Specialist (m/w/d) Purchasing Technical Building Equipment

The NEW takes care of the wishes of their customers, but also about you and your career. As a municipal service provider, we combine a wide range of services under one roof: energy supply, drinking and waste water, leisure facilities, bathing fun and the public transport. More than 2,200 employees: the NEW group counts. And the region counts on us - as a strong employer on the Lower Rhine. With a job at the NEW Group, you will not only advance the quality of life in our home country, but also your career.

In NEW AG, the classical cross-sectional functions such as finance, IT, personnel, law, corporate development, real estate management, controlling and corporate communication are bundled. In addition, within the NEW group in Mönchengladbach and Viersen, we provide professional maintenance of the sewer network and ensure environmentally sound disposal of the waste water.

Our central purchase takes care of the procurement of all materials as well as services and construction services necessary to ensure the smooth supply of our customers and employees. In addition, it is important for us to continuously improve and optimize our processes. Just the right environment for your talents and ambitions? Then our team in Mönchengladbach-Rheydt strengthens as: Specialist:in (m/w/d)

You are our contact partner in the NEW Group and with suppliers and, in the main responsibility, defines the strategy of your product groups for your specialist area You conduct large procurement projects on your own responsibility as part of your department and conduct EU tenders together with the staff of the purchase and your internal customers. You are responsible for the results, and you set the product group monitoring including regular controlling and continuous optimization of the product groups for your specialist areas. You bring your expertise, innovations and modern procurement trends into standardization, automation and digitization of the product groups and advise your internal customers The search and development of supplier relationships as well as the continuous development of these within the framework of audits, risk and supplier management are also within your responsibility You are interested in sustainable and digital procurement and their continuous optimization Ensuring utilisation and defining purchasing strategies, procurement market analyses, benchmarks and knowledge transfer also belong to your activities You support operational purchasing in contract management and negotiations with suppliers

You can look back on a sound, at least 2-year experience in purchasing or procurement management, preferably in a technical, tactical or strategic procurement role In your Vita you have a completed technical or IT degree, or alternatively you have a successfully completed vocational training A further education on the technical specialist Masters or comparable training as well as an understanding of procurement processes, contracts and supplier relationships are desirable You conduct proactive procurement projects with modern, agile methods, technical expertise and have the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with their internal customers and suppliers In dealing with the common office applications, especially MS-Excel, you are safe and at best already has knowledge in SAP MM as well as construction calculation programs. You are a team player and brings organizational talent, communication skills and negotiation skills and the ability to cross-disciplinary cooperation with Your solution-oriented and proactive working style is characterized by a high degree of accuracy and care, good time management, coupled with a compliance awareness You have good motivation and communication skills as well as the ability to interact effectively and diplomatically with internal and external stakeholders. English skills complete this. To achieve different locations, the property of a valid driving licence (class B) is advantageous If you are also reliable and very committed, we should meet

Find in us an employer with matching values. Our thinking and action is based on principles that are characterised by trust, respect, vision, appreciation and innovation. Our team has a high demand and fun at work. You expect: Remuneration on the basis of the collective agreement (TV-V) Exciting, future-oriented work environment in a dynamic team looking forward to you Attractive social benefits (including occupational pensions, pay conversion, smartphones) Modern workplace equipment and high-quality IT hardware, also for private use Flexible working time design, proportional remote work and the possibility of a Sabbatical Continuing education and training and digital learning Excellent health management (prevention offers, employee support offers etc.) Sustainable working and life, e.g. support in the acquisition of an e-bike or Bikes and electric charging facilities on site JOBV1_EN