Aumovio
Automotive
CategoryPurchaser
“Category Purchaser at Aumovio. Skills: Category strategy, Supplier management, Contract negotiation, Risk mitigation. Derive strategy and actions for managed categories. Develop a material and supplier strategy”
What You'll Achieve.
Constantly improve the cost situation; Ensure effective contract lifecycle management; Monthly controlling and correction of local data and target achievement
Industry & Context.
Problem solving and decision making tools and techniques
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
University degree in Economics/Technical studies or relevant professional experience, Capability to negotiate and operate with different cultures, Experience in working with international teams on purchasing issues, Understanding for different foreign cultures (NAFTA, Asia, several European cultures)
Nice to Have
Management skills, tools and techniques which ensures a strategic, profit and resulted oriented handling (Balanced Scorecard, Benchmarking, etc.), Human relations skills (team skills, conflict management, open-mindedness, networking), Communication skills, including Presentation and Negotiation techniques to operate in different cultures, Problem solving and decision making tools and techniques, Project management skills, Process and Product Life Cycle (PLC) knowledge, Purchasing Management (including standards of Quality system requirements, policies and norms (IATF 19649/ VDA 6. 1)), Risk Management skills, Technical understanding of specific components, Commercial knowledge, includes contract law etc., Knowledge of supplier market in respective area of responsibility, Appropriate level of language skills to deal with internal and external stakeholders, ERP system (SAP) for order management
What You'll Do.
Derive strategy and actions for managed categories
Develop a material and supplier strategy
Conduct regular supplier evaluation
support and train internal stakeholders
Ensure alignment and implementation of category strategy
Ensure suppliers fulfill legal requirements
Support escalations at internal and external stakeholders
Influence sourcing process
Identify and lift bundling opportunities
Drive annual negotiations
Ensure fulfillment of requirements
Ensure effective contract lifecycle management
Ensure in time implementation of data
Initiate and support value-engineering programs
Initiate and drive supplier improvement programs
and mitigate supply chain risks
Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies
Ensure supply chain compliance
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Drive the strategy definition process with cross-functional partners; Ensure that Continentals requirements are reflected in the strategy; Conduct regular supplier evaluation with main stakeholders; Guide, support and train internal stakeholders; Ensure the alignment and implementation of the category strategy within the organization; Support escalations at internal and external stakeholder; Initiate and drive together with the internal stakeholders supplier improvement programs
Communication Scope
Communication skills; Presentation techniques; Negotiation techniques
Process & Methodology
Project management skills
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