Strategic Procurement Expert (m/f/d) for Direct Goods and Services (m/f/d) with a focus on Risk Management at KWS Berlin GmbH in Berlin or Einbeck. The objective is to define category-specific procurement strategies and implement them globally. The position will be full-time and unlimited, with the expected start date as soon as possible.
Your tasks:
- Take global responsibility for Risk Management in Strategic Procurement
- Handle regulations such as LkSG, CSDDD, CBAM, and EUDR
- Conduct concrete risk assessments and execute onsite audits
- Support and back up for Scope3 reporting and sustainability from a procurement perspective
- General support towards Lead Expert Hub Procurement - Direct Materials & Services and procurement-related projects
- Support spend transparency to consolidate spend across the group
- Coordinate procurement activities and manage relationships with both internal stakeholders (Global Transaction Center in Berlin, KWS Management C-Level, and the respective departments within the global Business Units) and external stakeholders
- Work closely with the function Global Risk and Sustainability
- Generate continuous improvements regarding data, processes, system applications, products, and services
- Willingness to travel globally up to approx. 50%
Your profile:
- Academic degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or similar
- Proven track record in conducting comprehensive audits and driving successful change management initiatives
- Profound expertise in Risk Management and regulations such as LkSG, CSDDD, CBAM, and EUDR
- Extensive years of experience in Strategic Procurement or Supply Chain Management, preferably in the field of agriculture, chemicals, food, or pharma
- Fluent in both English and German (oral and written); proficiency in additional languages is a plus
- Experience in relevant IT systems is of advantage such as Ariba, Prewave, SAP (TM, MM, SD, PP), MS Office
- Strong analytical skills, solution-oriented, and able to work successfully in a complex organization
- Team player with a hands-on mentality
- Questions the status-quo and eager to develop the functional expertise further to reach state-of-the-art service delivery
Our offer:
- Opportunity to work in an international environment and team
- Act as a strategic expert and partner in a role with a global outreach
- Possibility to meaningfully contribute and make things happen
- Equipment for mobile working incl. Bahncard 50 and mobile phone
- Professional and personal development
- Attractive remuneration and flexible working hours
- Hybrid Work
- A location in the heart of Berlin or Einbeck