Senior Strategic Buyer Electronics (m/f/d) (Technical Buyer)

We are looking for one of our most important customers for a:

Senior Strategic Buyer Electronics (m/f/d)

Your Task

• Development and implementation of strategic procurement activities for electronic components, printed circuit boards (PCBs), populated printed circuit boards (PCBAs), ICs, passive components, and related purchased parts.
• Monitoring and analysis of the global electronics market, including manufacturers, distributors, supply chain developments, lead times, availability, allocation situations, and market price trends.
• Building, maintaining, and utilizing strong relationships with distributors and manufacturers of electronic components, especially in Asia and Europe.
• Identification of cost-saving potential, alternative suppliers, and technically suitable component alternatives in close cooperation with the Development, Production, and Quality Assurance departments.
• Evaluation of manufacturer part numbers, datasheets, technical specifications, lifecycle status, and second-source options.
• Support of bottleneck management, handling allocation situations, and supply chain risk mitigation through proactive market monitoring.
• Evaluation of the impact of raw material prices, regional labor costs, manufacturing capacities, and geopolitical factors on purchase prices and component availability.
• Close cooperation with PCBA manufacturing, Development, Quality Assurance, Logistics, and Finance to ensure reliable supply and optimized Total Cost of Ownership.
• Management of inventory-relevant purchasing decisions considering financial metrics such as Days in Hand, capital commitment, inventory value, Working Capital, inventory turnover, and ROCE.
• Negotiation of commercial terms, prices, payment terms, delivery schedules, and long-term supplier agreements.
• Use of ERP systems (especially SAP) to manage purchasing data, supplier information, material availability, orders, inventory levels, and reporting requirements.

Your Profile

• University degree or comparable qualification in the fields of Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field.

• Experience in the automotive industry, electronics manufacturing, EMS service providers, industrial electronics, or comparable mass production environments is an advantage.
• Experience in working with Asian supplier markets, distributors, and manufacturers.
• Experience with purchasing analysis, market intelligence tools, or reporting dashboards is an advantage.
• Fluent English skills; additional language skills are an advantage.
• At least 10 years of professional experience in purchasing, sourcing, or commodity management of electronic components.
• Sound understanding of the global electronics market, including manufacturers, supply chains, authorized and independent distributors, as well as market price mechanisms.
• A strong personal network to distributors and manufacturers of electronic components in Asia is highly desirable.
• Sound technical knowledge of electronic components, including the ability to read and interpret datasheets, understand MPN structures, and identify technically suitable alternatives.
• Good technical understanding of the manufacturing processes for electronic components to be procured, such as PCBs, ICs, and passive components.
• Sound understanding of the PCBA manufacturing process and the impact of component selection on manufacturability, quality, cost, and supply security.
• Solid commercial and financial understanding, including purchasing-relevant KPIs such as Days in Hand, capital commitment, inventory turnover, Working Capital, and ROCE.
• Comprehensive experience with ERP systems (preferably SAP) in the areas of purchasing, materials management, supplier management, and inventory-related processes.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including data analysis, pivot tables, complex formulas, processing large amounts of data, reporting, and creating purchasing and KPI analyses.
• Strong skills in negotiation, analysis, communication, and stakeholder management.
• Ability to work independently in a dynamic, global supply chain environment and make fact-based sourcing decisions.

What do we offer?

• Permanent employment
• Personal support
• Collective agreement-based and, depending on qualification, above-tariff compensation
• Flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths
• Vacation and Christmas bonuses
• Goal is: Permanent placement by the customer company

Who are we? STEPPS Projekt & Personal Service GmbH is a modern company with branches in Coburg. The highest ambition of STEPPS is to satisfy applicants, employees, and regional customer companies through appropriate candidate pre-selection, long-term assignments with the option of permanent placement, as well as collective agreement and above-tariff compensation.

With STEPPS to your dream job!

Ronny Dähne STEPPS Projekt & Personal Service GmbH Eichhofweg 3 96450 Coburg 0151 / 64 96 52 30 ronny.daehne@stepps-gruppe.com www.step-ps.de