Shape & Create - And make it happen!

The Villeroy & Boch Group with its Ideal Standard brand is one of the world's leading manufacturers in the ceramics and lifestyle sector. With our innovative and stylish products from the Dining & Lifestyle and Bath & Wellness segments, we have been creating moments and rooms to feel good in since 1748. Our success is based on the passion, design expertise and innovative strength of our more than 13,000 employees in 42 countries.

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Your tasks

• Be the sourcing expert for the logistics category representing a spend more than 100m€
• Work cross-functionally with stakeholders to ensure internal customer satisfaction. Collaborate with key persons to ensure clarity of the specifications and expectations of the company
• In collaboration with stakeholders, build, execute and maintain all category strategies relevant to Logistics
• Perform supply market analysis and monitors supply markets. Benchmark industry and evaluating new opportunities to be included in the sourcing strategies and supplier selection process
• Execute tendering processes and supplier selection to accomplish the highest possible value creation and supplier performance level
• Negotiate the strategic contracts
• Maintain the category saving pipeline, track saving projects, supplier performance by establishing relevant KPI’s. Ensure compliance relative to targets.
• Manage supply risk through the identification of internal and external risks and develops mitigation actions.
• Act as the escalation point for major problems and issues

Your profile

• Minimum 5 to 7 years’ experience in strategic Logistics Procurement in an international industrial company with a strong track record of delivering results
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration or similar, member of a professional body like CIPS desirable but not essential
• Excellent knowledge of strategic sourcing and procurement techniques, processes, and tools with a proven capability to analyze data and develop strategies through to implementation
• Skills and talent in complex negotiations
• Experience of active leadership of cross-functional project teams across multiple countries in a matrix organization
• Successful stakeholder management and excellent communication skills
• Drive for results, stimulate a culture of continuous improvement, constantly re-evaluating better ways of doing things
• Command of English language is essential

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