Since its spin-off in September 2025 AUMOVIO continues the business of the former Continental group sector Automotive as an independent company. The technology and electronics company offers a wide-ranging portfolio that makes mobility safe, exciting, connected, and autonomous. This includes sensor solutions, displays, braking and comfort systems as well as comprehensive expertise in software, architecture platforms, and assistance systems for software-defined vehicles. In the fiscal year 2024 the business areas, which now belong to AUMOVIO, generated sales of 19.6 billion Euro. The company is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany and has about 87.000 employees in more than 100 locations worldwide.
Job DescriptionAre you motivated by negotiations, strategic thinking, and improving cost performance? We’re looking for a colleague to support category purchasing team for defined technologies and suppliers, shaping our supply strategy and securing the best market conditions for AUMOVIO.
What You Will Do
- Manage a purchasing volume within your assigned category
- Develop and implement material and supplier strategies based on internal needs and market analysis, identify bundling opportunities and handle non‑conformance cost discussions with suppliers and ensure contract lifecycle management with compliant documentation
- Identify and mitigate supply chain risks and ensure compliance with sustainability and legal standards
- Drive supplier selection, market analysis, benchmarking, and sourcing decisions
- Lead annual negotiations, frame contracts, and cost‑improvement discussions with suppliers
- Initiate and support value engineering, redesign, cost‑reduction and supplier performance programs
- Guide internal stakeholders in using purchasing processes, tools, and methods
- Ensure timely and accurate data maintenance in purchasing systems and support monthly controlling/target tracking
What makes you a best fit
- University degree in Economics or Technical studies, or equivalent professional experience
- 3+ year of relevant experience in purchasing or a related technical field
- Strong negotiation, communication, and decision‑making skills in an international environment
- Comfortable collaborating with R&D, SQM, Plants, and cross‑functional teams
- Good understanding of purchasing processes and technical components
- English at a level that enables communication with global stakeholders
- Experience with SAP is required
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Skills Required
- University degree in Economics or Technical studies
- 3+ years of relevant experience in purchasing or a related technical field
- Strong negotiation, communication, and decision-making skills in an international environment
- Good understanding of purchasing processes and technical components
- Experience with SAP is required
Aumovio Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Aumovio and has not been reviewed or approved by Aumovio.
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Healthcare Strength — Health, dental, and vision offerings in the U.S. are described as very good or affordable, with HSA contributions enhancing coverage. This establishes a strong medical foundation even when cash pay is middling.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) match in the U.S. is characterized as pretty good or high, strengthening total compensation. This bolsters long‑term savings beyond base salary.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO starting around 17–18 days plus holidays, and instances of extra paid time at year‑end, indicate generous time off. This breadth can offset average base pay for some employees.
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What We Do
AUMOVIO – ready for the automotive transition We are the Adaptive Powerhouse for Future Mobility, making it safe, exciting, connected, and autonomous. To achieve this goal, we offer innovative hardware and software, modern mobility solutions, and a wide range of mobility services. We act in the here and now while thinking far ahead. We are reliable, no matter what, utterly focused, and passionate team players. With nearly 93,000 employees (as of December 31, 2024), we generated revenue of almost EUR 20 billion in the business year 2024. We have more than 100 locations globally, with headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. Inspired by Future. Driven by Technology. Learn more about our social media data protection policy here: https://www.aumovio.com/some-data-protection
