Responsible for the category strategy to ensure maximum contribution to Eppendorf’s business objectives.
Build, manage, and develop a high-performing supplier portfolio.
Manage the tendering and award process.
Standardize and update standard contracts.
Responsible for the commercial terms of the assigned category.
Develop and define procurement strategies for the assigned categories.
Conduct market analyses, identify market trends and price developments.
Independently manage negotiations through to contract conclusion.
Carry out tenders and award contracts in close coordination with the relevant department.
Systematically research and identify innovations and sustainability aspects in the relevant category.
Support supplier audits in close cooperation with Quality Management.
Strategically align, continuously optimize, and maintain the supplier portfolio.
Conduct business reviews, including initiating measures.
Coordinate and manage the annual supplier evaluation in an interface function.
Ensure and improve all relevant qualitative procurement parameters.
Advise departments on all procurement-related issues and processes.
Monitor compliance with regulatory requirements, acting as the interface between suppliers and Quality Management
We truly appreciate our employees and their performance
We offer a wide range of learning and development opportunities to allow you to deepen your technical knowledge and for continuous growth
By working with us, you will make a meaningful contribution to improving human living conditions
Attractive salary, employee benefits and performance bonus
Skills Required
- Develop and implement category procurement strategies
- Manage and develop supplier portfolio, including supplier selection and strategic alignment
- Conduct tenders and manage award process to contract conclusion
- Negotiate commercial terms and contracts with suppliers
- Perform market analyses and track price and market trends
- Coordinate supplier audits and work closely with Quality Management
- Implement supplier evaluations and conduct business reviews with corrective actions
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and procurement qualitative parameters
- Identify innovations and sustainability opportunities within the plastics category
- Advise internal departments on procurement processes and supplier-related issues
What We Do
Eppendorf is a leading life science company that develops and sells instruments, consumables, and services for liquid-, sample-, and cell handling in laboratories worldwide. Its product range includes pipettes and automated pipetting systems, dispensers, centrifuges, mixers, spectrometers, and DNA amplification equipment as well as ultra-low temperature freezers, fermentors, bioreactors, CO2 incubators, shakers, and cell manipulation systems. Consumables such as pipette tips, test tubes, microtiter plates, and disposable bioreactors complement the range of highest-quality premium products. Eppendorf products are most broadly used in academic and commercial research laboratories, e.g., in companies from the pharmaceutical and biotechnological as well as the chemical and food industries. They are also aimed at clinical and environmental analysis laboratories, forensics, and industrial laboratories performing process analysis, production, and quality assurance. Eppendorf was founded in Hamburg, Germany in 1945 and has about 5000 employees worldwide. The company has subsidiaries in 33 countries and is represented in all other markets by distributors. Imprint: www.eppendorf.com/imprint
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