Strategic Buyer Electronics Components

You will contribute to category strategies with regular market analysis, supplier insights, and identification of relevant trends, risks, and opportunities. You will implement category strategies for electronics components in your assigned region, in alignment with global category teams and managers. You will build strong relationships with internal stakeholders at regional and global level to understand business needs and ensure buy-in for category strategies. You will develop and manage strategic supplier portfolios including supplier selection, qualification, negotiation, contract management, compliance, performance monitoring, and portfolio consolidation. You will take responsibility for supplier performance in your region, including supply continuity, quality, sustainability, cost reduction, and delivery reliability. You will drive supplier development plans and supply-chain optimization projects, such as cost initiatives, lean activities, inventory optimization, and digitalization projects. You will escalate and manage supply and quality issues with suppliers.

At Endress+Hauser, progress happens by working together. As the global leader in measurement instrumentation, our over 18.000 employees shape the future in the field of process automation. Whether developing and realizing new technology as a team, collaborating to build instrumentation, or strengthening vital relationships with countless global industries, we work to create trusted relationships that help everyone thrive. As a family-owned company, we look beyond short-term moves and work to create a vision that is forward-thinking for our people, our clients, and the world at large.

• hold a university degree or equivalent in a technical, commercial, or supply chain-related field.

• bring at least 10 years of experience in strategic sourcing, ideally in an electronics or technical environment.

• have strong knowledge of supplier management, contract management, and supply-chain processes; knowledge in purchasing electronics is a plus.

• think strategically and analytically and translate strategies into concrete actions.

• communicate, negotiate, and manage stakeholders effectively in an international environment.

• work collaboratively with a strong focus on customer needs, targets, and sustainable results.

• are willing to travel up to approximately 10%, mainly within Europe and have very good English skills; German language is an advantage.