Head of Procurement
You lead and develop the procurement team and shape the strategic and operational direction of procurement. This includes actively managing suppliers, availability, quality, and overall costs.
Your responsibilities
- Leading and developing the procurement team
- Developing category and supplier strategies
- Identifying procurement risks
- Establishing suitable second sources
- Searching for and qualifying new suppliers
- Negotiating prices, capacities, delivery times, and contracts
- Further developing existing supplier partnerships
- Improving supplier performance with metrics and reviews
- Optimizing procurement processes from inquiry to deadline tracking
- Coordinating with planning, production, engineering, quality, and controlling
Your profile
- Several years of experience in technical procurement within a manufacturing company
- Experience with strategic procurement and supplier development (ideally)
- Leadership experience or willingness to take over and develop a team
- Technical understanding of components and manufacturing processes
- Keen eye for quality, deliverability, and Total Cost of Ownership
- Analytical strength
- Negotiation skills
- Experience with ERP-supported processes
- Knowledge in BMD (desirable)
- German B1 and English B1
Benefits
- Responsible leadership role in an industrial company with in-house production
- Real scope for process design
- Short decision-making paths
- Visible results in more stable supply chains
- Direct impact on better processes
- Opportunity to question and implement existing processes
- Full-time (permanent position)
- Working hours Monday to Friday
- 38.5 hours per week
- Work location: Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
About the company
The advertising company is seeking to strengthen its team at the Klagenfurt, Carinthia location.
The client is treated confidentially in this process. You will learn the name during the application process.
Your contact person

Elisabeth Leitner
Senior Recruitment Consultant
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