Strategic Buyer – Category Manager

🕒 July 27

🇩🇪 Germany – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🛒 Procurement

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eGruppe

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11 - 50 employees

⚡ Energy

🏭 Manufacturing

🏗️ Construction

Energy • Manufacturing • Construction

eGruppe is a German industrial group focused on electrical engineering and energy infrastructure. The company (branded E. GRUPPE) and its subsidiaries (e. g. , Klotter Elektrotechnik, Control Mechatronics, ESV Erfurter Schaltschrankbau, IMB Energy Systems, LET Lüddecke, LET Services) provide products and services including switchgear and control cabinets (Schaltschränke), distribution panels, transformer stations, DC self-consumption systems, UPS/power supply solutions, automation, e-mobility infrastructure, building technology and related services. eGruppe appears to serve industrial, commercial and building sectors with manufacturing, installation and service capabilities in power and automation technologies.

📋 Description

• Consolidation of purchasing volumes across the group to realize economies of scale • Development of group-wide supplier strategies and framework agreements to reduce costs and improve delivery reliability • Creating transparency around purchasing KPIs and processes as a basis for group control • Responsibility for selected strategic product categories (Category Management) • Identification and realization of bundling potential between sister companies • Negotiation of prices, terms and group-wide framework agreements with suppliers • Continuous monitoring of relevant supplier markets and derivation of recommended actions • Technical cost engineering: should-cost analyses and Design-to-Cost approaches to reduce costs • Establishment of common procurement standards, KPIs and reporting for the group • Close cooperation with operational purchasing managers as well as project management, engineering and production of the individual companies • Acting as a sparring partner for executive management and the purchasing leads of the companies on strategic procurement decisions

🎯 Requirements

• Commercial or technical vocational training, preferably with further qualifications in purchasing, or a degree in industrial engineering, business administration, supply chain management or a comparable field • Several years of experience in technical or strategic purchasing, ideally in electrical engineering, switchgear, automation or plant engineering • Experience in building or managing cross-company or multi-site purchasing structures is an advantage • Technical understanding of the relevant categories (e.g., component function, importance of lead times for transformers) • Confident use of ERP systems, AI and Excel • Very good German language skills; English for supplier communication • Strategic thinking combined with a hands-on mentality • Negotiation skills and a good sense for people • Strong communication skills and persuasiveness in dialogue • Collaborative working style • Open, constructive handling of mistakes and setbacks • Independent, structured working style and high self-motivation

🏖️ Benefits

• A secure job in a financially stable and future-oriented corporate group • A responsible position with a high degree of autonomy and scope for shaping • Performance-based compensation as well as employer contributions to capital-forming savings plans • An attractive bonus model • Company pension scheme through salary conversion on favorable terms • A modern working environment with state-of-the-art technical equipment • Diverse training opportunities and development prospects • Option for bike leasing (bike-to-work program) • A collegial working atmosphere