Strategic Byuer

Workload: 90-100%

Place of work: Fällanden

Department: Operations

Start of contract: 01. January 2025 or by agreement

• Build up very strong relations with all business units, supply chain leaders, value chain VPs, plant/production directors, and R&D directors to ensure their expectations are met and to provide access to other decision makers for procurement teams in the markets and plants.
• Develop in-depth knowledge about supply base industry (industry analysis, supply analysis and segmentation, sourcing choice).
• Develop, align with business and implement sourcing strategies.
• Conduct demand analysis with local stakeholders.
• Track and report procurement performance within sub-category.
• Active management of threads/risks and balancing with potentials/ opportunities.
• Support the Commodity Managers in procurement topics and represent them on site.
• Provide minimum target annual savings through cost reductions, cost avoidance and operational improvements.
• Find ways to penetrate spend and provide process and expertise to impact that spend.
• Conduct RFI / RFP / RFQ and perform evaluation.
• Prepare supplier selection.
• Establish supplier relationship management.
• Negotiation and contract preparation.
• Perform supplier management and supplier development activities on higher level initiatives and optimization plan.
• Ensure supplier overall compliance and realize supplier liability management.
• Cost Management: Negotiate the lowest total cost of ownership for assigned suppliers. Achieve saving targets according to sourcing strategy. Supplier Management: define and manage business partner, strategic and key supplier relationships to best meet the needs of business. Accountable for the identification, implementation and tracking of continuous improvement initiatives at selected suppliers.
• Product lifecycle management/New Product Development: Support & participate on new product development teams as assigned, helping to ensure early supplier involvement and participate in phase-out/engineering change activities.
• Bruker Supplier Management/Supplier Performance Evaluation: Accountable for achieving improvements in cost, quality, delivery and service.

• uccessfully completed studies in the field of logistics, procurement, engineering sciences, or a related area
• Experience in the field of procurement
• Strong teamwork skills as an integral part of your personality
• Proficient in MS Office and SAP
• Excellent German language skills, both written and spoken
• Good English language skills are an advantage

• Home office possibility with 40.5 hours per week
• Future-oriented and diverse company with modern workplaces
• At least five weeks of vacation and additional days off
• Free parking garage on the company premises
• Cost absorption of the SBB Half-Fare Card
• Good social benefits and insurance
• Diverse opportunities for further development in Switzerland and globally
• Promotion of health and sports with various initiatives and an in-house fitness studio
• Work location with local recreation area (Greifensee)
• Our staff restaurant "Food Spin" with freshly prepared menus and buffet every day

Bruker’s more than 8500 employees at over 90 locations enable scientists to make breakthrough discoveries and develop new applications that improve the quality of human life. The Bruker BioSpin Group is a world leader in the development and manufacture of instruments and connected software based on magnetic resonance technology, such as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrometers, and preclinical imaging systems.

For more information about Bruker as a company and employer, visit our website.

Help us create innovation with integrity. We look forward to receiving your online application.

Please be aware that for this position, international travel of 20% per year is mandatory.

Help us create innovation with integrity. We look forward to receiving your online application.

Please note that we only accept online applications. Attachments such as motivation letter, resume and references must not exceed 5 MB per file.
Please note that for this position, we won't accept any profiles submitted through agencies.