Head of Tactical Procurement (m/f/d)

In Corporate Procurement, you will assume responsibility for the Tactical Procurement area of Direct Procurement and lead a team of commodity managers. In close cooperation with internal stakeholders, you will ensure the successful implementation of purchasing strategies and the professional management of complex procurement projects. Your focus will be on leading and further developing your team as well as ensuring economical, efficient, and compliant procurement.

You can expect the following tasks in particular:
- You lead, develop, and coach your team and create the conditions for a high-performing and modern procurement organization.
- You manage invitations to tender, contract awards, and contract negotiations, and provide support for particularly complex or strategically relevant procurement projects.
- You are responsible for the prioritization, resource planning, and quality assurance of all ongoing purchasing projects.
- You ensure the successful implementation of defined category and sourcing strategies and promote cross-functional collaboration.
- You act as an escalation point for critical procurement issues and develop viable solutions together with your stakeholders.
- You analyze purchasing metrics, identify optimization potential, and derive sustainable improvement measures.
- You actively drive the standardization, automation, and digitalization of purchasing processes.
- You ensure compliance with governance, compliance, and quality requirements and support audit and risk management topics.
- You support transformation and change initiatives and actively help shape the further development of procurement.

This is what we stand for as a diverse company

United Internet is a leading European internet specialist with successful brands such as 1&1, GMX, WEB.DE, IONOS, STRATO, and 1&1 Versatel. Around 10,500 employees manage approximately 68 million user accounts across 18 countries. As an internet specialist with a focus on Germany and Europe, United Internet offers private and corporate customers attractive services and innovative applications that make the internet usable as a universal platform. We want to achieve our goals and continue to grow. To do this, we need people who have ideas—and want to put them into action. Find your individual path with us and take off—through an internship, working student position, or direct entry.

Contact with the queer community is important to us because...

we want to attract talented applicants and show them that their personality and resume are equally valued. The fair offers a unique opportunity to find the perfect match between applicants and employers who represent the same values. We look forward to making valuable connections and introducing you to our inclusive corporate culture at United Internet.

We are already implementing the following diversity measures in our company:

- Fostering employee engagement in Employee Resource Groups such as queer.united. - Internal conference: Diversity Days - Diversity Talks - E-learning „Diversity & Inclusion“ - Initiative Klischeefrei (Stereotype-Free Initiative) - and much more

Location

Düsseldorf

Please

40468

Desired specialization

Economics, Taxes & Management

We are looking for

Young professionals (with work experience)

Desired Additional Qualifications

You have a successfully completed degree in business administration, industrial engineering, supply chain management, or a comparable qualification. Alternatively, you have a completed commercial apprenticeship with relevant advanced training. In addition, you bring several years of professional experience in purchasing as well as sound leadership experience. You are distinguished by the following qualifications: - You have extensive experience in tenders, awards, contract negotiations, and supplier management. - You possess a deep understanding of modern purchasing processes along the source-to-contract process. - You are familiar with category management, governance and compliance requirements, as well as modern e-procurement solutions. - You work analytically, make data-driven decisions, and manage organizations using relevant key performance indicators. - You impress with strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills. - You actively shape change, drive innovations, and bring a high affinity for digitalization and process optimization. - You communicate with business fluency in German and have very good English language skills.

Job ID

12342

Application to

https://www.united-internet.de/jobs-karriere/stellenangebot/5912-head-of-tactical-procurement-wmd.html