Category Expert (f/m/div.)

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Braga
1-3 Years Experience
Internet of Things
The Role
As a Category Expert at Bosch, you will act as a purchasing contact for various Bosch plants, ensuring demand management and supplier strategy implementation. Responsibilities include supplier relationship management, annual price negotiations, and preparing contracts and tenders, while participating in global purchasing strategies. You will leverage your communication skills to build relationships across different levels within the organization.
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Company Description

The Bosch Group has more than 400 000 employees around the world, present in 60 countries, and we are proud to impact people’s lives and to work towards a more sustainable future.
Bosch Car Multimedia, S.A. belongs to the Automotive Electronics division and is focused on making the vehicles our third living space. About 3.600 associates are committed to develop and produce high quality technology that shape change in mobility worldwide. The company' success lies in its highly specialized and innovative team, and on the technological know-how which makes Bosch the leading supplier in the automotive market. 
At Bosch, we shape the future by inventing high-quality technologies and services that spark enthusiasm and enrich people’s lives. Our promise to our associates is rock-solid: we grow together, we enjoy our work, and we inspire each other. Join in and feel the difference in mindsets, cultures, generations, identities and perspectives. Everyone should bring their authenticity and work together respectfully. By including everyone and ensuring equal opportunities we unleash our full potential. 

Job Description

Your contribution to something big:

  • Purchasing contact person for defined Bosch plants and locations;
  • Ensure early involvement in projects & structured demand management for respective internal customers;
  • Transfer and promote Material field and Supplier Strategy to internal customer / plant;
  • Consolidate the commodity needs and inputs;
  • Supplier relationship management and mentorships;
  • Annual price negotiation of regional and / or defined global supplier;
  • Preparation and execution of tenders (RFI / RFQ);
  • Preparation of purchasing decisions and contractual agreements;
  • Participates in global commodity purchasing team meetings and support implementation of global purchasing strategies;
  • Provide input to and implement global strategies for the defined sub-material field;
  • Ensure compliance requirement.

Qualifications

What distinguishes you:

  • Industrial\Mechanical Engineer, Business Management or similar Bachelor’s\Master degree;
  • Past professional experience in Procurement, Sourcing, Contracts Management or equivalent role;
  • English language skills are mandatory;
  • Good proficiency in Microsoft Office and able to work in a digital environment;
  • Basic knowledge of the supply chain (logistics, planning, order, etc.);
  • Contract and price negotiation skills;
  • Excellent communication skills with an ability to build relationships with a wide array of people of different, organizational positions and locations (virtual);
  • Proactivity, good customer orientation and service mindset;
  • Problem-solving and analytical skills: Ability to identify issues, develop solutions & drive results.

Additional Information

Work #LikeABosch includes:

Flexible work conditions | Hybrid work system | Exchange with colleagues around the world | Health insurance and medical office on site (psychology, general clinic) | Training opportunities (p.e., technical training, foreign languages training) & certifications | Access to great discounts in partnerships and Bosch products | Sports and health related activities | Great access to public transports | Free transport from Porto | Free parking lot | Canteen 

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Make it happen! We are looking forward to your application!

The Company
HQ: Gerlingen-Schillerhöhe
166,834 Employees
Remote Workplace
Year Founded: 1886

What We Do

The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 402,600 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2021). The company generated sales of 78.7 billion euros in 2021. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology.

As a leading IoT provider, Bosch offers innovative solutions for smart homes, Industry 4.0, and connected mobility. Bosch is pursuing a vision of mobility that is sustainable, safe, and exciting. It uses its expertise in sensor technology, software, and services, as well as its own IoT cloud, to offer its customers connected, cross-domain solutions from a single source. The Bosch Group’s strategic objective is to facilitate connected living with products and solutions that either contain artificial intelligence (AI) or have been developed or manufactured with its help. Bosch improves quality of life worldwide with products and services that are innovative and spark enthusiasm. In short, Bosch creates technology that is “Invented for life.”

The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 440 subsidiary and regional companies in some 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. With its more than 400 locations worldwide, the Bosch Group has been carbon neutral since the first quarter of 2020. The basis for the company’s future growth is its innovative strength. At 128 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 76,100 associates in research and development, of which more than 38,000 are software engineers.

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