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 specialist departments and international suppliers, build strong partnerships, and create resilient supply chains. This ensures economical and sustainable supply and makes an important 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 global category strategy for packaging materials and derive measures to ensure long-term competitiveness, supply security, and value creation

- analyze international procurement markets, cost structures, risks, and trends, and tap into new sourcing, innovation, and market potential

- shape strategic supplier management together with internal specialist departments, are responsible for the selection, qualification, development, and evaluation of suppliers, and ensure reliable and future-proof partnerships

- negotiate contracts, prices, and terms, coordinate procurement projects, and represent procurement interests in cross-departmental decisions

WE

- value a completed degree in business administration, engineering, or a comparable qualification. Alternatively, you bring a commercial or technical education with relevant professional experience in strategic procurement

- are looking for a strong communicator and negotiator with an entrepreneurial mindset who takes responsibility and actively drives change

- expect a networked, structured, and analytical approach to work, as well as the ability to align different interests and make well-founded decisions

- operate in an international procurement environment – therefore, we require convincing German and English skills as well as a willingness to travel