About this role
- As a Category Lead Buyer Customer Solutions, you will drive the global sourcing strategy for customer-specific components and suppliers.
- You will play a key role in securing supplier performance, optimizing costs, managing risks, and ensuring sustainable supply chain excellence in close collaboration with international stakeholders.
- Your job: Build, manage, and continuously develop a global supplier portfolio within the Customer Solutions area while ensuring alignment with quality, cost, and delivery objectives Develop and implement commodity strategies for assigned categories to support business and procurement goals Identify, implement, and monitor sustainable cost reduction initiatives to achieve defined savings targets Secure long-term supplier and manufacturing capacities in alignment with business requirements and growth plans Drive continuous improvement of supplier quality performance in close collaboration with technical and quality experts Integrate supplier performance insights into sourcing decisions and commodity strategies Lead sourcing decisions and supplier selection processes for assigned commodity groups Manage and support cost optimization, transfer, insourcing, and outsourcing projects while ensuring effective knowledge transfer Drive and further develop supplier risk management and contract management processes Take full purchasing responsibility for assigned components, commodities, and suppliers Monitor global procurement markets, industry trends, and supplier developments to identify opportunities and mitigate risks Your qualification: University degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Economics, Supply Chain Management, or a comparable field 3-5 years of professional experience in global purchasing, strategic sourcing, supplier management, project management, or supplier negotiations Strong knowledge of global procurement markets, supplier relationship management, industrial manufacturing environments, and production technologies Experience in developing and implementing commodity strategies and cost optimization initiatives Fluent English skills, both written and spoken, German language skills are an advantage Proficiency in ERP systems and Microsoft Office applications, knowledge of SAP S/4HANA is an advantage Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills Collaborative, proactive, assertive, and solution-oriented mindset with a strong ability to work in international environments Willingness to travel internationally up to approximately 20%
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation and benefits package, including annual bonus, monthly cafeteria allowance, and long-service awards.
- Flexible working arrangements with up to 5 home office days per month.
- Continuous professional development and training opportunities.
- Language learning support.
- On-site fitness center and sports facilities.
- Company restaurant available on-site.
- Secure, covered parking facilities.
- Be part of our factory's growth and help shape the projects of the future with us!
- Take a look inside our Budapest factory.