Purchaser (m/f/d) with a focus on Events & general services (Procurement Manager)

Your tasks

You see yourself as an impulse generator, possess a host mentality, and are enthusiastic about tasks in the field of Corporate Purchasing. Through your actions, your decisions, and your communication style, you will sustainably shape the host culture of Messe Berlin and support the business development and strategic direction of the Group. Do you see yourself as a sparring partner, are you a team player, and do you want to develop further together with us? Then join our team! With commitment, you will dedicate yourself particularly to the following tasks:

• Independent execution of EU-wide procurement processes, taking into account the applicable procurement requirements and all legal conditions. This includes support from the emergence of requirements to the placement of orders, as well as the commercial support of contract execution.
• Independent execution of national awards, taking into account the Messe Berlin regulations. This includes support from the emergence of requirements to the placement of orders, as well as the commercial support of contract execution.
• Procurement-related support for the specialist departments for the respectively assigned product group focuses from the area of Event and general services.
• You are the first point of contact for the procurement market and are familiar with it and its further development.
• Thanks to your expert knowledge, you are an appreciated, efficient, and effective first point of contact on the part of purchasing in the commercial support of contractual relationships.
• Conducting negotiations
• Participation in the further development of purchasing (e.g., spend analyses, application of TCO approaches)

Your qualification

Professional:

• Completed Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or a technical environment, or IHK specialist training with proven many years of professional experience in the procurement of services, or comparable qualification, or several years of relevant professional experience.
• Good knowledge of EU procurement law.
• Initial experience in public procurement and procurement experience in the product group of event services or services.
• Good English skills.
• Several years of experience in independent project management.

Personal:

• Change competence

You are curious and actively project your will for change.

• Diversity and inclusion

You attach great importance to diversity and inclusion and are convinced that a diverse working environment strengthens our creativity and innovative strength.

• **Customer (benefit) orientation

**You have a customer-oriented personality and inquire about and prioritize customer needs.

• **Self-initiated action & active assumption of personal responsibility

**You act responsibly and goal-oriented.

• Willingness and ability to learn

Continuous development and a high willingness to learn characterize you.

• **Sustainability mindset

**You handle resources and energy carefully, thus supporting us in achieving our ecological and social goals.

• **Ability to reflect

**You are able to assess yourself and are open to feedback.

• Implementation strength

You proceed methodically & structurally, taking complex relationships into account, and make decisions on this basis.

• Negotiation competence

You engage with different viewpoints and extract essential facts.

• Conviction & assertion

You come across confidently and authentically, recognize the viewpoints/motives of your counterpart, and respond to them appropriately.

• Goal & result orientation

You work in a result-oriented manner and always keep the goals in mind.

We invite you to commit yourself to us and to contribute to the exciting events of an extremely lively and varied, international business field. People with disabilities will be given preference if they are equally qualified. Since we have set ourselves the goal of equal opportunity and the professional promotion of women, we particularly welcome applications from women. Applications from people with a migration background are expressly welcome.