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About us [[custAltIntroBUFText]] Your Contribution Responsible for the Regional spend of category management in his/her responsibility. Under alignment with Global Category Manager and Business Unit, develop regional category strategy to ensure the best cost and right quality with regular supply market assessment. Work closely with Global Category Managers and Plants to ensure that strategy be implemented in the region. Ensure the regional strategy remain updated and aligned with relevant functions and business units. Lead cross-functional initiative to optimize the category management (i.e. cost down workshop, NPI). Achieve purchasing targets and support the internal planning process for the category under his/her responsibility. Report and monitor category management KPIs. Conduct sourcing projects with strategic approach. Compliance & Risk Management Ensures that the SCHOTT compliance regulations, corporate guidelines and corporate social responsibility (CSR) are obeyed and executed well. Your Profile Bachelor degree, major in Mechanical Engineering / Mechanical Electronic, MBA degree is a plus. Min. 10 years working experience and 7 years of purchasing experience in multi-national company with excellent strategic purchasing skills. Very good English communication skills is a must. An excellent communicator and comfortable managing multiple tasks. Team player and have a problem-solving aptitude. Your Benefits SCHOTT’s openness to promote your further development is just as great as our additional benefits. Ranging from active health management via flexible working hours and hybrid work all the way to corporate pension plans: everything geared to suit your goals and needs. Discover a special corporate culture where everyone has the opportunity to develop their entire potential. At SCHOTT, you can expect a unique corporate culture where we emphasize equity, diversity, and inclusion. We know: motivated and committed employees are the precondition for the success of our company. [[mfield5]] Please feel free to contact us You can expect interesting tasks and challenging projects, as well as motivated and friendly teams in fields that influence our future. Do you want to be successful with us? Then, please send us your application: [[custLegalEntity]], Human Resources, [[recruiterName]], [[recruiterPhone]] *At SCHOTT, it’s your personality that counts – not your gender, your identity, or origin.
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Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore account for 642 of the open purchasing roles on WorkMundi. If you're looking in those regions, you have real volume to work with. The US has 130 open positions. Check where your target employers are hiring before you apply.
About 59% of purchasing ads are written in English on our board. That's a useful signal: it tells you which postings to prioritize if English is your working language, but it says nothing about whether the job itself requires you to speak it. Read the full job description.
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