Being accountable to design, structure and animate category panel of vendors / service providers and other business partners in order to reach Hager Groups objectives regarding quality, costs, lead time, compliance and sustainable criteria to ensure the application of concerned purchasing strategy.
To do so she/he leads the commercial negotiations.
Organize and drive market benchmark, competition (Call-for-Tenders) and selection process with multi-domain stakeholders.
Promote collaboration between Hager’s businesses (Engineering, R&D, Solution Development…) to find synergies and negotiate aggregated volumes to achieve commercial benefits.
Report achievements in purchasing roadmaps for assigned spend categories and oversee the execution of initiatives.
Accomplish a high-level performance within a culture of collaboration, whilst focusing on process standardization, implementation of best practices and compliance.
Drive the deployment of environmental, social and corporate governance (SCG) requirements within purchasing activities and ensure that vendors and any other business partners are matching Hager objectives set in the Code of Sustainable Purchasing.

Academic degree or relevant Industrial / business management / information technology / engineering education
A minimum of 7 years’ experience of purchasing
Operational and technical savvy – potentially related to Consultancy, Project Management, Agile Methodology in Digital environments
and having the ability to effectively support projects simultaneously whilst meeting agreed deadlines and goals.
Demonstrated ability to navigate and collaborate across departments, businesses, geographies and disciplines.
Strong presence and interpersonal skills, with the drive to build effective partnerships with key internal stakeholders, vendors / service providers and other business partners.
Proven negotiation skills with an understanding of contractual negotiation, development, and local regulations.
Fluent proficiency in English, skills in German and/or French language are a plus.
Knowledge of SAP and SAP ARIBA is a plus.

Personalized onboarding experience program designed to make your first days smooth
Opportunities to learn and grow through Hager Group's awarded Hi University.
Internal career opportunities, over 25% of our recruitments are through internal mobility
An international working environment in an exciting and growing industry
Welcome on board! We developed a groupwide onboarding program for new employees
We offer a food allowance for lunch in our canteen (depending on location)
In addition: free drinks, company medical care, health days
Fun factor: regional holiday programs for employees' children
Guaranteed salary development: The collective agreements for the chemical, metal and electrical industries guarantee salary development in line with the industry
Thinking about tomorrow today: We offer a company pension plan
For all who want more: We offer individual personnel development programs
Time to recover: 30 days leave per year
Regular employee events ensure the exchange beyond the own department

Purchasing Category Manager – Consulting

Key skills