Group Commodity Buyer

What we achieve together

• With your procurement expertise and strategic mindset, you will play a key role in developing international sourcing strategies and ensuring cost-effective, high-quality, and reliable procurement of Trading Goods across Vaillant Group. By collaborating with international teams and suppliers, you will contribute to successful product launches, supply continuity, and sustainable business performance.
• Developing and implementing international commodity sourcing strategies by monitoring procurement markets, identifying trends, and building a competitive and reliable supplier portfolio.
• Supporting new product development projects by ensuring early supplier involvement, coordinating sourcing activities, and contributing to the achievement of project milestones, cost, quality, and market launch targets.
• Managing supplier relationships through supplier evaluation, selection, development, and performance monitoring while identifying potential risks and ensuring compliance with quality and delivery requirements.
• Negotiating prices, commercial terms, and supplier agreements while identifying cost optimization opportunities and contributing to procurement budget targets.
• Coordinating series purchasing activities, including material price updates, supplier-related quality and delivery issues, and procurement data management, while collaborating with Quality, Supply Chain, and other cross-functional teams.

What makes us successful together

• Qualification: A university degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or a related discipline can open the door to exciting career opportunities within our company.
• Experience: With 6–8 years of professional experience in purchasing, you will have the opportunity to contribute to our dynamic international team.
• Know-how and Skills: Your knowledge of strategic sourcing, supplier management, procurement processes, cost analysis, and negotiation techniques, combined with advanced proficiency in SAP MM and MS Office, will allow you to make a meaningful impact.
• Language Skills: Business fluency in English will enable you to communicate and collaborate effectively with international teams, suppliers, and stakeholders.
• Personality: Strong analytical thinking, negotiation, communication, and problem-solving skills, combined with autonomy, perseverance, teamwork, and a proactive mindset, will set you apart.

What you can count on

• Work-life balance is important to us. We offer the opportunity to work in a hybrid model, supporting flexibility while maintaining close collaboration with your colleagues.
• We care about your wellbeing and support you through company-sponsored supplementary health insurance, while encouraging an active lifestyle with access to discounted sports and wellness programs through our corporate partnerships.
• We support your professional and personal development through various learning opportunities, while offering the chance to work closely with local and global stakeholders in an international and collaborative environment.
• We enhance your employee experience through exclusive employee discounts and special offers across a wide range of brands and retailers available via our Corporate Benefits platform.