Since 1928, our legendary products habe made us one of the world`s best-known brands in the field of professional audio. Today, more than 80 percent of the world`s recording studios use Neumann microphones, loudspeakers, and headphones for music recording and other productions, for example in the fields of broadcasting, gaming, and film. As part of the Sennheiser Group, Neumann stands for legendary sound - handmade in Germany.
Our home is Berlin - here we plan and develop our products, with which we inspire not only professionals, but also an increasing number of semi-professional users such as podcasters or bedroom producers in their home studios.

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Global Category Manager Indirect Procurement (m/w/d)

These tasks await you in our team:

• Your task is to procure services, capital goods and non-production materials for our plants and subsidiaries worldwide.
• You will work closely with the departments involved and purchase, for example agency, consulting and IT services, engineering, construction and facility services as well as machines and equipment.
• You will manage procurement processes: evaluation of tenders, drafting of the corresponding contracts, preparation and implementation of negotiations, award decision and commissioning, also in English.
• You will maintain existing procurement sources and take responsibility for identifying, selecting and qualifying new suppliers at both national and international level.
• You observe trends and risks in the procurement markets.
• You will be responsible for the maintenance and evaluation of relevant data in IT systems.
• You will carry out national and international tenders.

You have the following qualifications:

• You have a university degree with a focus on business (business administration, industrial engineering or similar) or a comparable education.
• You have several years of professional experience and knowledge in indirect purchasing at a manufacturing company and a strong technical understanding.
• You have a high degree of negotiation skills, cost and quality awareness.
• You are experienced in negotiating all types of contracts relevant to purchasing, in particular purchase, work, service and license agreements.
• You work independently, in a structured and conscientious manner.
• You enjoy teamwork and a varied range of tasks with complex topics.
• You communicate fluently and confidently in German and English.
• You are confident in using MS Office 365, analysis tools and ERP systems.