Operational / Strategic Buyer (m/f/d) (Buyer)

FERCHAU GmbH Niederlassung UlmUlm, Ulm, DonauEURESpublished 10/12/2026
Must-have:SAP
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Connecting people and technologies, creating the perfect match for our customers, always finding the right experts for the respective challenge - that is our ambition at FERCHAU and that is why we are looking for you: as an ambitious colleague who, like us, wants to take technologies to the next level. We realize exciting projects for well-known customers in all technology areas and for all industries and convince daily with sound expertise and professional know-how. As an experienced professional, you will support your colleagues with your many years of know-how and expertise.

Operational / Strategic Buyer (m/f/d)

These are your tasks in our team Operational Buyer (m/f/d)

  • Responsibility for the material availability of the assigned material groups
  • Obtaining quotes and creating price comparisons
  • Support in contract negotiations with suppliers
  • Creation and maintenance of material master data in SAP
  • Ensuring smooth purchasing processes, including monitoring delivery dates
  • Creation of purchasing-relevant statistics
  • Close coordination with adjacent specialist departments

Strategic Buyer (m/f/d)

  • Strategic purchasing responsibility for defined product groups
  • Observation and analysis of national and international procurement markets
  • Identification, establishment, and further development of suppliers
  • Identification and realization of cost reduction potentials in cooperation with other specialist departments and suppliers
  • Continuous optimization of purchasing processes
  • Conducting contract and price negotiations
  • Creation of price forecasts and procurement of internal key figures

What we offer you

  • Company pension scheme
  • Diverse training programs
  • Exciting and varied projects at innovative companies
  • Bonus program for recommendations of new colleagues
  • Lots of flexibility through the possibility of mobile working

What convinces us Operational Buyer (m/f/d)

  • Successfully completed technical or commercial training
  • Initial professional experience in the procurement process
  • Entrepreneurial thinking and acting combined with good technical understanding
  • Confident and result-oriented appearance
  • Very good MS-Office skills and ideally practical experience in dealing with SAP
  • Teamwork and reliability as well as a careful way of working
  • Good English skills in speaking and writing

Strategic Buyer (m/f/d)

  • Successfully completed business administration or technical studies or completed training with further training as a technical business administrator (technischer Betriebswirt) or technical specialist (technischer Fachwirt)
  • Professional experience in strategic purchasing
  • Negotiation skills, strong technical understanding, and a quick grasp
  • Strong communication skills and assertiveness

Fancy the next challenge? Then we should definitely get to know each other! The fastest way is to apply directly - gladly online under the reference number VA35-69993-UL to Ms. Carina Remus. Let's take the next level together and drive technology forward!