Procurement Manager – Project Purchasing, Category Management

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🕒 January 29

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PLATH Corporation GmbH

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11 - 50 employees

🎖️ Defense

💼 Consulting

🔐 Security

Defense • Consulting • Security

PLATH Corporation GmbH is a Hamburg-based group founded in 1954 that develops and supplies innovative technologies and systems for state security and defense organizations, focusing on data-driven crisis early warning, signals intelligence and risk detection. The company supports governmental actors with hardware and software solutions to detect and prevent conflicts, and it invests in specialized portfolio companies to drive innovation and growth, with more than 350 installed systems across 40+ countries.

📋 Description

• Responsible for strategic and operational project purchasing throughout the entire project lifecycle • Responsible for individual product categories, including developing and implementing category strategies and supplier/partner management, taking into account cost, quality, delivery performance and risks • Conducting tenders, bid comparisons and contract negotiations • Selecting, evaluating, maintaining and further developing suppliers and strategic partners • Close collaboration with project management, engineering, quality, logistics and controlling • Ensuring on-time delivery, adherence to budgets and supply security in projects, as well as implementation of internal procurement policies • Analyzing procurement markets and identifying cost reduction and optimization opportunities • Contract management including framework agreements, product supply and work contracts • Monitoring relevant KPIs and reporting to management • Contributing to the further development of procurement processes and systems

🎯 Requirements

• University degree in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management or a comparable qualification • Several years of professional experience in project and/or strategic procurement • Experience in category management and supplier development • Excellent negotiation and communication skills • Analytical, structured and results-oriented working style • Proficient in ERP systems (e.g., proAlpha) and MS Office • Business-fluent German and English • High initiative, assertiveness and the ability to work in a team • Willingness for occasional international travel

🏖️ Benefits

• Central location • Flexible working hours • 30 days vacation • Job ticket & fuel vouchers • Campus@PLATH • Sabbatical • Diverse company events • Wellness and health programs • Corporate benefits • Company pension scheme • Mobile working / remote work • Career development opportunities