Buyer German speaker (m/w/d)
Cairo, EG
What you will do to help drive energy transition:
- Independently carry out planning and purchasing activities with the goal of achieving specified delivery times, lead times, inventory levels, and high delivery quantities/reliability.
- Review order confirmations and monitor delivery timelines.
- Ensure material availability when introducing new product generations.
- Monitor inventory levels and optimize them to defined target levels.
- Ensure discontinuation control and monitor surplus and unusable material.
- Maintain master data in SAP (e.g., statistics and maintain procurement and supplier master data, delivery times, Incoterms, prices, etc.).
- Complaint management – Service & Quality Management.
- Close collaboration with category managers to achieve quality, optimal delivery times, and cost reduction targets, as well as support all necessary measures.
- Independent implementation as a buyer in various purchasing projects (e.g., market analyses and inquiries) and initiating supplier decisions.
- X-functional collaboration with other supply chain teams, as well as production, quality, development, and service.
- Organization and management of supplier meetings and workshops internally and externally
What you will need for that journey:
- Successfully completed commercial training or a BA degree and several years of experience in strategic and operational purchasing at a manufacturing company
- Excellent written and spoken German and English skills
- Proficient in SAP and MS Office applications
- Independent and responsible working style
- Good communication skills, high level of commitment, and ability to work as a team
Stellensegment:
ERP, SAP, Purchasing, Technology, Finance