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Strategic Purchaser
Job Description: Join us as our next Strategic Purchaser Odense, Denmark
Join the Procurement team in our Machine Control Division in Odense and play an active role in bringing strategic decisions to life.
With us, you'll be a key contributor to our value chain. You'll build strategic supplier partnerships, drive procurement initiatives, and help ensure the strong foundation on which our technology solutions are built. Your Mission: Build Strong Supplier Partnerships As a Strategic Purchaser, you will be responsible for managing and developing supplier relationships at a strategic level to ensure a resilient supply chain and cost-effective sourcing.
Your mission is to ensure that Leica Geosystems consistently delivers high-quality products and materials through professional supplier management and strong commercial partnerships. At the same time, you will serve as a trusted partner to both internal stakeholders and external suppliers.
You will work in a role with broad exposure across the organization and collaborate closely with both local and global teams. In particular, you will partner with Quality, Planning, Product Management (PMO), and our suppliers. Together, you will translate business needs into effective procurement solutions.
Your responsibilities will include: • Building and maintaining strong supplier relationships to ensure risk mitigation, supply continuity, quality, and cost optimization. • Developing and executing category strategies in collaboration with relevant stakeholders. • Negotiating contracts, pricing, delivery performance, and total cost of ownership (TCO). • Conducting regular supplier reviews and business meetings to ensure compliance with commercial and regulatory requirements. • Maintaining supplier, product, and master data in SAP in cooperation with internal stakeholders. • Providing escalation support and managing supplier-related issues in close collaboration with Planning and Quality. • Leading procurement initiatives related to cost reduction and product lifecycle management. • Implementing and adapting to new requirements across the supplier portfolio to ensure ongoing compliance with import, export, and quality regulations. • Driving continuous improvement initiatives across procurement processes and supplier management activities. You understand that strategic procurement is about more than cost. You know how to build strong supplier relationships that drive quality, innovation, and long-term business value. We imagine that you have a solid background in procurement or supply chain management, ideally from a company working with electronics, mechatronics, or mechanical components.
To succeed in this role, we imagine that you:
• Have strong coordination, planning, and communication skills.
• Take an analytical and proactive approach, with a keen eye for quality.
• Enjoy collaborating with suppliers and can drive decisions through constructive dialogue and negotiation.
• Combine persistence with commercial awareness.
• Are comfortable working with systems and data. Experience with SAP, Microsoft 365, and Jira is a plus.
• Are eager to learn, develop, and embrace new ways of working.
Your development: a field full of opportunities At Leica Geosystems Machine Control, you will have the opportunity to work in a technology-driven environment where procurement plays a key role in the value chain. The more you learn and engage, the greater your influence will be on our global supply strategy.
We believe the best results are achieved by people who take ownership. That is why you will be encouraged to think creatively, challenge existing ways of working, and contribute ideas and initiatives that create value for the team, our suppliers, and the business as a whole. Interested? Would you like to help strengthen and develop our global supplier network? Then we'd love to hear from you.
If you have any questions about the position, please feel free to contact: Daniel Jaworski, Team Lead, Procurement E-mail: [email protected], Phone: +45 21 45 58 46
Katja Sørensen, People Partner Denmark E-mail: [email protected] Welcome to Leica Geosystems The Machine Control Division of Leica Geosystems is headquartered in Odense and is part of a global organization with colleagues across the world. Here, you will become part of an international environment where you work closely with new technology, innovative products, and the engineers who bring them to life.
We believe in a workplace built on trust, engagement, and opportunities for growth. We develop advanced GPS and machine automation solutions for construction equipment, as well as software and cloud platforms that help the construction industry work with greater precision and efficiency. For us, it is all about delivering solutions that perform when it matters most. That is why “When it has to be right” is more than a slogan. It is the mindset that guides everything we do.
At Leica Geosystems, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourage all qualified candidates to apply, regardless of gender identity, age, or cultural background. Additional Information
• Travel: Approximately 20-30 days per year for on-site evaluations and supplier visits.
• Corporate language: English.
Desired Skills: • A solid background in procurement or supply chain management • Strong coordination, planning, and communication skills. • An analytical and proactive approach, with a keen eye for quality. • Enjoy collaborating with suppliers and can drive decisions through constructive dialogue and negotiation. • Can combine persistence with commercial awareness. • Comfortable working with systems and data. Experience with SAP, Microsoft 365, and Jira is a plus. • Eager to learn, develop, and embrace new ways of working.