Strategic Procurement Manager

  • Switzerland
  • Negotiable
  • Permanent
  • Discipline: Operations
  • Ref: 47027
Vuk Susa-Stupar
Vuk Susa-Stupar
Principal Consultant

Are you an experienced Procurement Manager?

Do you enjoy conducting procurement on a strategic level?

If you do, then role of Strategic Procurement Manager might be the right fit for you!

Our client who is coming from the highly technical manufacturing area, and they are looking to onboard on a permanent basis Strategic Procurement Manager that will focus on national and international procurement.

As a Strategic Procurement Manager, you will design and implement purchasing strategy in the domain of strategic purchasing.

Apart from this, you will be responsible for supplier evaluation and contract drafting, establishing, optimizing and further developing existing supplier relationships.

In order to be successful in this Strategic Procurement Manager role, you should have several years of experience in strategic purchasing and contract management.

Furthermore, you have good knowledge of SAP S/4 Hana and MS Office.
This is a permanent position, and the location of work is in Bern, Switzerland.

Fluent knowledge of German language is needed along with proficient English as well.

Last but not least, the candidate will have an opportunity to travel across Europe.

For more information on this Strategic Procurement Manager role or any

Strategic Procurement Manager role I have available, please send your CV to:
vuk.susa-stupar@nicollcurtin.com or you can call me on +41435082671

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