Senior Procurement Manager Chemicals (m/f/d)

• Location: ​Hamburg, Norderstedt - tesa Headquarter
• Entry as: Permanent
• Work Area: Procurement

What you will do

• You'll safeguard our competitiveness by conducting frequent, assertive negotiations to ensure a stable material supply and manage material prices in a volatile supply market.
• You'll independently form and finalize supplier contracts.
• You'll synthesize strategies from the company, Business Units, and Procurement, enriching them with insights on specific supply market development.
• You'll transform these strategies into material category strategies and ensure their successful implementation.
• You'll continuously seek innovative procurement solutions that support our business growth.
• You'll manage relationships with internal stakeholders, fully understanding their unique requirements.
• You'll collaborate across departments and countries to create and implement effective procurement solutions.
• You'll conduct regular market research.
• You'll ensure strict adherence to our product development processes and Procurement Guideline.

What you will need

• You've completed a Bachelor’s degree in economics, chemistry, or engineering and have several years of relevant professional experience in an international, industrial context, preferably in the chemical industry.
• You're an experienced negotiator, assertive and skilled.
• You're familiar with modern procurement processes and systems.
• You've ideally worked with value engineering/cost modeling methods and tools.
• You understand material category management and product development processes.
• You have experience in cross-functional and international project management.
• You're proficient in SAP and Microsoft Office.
• You thrive in cross-functional teamwork.
• You're interculturally adaptable and internationally flexible.
• You're proactive and open-minded, always seeking procurement solutions that meet customer needs.
• You're fluent in Business English, and proficiency in German is a plus.

What you can expect