Head of Purchasing (m/f/d) (Manager - Purchasing)

As one of the leading producers and service providers in the construction sector and plastic processing, BACHL operates at over 40 locations in Germany and abroad. To this day, the BACHL Group adheres to core values such as stability, honesty, flexibility, and long-term partnership with customers. Part of the corporate philosophy is to attract the best employees and integrate them into a working environment that offers each individual opportunities for personal development.

In the course of planned succession planning, we are looking for a technically skilled

Head of Purchasing (m/f/d)

for our plastic processing division at the location in Deching near Röhrnbach.

Your tasks:

• Leading and managing the purchasing department
• Controlling strategic and operational purchasing across the entire purchasing volume
• Interpretation of new national and international procurement markets as well as conducting price and contract negotiations with sustainable yield increases
• Responsibility for the procurement of required materials for our plants in Germany, as well as coordination of the raw material supply for our plants in Europe
• Negotiation of monthly contracts
• Development, implementation, and monitoring of purchasing and delivery strategies in coordination with management
• Participation in the procurement of capital goods
• Requirement-based scheduling and procurement of raw materials, components, consumables, and services, taking into account economic, logistical, and quality-relevant criteria
• Maintenance and expansion of supplier relationships
• Analysis and observation of raw material and purchasing markets
• Continuous optimization of purchasing conditions
• Further development, maintenance, and adaptation of purchasing-related processes in connection with the ERP system used

Your qualifications:

• Completed degree in economics, alternatively a technical degree with a business administration focus or comparable training with relevant further education
• At least three years of experience in a comparable position
• Business fluent English, both written and spoken
• Analytical and solution-oriented mindset in technical and business aspects
• Experience in personnel management, sovereignty, negotiation skills, and result-oriented working
• Teamwork skills, sense of responsibility, entrepreneurial thinking, and initiative
• Proficient use of MS-Office and the ERP system ProAlpha is desirable

Our offer:

• Work in a successful, innovative company with established structures
• Integration into a nice, uncomplicated team
• Pleasant working atmosphere and good working climate
• Very good development opportunities
• Regular working hours for a balanced work-life balance
• Capital-forming benefits and company pension scheme
• Vacation and Christmas bonuses
• 30 days of annual leave
• Employee discounts
• Bike leasing

If our offer appeals to you and you are ready to face the challenges of a new task with full commitment, please send your application documents preferably by e-mail to the address below.

Karl Bachl GmbH & Co. KG HR Specialist Claudia Rosenberger Deching 3 | 94133 Röhrnbach Tel. +49 8582 18-2525 karriere@bachl.de

Additional information: Requirements for the applicant: Basic knowledge: Expansion, Development, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Purchasing, Procurement, Scheduling