Required skills
- Strategic Purchasing
- Commodity Strategy
- Supplier Management
- Contract Negotiation
- Price Negotiation
- Cost Optimization
- Savings Realization
- Spend Analysis
- Procurement Structure Analysis
- Market Analysis
- Competitor Analysis
- Supplier Evaluation
- Supplier Development
- Technical Drawings
- KPI Monitoring
- German
- English
Languages: German · English
Job description
Seeking a Strategic Buyer with experience in Machining for a freelance role in Karlsruhe. The position involves managing the supplier portfolio, developing commodity strategies, and driving cost optimizations.
Responsibilities
Project No.:
1085281
Project Title:
1085281 Strategic Buyer
Job Type:
freelance
- Support and further development of the international supplier portfolio
- Development, implementation, and continuous optimization of the commodity strategy in the Machining sector
- Control and monitoring of relevant KPIs at supplier and commodity group level
- Responsibility for cost optimizations and realization of savings
- Analysis of purchasing volumes and procurement structures
- Conducting market and competitor analyses
- Supplier evaluation, supplier development, and contract and price negotiations
Requirements
Personal Competencies:
Additional Information:
SOLCOM is one of the leading technology service providers in the fields of software development, IT, and engineering. For over 20 years, we have been working as partners with globally active top companies in all industries and are deployed worldwide where innovation is decisive.
- Several years of experience in strategic purchasing
- Completed degree, for example in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, or comparable fields
- Professional experience in a manufacturing company
- Very good technical understanding, especially in handling technical drawings
- Ability to read and understand 2D and 3D drawings confidently (mandatory requirement)
- Fluent German and English language skills
- Strong communication and negotiation skills
- Analytical and structured way of working
- Proactive and self-responsible action
- Entrepreneurial thinking and acting
- Ability to objectively evaluate situations and make well-founded decisions without jumping to conclusions
- Willingness for occasional international business trips (approx. 1x per month)
Project details
Karlsruhe
09.11.2026
6 months +
- Start: 2026-11-09
- Duration: 6 Monate
- Remote: onsite
- Location: Karlsuhe, Deutschland, DE
- Languages: German, English
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