StepStone

KWS Group

  • Berlin
  • Post Date: 6. September 2024
Jobbeschreibung

KWS is one of the world's leading plant breeding companies. Over 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around €1.8 billion in the fiscal year 2022/2023. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for 165 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for corn, sugar beet, 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.


At KWS Berlin, we are looking for an Operational Buyer (m/f/d) for our operations in Eastern Europe. You are responsible to ensure effective and highly efficient transactional processes. This is a 2 years limited full time position with location in Berlin.

Your responsibilities:

  • Process purchase requisitions, orders, and contracts for Goods & Services

  • Process requests from internal users via the internal ticketing system

  • Conduct and analyze requests for quotations (RFQs) and executes tactical buying for Goods and Services for defined thresholds and spend categories

  • Monitor the spending patterns in the supported KWS legal entities and provide suggestions on potential catalog implementation

  • Provide end-user education and trainings on the procurement process and tools

  • Support end-to-end process application by collaborating closely with the other departments


Your profile:

  • Preferably academic degree in Business Administration or related field

  • Sound knowledge of general procurement processes and primary professional experience in procurement, preferably in Shared Service Center environment

  • Experience in working in ERP systems (preferably SAP, S4HANA knowledge is a plus)

  • Process-driven team player with xcellent communication and collaboration skills, customer orientation and extraordinary service attitude

  • Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accuracy in a fast-paced environment

  • Fluent in English, Serbian is an advantage


Our Offer:

  • We are an international team of open-minded people with diverse and cross-functional experience
  • Interesting and challenging tasks and projects
  • As a family business, we are guided by the values of closeness, reliability, vision and independence; this culture is lived in practice and ensures an open and friendly working atmosphere from day one
  • The best of both worlds: KWS Berlin combines the security of a large, stable company with the passion of a start-up
  • Our location in the heart of Berlin-Schöneberg is very modern; directly opposite the underground station Bülowstraße and with secured car & bicycle parking spaces
  • We offer 30d holidays, flexible working hours, holiday and Christmas bonuses, company pension scheme, JobRad and/or Jobticket
  • True to our motto "Make yourself grow", we support the professional and personal development of our employees

Seed your career by submitting your application today! We are looking forward to your application using our online application system.

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