Global Procurement Manager fixed-term for 12 months with option for permanent employment 100% (w/f/m)

About the job

As Procurement Manager, you are responsible for the operational and strategic management of our international production network. Your goal is to build and maintain a high-performing, resilient producer network that combines flexibility for unique items with industrial efficiency. You are directly responsible for achieving margin targets as well as maximum product availability. You ensure that growth, punctuality, and our ambitious sustainability goals go hand in hand. You are the economic and scheduling pace-setter for the creation of our products. 

Your Mission

• Network Architecture & Resilience: Build and strategically develop a resilient producer portfolio to minimise dependencies and risks. 
• Capacity Planning and Control: Plan and negotiate production capacities and optimally allocate quantities to producers based on their strengths and utilisation.
• Product Availability & Delivery Reliability: Proactively ensure product availability by monitoring the entire production chain. You are responsible for strict adherence to delivery dates and intervene immediately in case of impending delays, taking over communication with stakeholders.
• Margin Management & Price Negotiation: Full responsibility for achieving target margins through price negotiation. You have price authority for negotiating and approving purchase prices within margin targets.
• Sustainability & Partner Governance: Ensure FREITAG sustainability goals and social standards within the supply chain as well as enforce sustainability compliance in the network. You decide on qualification or escalation in case of poor producer performance.
• Contract Management & Launch Management: Negotiate and fix Service Level Agreements (SLAs), binding delivery quantities, and deadlines. You manage the launch schedule and are responsible for regular reporting of production status to stakeholders.

Your Backpack

• You have completed studies in textile management, business administration, supply chain management, or a comparable qualification
• You bring several years of experience in production control, disposition, or strategic purchasing
• You have proven success in ensuring delivery dates (OTIF performance) and margin optimisation
• You act confidently in commercial negotiations and partner management and have a deep understanding of margin calculations and cost structures
• You stand for punctuality, possess scheduling authority for binding delivery deadlines as well as prioritisation of orders, and can constructively manage internal and external pressure to ensure product availability
• You excel in time management to coordinate complex launch schedules and are fluent in German and English at negotiation level (C1)

We Offer

• Day off on your birthday
• 13 monthly salaries and 5 weeks holiday
• Profit sharing
• Training and development opportunities
• 16 weeks maternity leave & 20 days paternity leave
• Home office & remote work
• Internal and external employee events
• F-Crew discount and annual WOWcher on all FREITAG products, as well as at our NOERD canteen
• F-Worker deals with various partner companies

Tell us something about yourself in your cover letter. Why do you think you fit with us and why do you want to work at FREITAG? What is your hidden talent, what is your favourite food, or which bike do you ride? 

FREITAG is an employer where equal opportunities, diversity, equality, and inclusion are part of our culture. A reality we always stand for and promote.