Focus: Strategically shape procurement, sustainably increase margins, and secure quality in the long term
Our attitude
We work honestly, clearly and with respect – both as a team and in our daily interactions.
Every contribution counts, and we approach each other on an equal footing with respect and reliability.
Their mission
Procurement markets are becoming more demanding and costs are rising. Your task is to meet this development with professional, forward-thinking purchasing and actively contribute to increasing our margins.
They analyze prices and cost structures, question demands, identify negotiation opportunities, and develop more economically advantageous procurement alternatives.
In doing so, you do not think in terms of purchasing prices in the short term, but in terms of overall economic solutions in the long term. Quality, supply security, ability to deliver, process costs, and price must all be consistent over the long term.
With professional negotiation skills, empathy, and a good understanding of your counterpart’s interests, you develop reliable supplier relationships. You negotiate consistently without compromising long-term quality or supply security through short-term savings.
Their success is measurable: they improve purchasing conditions, increase our margins, and at the same time create the prerequisites for consistently high quality and reliable supply chains.
Your tasks
- Preparation and execution of professional pricing, condition and contract negotiations with the aim of sustainably improving purchasing results and margins
- Analysis of prices, cost structures and market developments, as well as consistent questioning and negotiation of price increases
- Identification and realization of concrete savings, margin and optimization potentials
- Development of alternative procurement strategies, sources of supply, and solutions to improve cost-effectiveness and security of supply
- Obtaining, comparing and negotiating offers, as well as the economic evaluation of procurement decisions
- Selection, evaluation and long-term development of efficient suppliers and reliable supplier relationships
- Preparation and negotiation of framework agreements as well as the use of volume, contract and condition benefits
- Ensuring the availability of materials and services in close coordination with internal departments
- Comprehensive evaluation of procurement decisions taking into account price, quality, availability, risk, and resource requirements
- Further development of leaner and more efficient purchasing processes based on the principles of Lean Procurement
- Consistently using our ERP system and analyzing purchasing, market, and supplier data as the basis for decisions, measurable improvements, and future AI-based analyses
What makes you stand out
- Strong professional negotiation skills and a passion for negotiation
- Strong economic thinking and a good sense of prices, costs, and margins
- Long-term thinking and the ability to weigh short-term savings against sustainable economic success
- Resource-optimized thinking with a view to the overall economic result
- Empathy and a good sense for people, interests, and negotiation situations
- Sovereign and binding behavior as well as the ability to enforce one’s will while maintaining a cooperative attitude
- Ability to recognize different interests and develop viable solutions
- Analytical thinking and the ability to recognize negotiation opportunities and economic potential
- Self-responsible, structured and solution-oriented working style
- High personal commitment to measurable and long-term sustainable results
You bring expertise to the table
- Completed degree in business administration, industrial engineering, supply chain management, or a comparable field of study
- Years of experience in purchasing, ideally in a manufacturing or technically-oriented company
- Proven experience in demanding pricing, conditions and contract negotiations
- Very good business understanding as well as confidence in cost, price and margin assessments
- Experience in supplier management and in the strategic development of suppliers
- Knowledge of Lean Procurement, Lean Management, or the systematic optimization of procurement processes
- Knowledge of psychological negotiation, communication, or persuasion concepts is desirable
- Safe handling of ERP systems and data-based decision-making principles
- Openness to new technologies and future AI-based purchasing and market analyses
How we work
Our work day is characterized by clear processes, high transparency, and a consistent commitment to efficiency and reliability.
We need self-responsibility and solution-oriented action in everyday life.
In purchasing, this means for us: It’s not the lowest purchase price that determines the best overall economic solution for KOMOS in the long term.
What you can expect
- A responsible area of responsibility with direct impact on margins, quality and business success
- Design flexibility in negotiations, procurement strategies, and the development of supplier relationships
- The opportunity to make a measurable economic contribution through professional purchasing
- The opportunity to actively further develop lean procurement and sustainably improve procurement processes
- Clear structures and short decision-making processes
- Close cooperation with production, logistics and warehousing, project management and management
Working with the system and the future:
- Working with a powerful ERP system to manage and track our purchasing processes
- Transparent purchasing, demand, price, and supplier data as a basis for decisions and negotiations
- Data-based evaluation of cost developments, conditions, and supplier performance
- Long-term integration of AI to analyze needs, price developments, procurement markets and supplier performance, as well as to identify additional purchasing and margin potential
Personal development:
- In-house business coach who supports you in your professional and personal development
- Opportunity to further develop your skills in negotiation, communication, and personal effectiveness specifically
- Opportunity to further develop professionally and procedurally
More for your performance:
- Annual sales bonus
- Monthly bonuses after goal achievement
- Company pension scheme
More for your life:
- Health premium
- Wedding and birth bonus
- Company sports during working hours
- Participation in the company run at KOMOS costs nothing
- Free drinks & well-equipped communal kitchen
- Company closure between Christmas & New Year
Have we sparked your interest? Then we look forward to receiving your application.
Then we look forward to meeting you.
Contact person:
Doreen Becker – People & Culture Manager
E‑mail: karriere@komos.de
KOMOS GmbH
Bahnhofstrasse 2
07616 Bürgel
Phone: 036692 / 490–43