Category Purchaser (m/f/d)

Company Description

Since its spin-off in September 2025 AUMOVIO continues the business of the former Continental group sector Automotive as an independent company. The technology and electronics company offers a wide-ranging portfolio that makes mobility safe, exciting, connected, and autonomous. This includes sensor solutions, displays, braking and comfort systems as well as comprehensive expertise in software, architecture platforms, and assistance systems for software-defined vehicles. In the fiscal year 2024 the business areas, which now belong to AUMOVIO, generated sales of 19.6 billion Euro. The company is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany and has about 87.000 employees in more than 100 locations worldwide.

Job Description

Are you motivated by negotiations, strategic thinking, and improving cost performance? We're looking for a colleague to support category purchasing team for defined technologies and suppliers, shaping our supply strategy and securing the best market conditions for AUMOVIO.

What You Will Do:

• Manage a purchasing volume within your assigned category;
• Develop and implement material and supplier strategies based on internal needs and market analysis, identify bundling opportunities and handle non-conformance cost discussions with suppliers and ensure contract lifecycle management with compliant documentation;
• Identify and mitigate supply chain risks and ensure compliance with sustainability and legal standards;
• Drive supplier selection, market analysis, benchmarking, and sourcing decisions;
• Lead annual negotiations, frame contracts, and cost-improvement discussions with suppliers;
• Initiate and support value engineering, redesign, cost-reduction and supplier performance programs;
• Guide internal stakeholders in using purchasing processes, tools, and methods;
• Ensure timely and accurate data maintenance in purchasing systems and support monthly controlling/target tracking.

Qualifications

What makes you a best fit:

• University degree in Economics or Technical studies , or equivalent professional experience;
• minimum 3 years of relevant experience in purchasing or a related technical field;
• Strong negotiation, communication, and decision-making skills in an international environment;
• Comfortable collaborating with R&D, SQM, Plants, and cross-functional teams;
• Good understanding of purchasing processes and technical components;
• English at a level that enables communication with global stakeholders;
• Experience with SAP is required.

Additional Information

What we offer:

Pay for Performance:

• Achievement Bonuses and Rewards;
• Recommendation Bonuses for new team members;
• Flexibility Program including flexible hours, mobile work and sabbaticals.

Wellbeing:

• Health & Wellness (Private Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Sport activities etc.);
• Different discounts (glasses, medical, shopping);
• In-house restaurant & coffee corners.

Life-Long Learning:

• Dedicated Programs and Conferences;
• Free Language Courses (English, German, French etc);
• Access to e-learning platforms;
• Career development opportunities (local and international);
• Internal development communities (Experts, Agile Community of Practice, Artificial Intelligence etc).

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