Head of the Purchasing Department (m/w/d)

The University Hospital Freiburg is a hospital with a maximum of 2,100 beds, whose catchment area extends from Basel to Karlsruhe, from the French border to the Lake Constance. Around 90,000 stationary patients and around 900,000 outpatient visitors are treated annually. The university hospital employs more than 15,000 people and is one of the largest employers in the region. Let's make success together – Start your next chapter with us Head of Purchasing Division (m/w/d) As part of the services business unit with over 1,450 employees, the Purchasing department is responsible for a purchase volume of over 160 million annually with around 50 employees. €. It is a central motor for security of supply in the university hospital. In this key role, you take over the strategic direction and develop shopping for a sustainable, networked service area – focusing on digitalization, automation, sustainable processes and the targeted use of new technologies. A management personality with systemic thinking, transformation skills and the need to rethink interdepartmental processes is sought.

General responsibility for the management and strategic development of the department Purchasing with approx. 50 employees and an annual purchase volume of over 160 million € holistic process design and optimization in the sense of a systemic approach that thinks across areas and actively design interfaces to other departments (e.g. from order to pay) transformative development of the department towards a modern, digitized area in which the possibilities of automation are developed and the implementation of innovative technologies such as AI are advanced for efficiency and quality Further development of strategic shopping in close interaction with the departments and clinics as well as in cooperation with a shopping community Identification, initiation and control of projects focusing on standardization, resource efficiency, result quality and cost optimization Construction and further development of an effective purchasing controlling system and regular reporting to the management department strategic supplier control, risk management and ensuring the timely and sustainable procurement of medical and non-medical consumables Responsibility for budget and cost control as well as the master data management of the department Establishing future-oriented, service-oriented portfolio structures together with medical, nursing and administrative areas

completed studies in the field of business management, health economics, a comparable subject or training with relevant professional experience multiannual leadership experience in a complex organization, ideally in hospital or healthcare or in a comparable dynamic environment proven experience in the strategic development of organisational units, in particular in the design and implementation of change processes in the sense of a systemic approach Competence in the digitization and automation of processes, ideally associated with knowledge in the use of modern technologies such as artificial intelligence in the purchasing or logistics sector very good understanding of economic relations and the ability to analyse and reorientate processes with a view to efficiency, sustainability and quality of results well-founded knowledge of modern management methods and project management safe handling of ERP and goods management systems strong communication and cooperation, especially in cross-departmental cooperation with various professional groups Innovation joy, implementation strength and the ability to inspire, motivate employees and to take them into account a high degree of initiative, analytical thinking and sense of responsibility

a challenging and varied management function of a system-relevant department a modern office in the middle of beautiful Freiburg with perfect access by public transport other services, such as B. moving working time, supplementary pension provision or support in the reconciliation of family and work additional social benefits such as annual special payments or occupational pensions individual development and training opportunities Company fitness with Hansefit, in-patient gym Unifit as well as accelerated access to the ambulances and speaking hours further benefits such as Corporate Benefits, grant to the UKF Job Ticket, offers Hospital Shop JOBV1_EN