Employee (m/f/d) Sourcing & Procurement 80-100%

What we offer

Botanica ® is the youngest acquisition of the EMEA Personal Care business unit of Evonik. The pioneer for sustainable plant extracts mainly produces for the cosmetics industry in Europe. The position is to be filled in Sins (Central Switzerland).

You will work together with a team on exciting and challenging topics in a state-of-the-art, innovative, and creative environment. Intensive "on the job" training with competent colleagues guarantees a quick start in independently handling tasks. Performance-based pay, promotion of your personal development, and professional qualification are a matter of course for us. Since 2009, Evonik Industries AG, as a family-conscious company, has held the "audit berufundfamilie" award granted by the "Initiative of the Non-Profit Hertie Foundation".

Learn more about Evonik and Botanica here:

https://careers.evonik.com/de/ueber-uns/das-sind-wir/

https://personal-care.evonik.com/en

Responsibilities

• Procurement and ensuring raw materials according to needs
• Maintaining supplier directories
• Negotiating and improving purchasing conditions
• Negotiating and concluding purchasing contracts
• Creating annual planning and being responsible for budget positions accordingly
• Planning and conducting supplier evaluations/audits
• Searching for alternative suppliers and products for critical raw materials
• Complying with approval criteria for raw materials (in cooperation with QA)
• Ensuring complete documentation of raw materials
• Optimizing prices vs. inventory costs
• Evaluating new suppliers and raw materials
• Compiling delivery schedules from suppliers
• Storing current documents of business partners

Requirements

• Successfully completed training in commercial or paramedical field
• Professional experience in purchasing is an advantage
• Plant knowledge is a plus
• Experience with SAP
• Fluent German and English skills in spoken and written form, French skills are an advantage
• Very good organizational skills, a high level of commitment and flexibility as well as an independent, responsible way of working
• Strong communication skills and team spirit

Your application 

To ensure the fastest possible processing of your application and to protect the environment, please apply online via our  career portal . Further information about Evonik as an employer can be found at https://careers.evonik.com .

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