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Category Manager - Purchasing (m/f/d)

cosnova GmbH
Limespark
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Purchasing, Materials Management, Logistics
Fulltime

Category Manager Purchase (m/f/d)

We will never stop making everyone feel more beautiful by providing cosmetics, innovation and variety with our brand essence and Catrice.

Join our international team with over 800 employees and help shaping our success story.

Your responsibilities:

Supplier management

You are responsible for the creation, coordination and implementation of purchasing and supplier strategies, as well as their optimisation and expansion
You will conduct contract and price negotiations and conclude framework agreements with our suppliers
You manage an international circle of suppliers and process their enquiries and projects

Portfolio management & new project development

You have an active role in awarding new projects as part of our regular product range changes and work closely with Product Marketing in this area
In this context, you will be responsible for coordinating and checking the plausibility of budget figures together with the planning department and product marketing

Purchasing controlling

You will be responsible for monitoring the supplier portfolio and key procurement figures: Readiness to deliver, production capacities, price development
Controlling, analysis and interpretation of key economic figures, e.g. at supplier and product group level, including the development of optimisation measures

Your profile:

Successfully completed business studies
At least 5 years of professional experience in purchasing, purchasing controlling or category management in the FMCG industry
Confident handling of common MS Office products, especially very good knowledge of Excel
Analytical and conceptual thinking skills as well as an independent and solution-orientated way of working
Very good written and spoken German and English skills

We offer:

Attractive working environment: Challenging tasks with a lot of creative freedom in a stylish office.
Team: Kind, motivated colleagues, for whom the idea of teamwork is principal.

Family business: Owner-managed, acting sustainably, and always at eye level from interns to management.
Flexibility: Through mobile working and flexible working hours.
Prospects: Whether onboarding, continuous on-the-job training, job rotation, or internal/external further training measures - everything is possible.
The classics: 30 days' holiday as well as a freshly prepared lunch, fruit, coffee variety, as well as tea and cold drinks.
Benefits, benefits, benefits: Company pension scheme, in-house gym, JobTicket, subsidy for childcare costs, and always reasons to celebrate together. Our list is long, so there is bound to be something for you. You can find all our benefits here: www.cosnova.com/en/karriere

We look forward to receiving your complete job application in English or German. Your contact person for this vacancy is