This role encompasses comprehensive responsibility for supplier operations, negotiation activities, stakeholder coordination, and master data management across a substantial portfolio of long-tail suppliers. The position requires a proactive approach to managing day-to-day supplier interactions, ensuring compliance with procurement policies, and supporting continuous process improvement in a dynamic, global environment.
Managing High Volume of Suppliers: Responsible for operational management of approximately 3,000 long-tail suppliers, representing ~10% of total spend.
Acting as Single Point of Contact: Handling all operational, commercial, and administrative topics for assigned suppliers, requiring strong multitasking and prioritization.
Ensuring Smooth Operations: Maintaining day-to-day supplier operations in strict alignment with procurement policies and processes.
Conducting Negotiations: Performing low-value and operational negotiations within established commercial and contractual frameworks.
Implementing Strategies: Ensuring centrally defined procurement strategies and contractual guidelines are executed consistently.
System & Data Accuracy: Maintaining accuracy and completeness of supplier master data, adhering to standards and workflows.
Stakeholder Coordination: Regularly coordinating with global procurement stakeholders, especially German Category Management teams.
Issue Resolution: Clarifying and resolving supplier issues efficiently, managing escalations within defined paths.
Continuous Improvement: Supporting ongoing improvement of supplier-related processes.
University degree in business administration, supply chain management, procurement or a comparable field
Minimum 3 - 5 years of experience in operational procurement, supplier management or purchasing.
Experience working in an international or SSC environment is beneficial.
Practical experience with Procurement and ERP systems (e.g. SAP, LN INFOR, Ariba).
Confident handling of MS Office applications, especially Excel.
Strong communication and negotiation skills with the ability to manage conflicts constructively.
High level of ownership, reliability and decision-making capability.
Excellent command of English, written and spoken.
Proficiency in at leat one additional Asian language (e.g. Mandarin, Bahasa Malaysia, Thai, Vientnamese) is an advantage.
Basic German language skills or willingness to learn; ability to process German-language procurement content with support
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
Eppendorf is an equal opportunity employer. We offer all qualified employees and applicants' identical chances.
We are looking forward to receiving your application!
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
