Technical Senior Buyer (m/f/d)
Strengthening supply chains. Enabling innovation. Shaping success
As a Technical Senior Buyer (m/f/d), you will take on a central role in the procurement of technically demanding components and assemblies. With your technical understanding, your negotiation skills, and your sense for sustainable supplier relationships, you will work together with internal specialist departments to ensure an economical, timely, and high-quality supply for our projects and production. In doing so, you will actively contribute your experience to the further development of procurement processes and sourcing strategies.
Your Tasks
- Responsibility for defined technical product groups as well as their strategic further development
- Development and implementation of measures to ensure optimal material supply
- Requesting, technical and commercial evaluation, as well as comparison of offers
- Conducting price, condition, and contract negotiations with national and international suppliers
- Selection, qualification, and further development of suppliers as well as building long-term and resilient partnerships
- Ensuring quality, cost, on-time delivery, and security of supply through active supplier management
- Conducting cost analyses, identifying savings potential, and establishing Second Sources to reduce procurement risks
- Close cooperation with development, quality, production, logistics, and project management in coordinating technical requirements as well as in development, change, and industrialization projects
- Participation in the optimization and further development of procurement processes and sourcing strategies
- Support and technical sparring partner for colleagues within the procurement team
Your Profile
- Completed technical or commercial training or a degree with a technical focus
- Several years of professional experience in technical procurement, ideally in electrical engineering, plant engineering, or the renewable energy sector
- Strong technical understanding of drawings, specifications, and bills of materials
- Proficiency in requesting and evaluating offers, price negotiations, and the selection of qualified suppliers
- Experience in supplier management as well as in the establishment and development of alternative sources of supply (Second Sources)
- Analytical mindset and good understanding of costs to identify savings and optimization potential
- Independent, structured, and solution-oriented way of working
- Very good English skills as well as confident handling of ERP systems and MS Excel
- High communication skills, negotiation certainty, and ability to work in a team
What to Expect
- A future-proof workplace in an innovative and growing company
- Diverse challenges at the interface of technology, procurement, and project business
- Independent work with room for ideas and improvements
- International supplier contacts and exciting technical projects
- A dedicated team with strong cohesion and short decision-making paths
Benefits
- Flexible working hours and the possibility of home office
- Company pension scheme, capital-forming benefits, and childcare subsidies
- Health measures and a health premium (e.g., for Hansefit)
- Ergonomic workstations and modern equipment
- Meal subsidies and provision of work clothing
- Company bike leasing for sustainable mobility
- Further training opportunities for your professional and personal development
- Team events where work and fun come together
If you want to build supplier relationships, identify potential, and actively shape technical procurement, then you have come to the right place.
Apply now with your documents via email – we look forward to meeting you!
For initial questions, Katharina Dammeyer is at your disposal. E-Mail: karriere@vensys-elektrotechnik.de Telefon: (+49) 5441 92630-0