Tactical Buyer 80 - 100%
- 30 June 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Bern
Job summary
Bern is the world's most livable city, offering clean water, eco-friendly power, and cozy warmth. Join us for a fulfilling opportunity!
Tasks
- Manage the procurement process for materials and services from analysis to contracts.
- Lead contract negotiations professionally and ensure effective management.
- Conduct market analyses and integrate sustainability into procurement.
Skills
- Completed commercial training, ideally with further education in purchasing.
- Strong negotiation skills and assertiveness are essential.
- Excellent MS Office and SAP MM knowledge preferred.
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About the job
Bern is the most liveable city in the world. There is no two ways about it for us. Clean water, environmentally friendly electricity and cosy warmth. Everything needed to feel comfortable comes from us (agreed, almost everything). And perhaps soon from you too.
These are your tasks
- Responsible for the entire procurement process for materials, construction services and services from needs analysis to contract conclusion
- Conduct contract and price negotiations confidently and ensure professional contract management
- Create complex request for quotations and analyse and evaluate incoming offers in a structured manner
- Plan, carry out and document tenders and submissions independently in accordance with IVöB
- Responsible for the mini-tender procedure, including managing supplier presentations and preparing well-founded award decisions
- Conduct market and competition analyses and systematically integrate sustainability aspects into procurement processes
This is what sets you apart
- Completed commercial basic training, preferably supplemented by further training in procurement
- Several years of professional experience in procurement, ideally in the public sector
- Sound knowledge of public procurement law (IVöB or BöB/VöB)
- Very good MS Office skills as well as experience with SAP MM (R/3 or S/4), SAP Ariba is an advantage
- Negotiation skills, assertiveness, organisational strength
- You can expect a growing team where structures and processes are developed together
Do you have questions?
Your new boss, Reto Minnig, looks forward to your application. Thank you for using our online application for this. It is simple, quick and also without a personal login. If you have any questions beforehand, just call Reto: 031 321 90 05.
About us
Our strategy can be summed up well: We supply Bern with energy and water – safely and sustainably. There is plenty to do. And we have big plans. For this, we need you. People with the ambition to make a difference and the desire to reach the goal together as a team. So that our Bern remains liveable.
