Senior Project Purchasing Specialist

Company Description

Kliklok LLC, a subsidiary of Syntegon Technology with its global headquarters based near Stuttgart, Germany. Syntegon Technology employs approximately 6,500 associates at 30 plus worldwide locations. Syntegon designs, develops and produces hi-tech packaging solutions (machines, systems, and after sales service) for the pharmaceutical and food industries.

Job Description

Project
► Primary focus on customer project with high ETO share, new development & cost down.
► Participation in project kick-off meeting
► Preventive clarification of feasibilities and cost drivers in collaboration with engineering
► Early identification of high-value requirements and long-runners in projects - involvement of Strategic Procurement as required
► Creation of demand transparency / quantity structure in the project
► Demanding neutral specifications, framework conditions
► Clarification of technical details with suppliers and engineering
► Allocation of project requirements according to material fields
► Controlling the material field teams in the project
► Ensuring the allocation of requirements under competition
► Developing and presenting the project purchasing strategy
► First contact person for sales / engineering for new projects in purchasing
► Support for sales in quotation calculation in the project, e.g. determination of AKEB for modules
► Maintenance of a project pipeline for an assigned plant (incl. priorities, fore-cast)
► Cross-functional coordination of quotations in the project - e.g. with Sales, Engineering

Other
► Participate/lead design to cost and cost down initiatives.
► Execution/support of "make or buy" investigations for cost optimization
► Ensuring the implementation of the purchasing strategy incl. necessary coordination in engineering to achieve the goals (time, cost, quality)
► Assumption of product responsibility for support of continuous cost-down activities, preparation of project forecast, variant management, etc.

Qualifications

► University or UAS education, technical background (engineering or manufacturing).
► Min. 3 years of professional experience
► Advanced product and production process know-how
► Experience with functional leadership within complex matrix organizations
► Advanced project management skills
► Advanced facilitation skills
► Negotiation skills and knowledge of advanced purchasing methods (forward bundling)
► Basic legal knowledge (purchase contracts)
► Market know-how (state-of-the-art production processes)
► Budget planning and purchasing controlling
► Advanced knowledge in product cost calculation
► Language skills (German, English, 3rd language desirable)
► Travel activity up to 30%

Additional Information

Syntegon Technology is a proud supporter of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) Initiatives

• FIRST Robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
• AWIM (A World In Motion)

By choice, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce.

NOTE: All official Syntegon job postings can be found at www.syntegon.com.  Successful candidates asked to participate in the hiring process should expect to speak to the hiring team by telephone and in person at one of our Syntegon office locations (Decatur, Oldsmar, Raleigh, New Richmond, Minneapolis and Allendale) prior to the job offer.