Tactical Buyer Indirect Spend

Founded in 1968, **SKAN** is a pioneer in cleanroom equipment and the development of isolators for the pharmaceutical industry. Innovative products, tailor-made solutions and an effective service organisation have made SKAN a market leader and a key partner to industry and research laboratories.
- Overview
- As a Tactical Buyer, you are responsible for the operational and tactical procurement of indirect materials and services. In close cooperation with internal specialist departments and external suppliers, you will make a decisive contribution to the efficiency and quality of our supply chain.
- Responsibilities
- Operational purchasing & order management:

- Creating and managing orders (end-to-end)
- Ensuring that delivery deadlines are met
- Handling of requests
- Supplier management:

- Maintaining and developing existing supplier relationships
- Negotiating offers and contracts
- Monitoring supplier performance (quality, price, adherence to delivery dates)
- Process optimization:

- Coordination and follow-up of error cases
- Carrying out root cause analyses
- Identifying weaknesses and making suggestions for improvement
- Actively participating in the optimization of processes
- Sourcing & market analysis:

- Supporting global category management with benchmarking activities and tenders (RFI, RFP, RFQ)
- Identifying suitable sources of supply as part of project-related procurements
- Contract management & compliance:

- Supporting the creation and management of framework agreements
- Ensuring compliance with the procurement policy as well as ESG and compliance guidelines
- Hardskills
- Commercial or technical training with further training in the commercial field
- At least 3 years of professional experience in purchasing, ideally in an international environment
- Experience in supplier management
- Preferably experience in indirect purchasing in categories such as facility management, marketing, consulting, ICT, logistics, travel, insurance
- Very good written and spoken German and English skills
- Strong understanding of purchasing and logistics processes
- GMP experience is an advantage
- Softskills
- Analytical thinking and a structured way of working
- Strong communication skills, negotiation skills and the ability to work in a tea
- Initiative and the ability to set priorities under pressure and act in a solution-oriented manner
- Confident and convincing appearance

We offer you
- An open and collegial corporate culture
- Freedom for ideas
- Participation in sports and leisure activities
- Support through further training, especially at our SKAN Academy
- Intensive and job-oriented induction
- Short decision-making processes and flat hierarchies
- Open communication policy