Job Description

The family-owned company Blum manufactures flap, hinge, pull-out, and pocket systems that are installed in furniture worldwide. In our Strategic Procurement department, we develop future-oriented procurement strategies together with internal experts and international suppliers, build strong partnerships, and create resilient supply chains. This ensures economical and sustainable supply while making a significant contribution to Blum's competitiveness and future viability. Did you know that strategic procurement means much more than negotiating? With your decisions, you influence costs, quality, innovation, and the long-term success of our global production and business processes.

Requirements

YOU - develop and are responsible for the procurement strategy for your commodity group and derive measures to ensure long-term competitiveness, supply security, and value creation - prepare make-or-buy decisions, support new projects and product launches from a procurement perspective, and contribute your expertise early in development and procurement projects - identify new procurement potential based on market, cost, and risk analyses, implement value analysis and cost optimization measures, and are responsible for price, contract, and terms negotiations - shape strategic supplier management together with internal departments, are responsible for the selection, qualification, development, and evaluation of suppliers, and continuously further develop a high-performance international supplier portfolio WE - value a completed degree in business, economics, or engineering. Alternatively, you bring a commercial or technical education with several years of professional experience in strategic procurement, ideally in an international industrial environment - are looking for a strong communicator and negotiator with technical understanding, entrepreneurial thinking, and enthusiasm for international procurement markets - expect a structured and analytical approach as well as the ability to assess technical, qualitative, and economic requirements and derive well-founded decisions from them - operate in an international procurement environment – therefore, we require convincing German and English skills as well as a willingness to travel