Team Leader Indirect Purchasing (80-100%)

You don’t just want to purchase, but to create structures, develop people, and make a global impact? Then you are exactly right with us.

As Team Leader for Indirect Purchasing, you take on a key role in our international procurement team. You combine strategic foresight with an operational hands-on mentality, lead a dedicated team, and continuously develop Belimo’s indirect purchasing.

It’s not about reinventing everything. Much already works very well – your task is to understand what exists, develop it purposefully, and take the next steps together with your team.

• You lead and develop a team of currently four employees and strengthen an open, performance-oriented, and collegial team culture.

• As an approachable leader, you communicate proactively, stay close to your employees, and live "Lead by Example" – with clarity, reliability, and a good dose of composure.

• You develop global procurement and category strategies for indirect materials and services and implement them successfully.

• In doing so, you identify savings and optimisation potentials and realise sustainable cost savings and cost avoidance.

• In demanding international price, contract, and framework agreement negotiations, you act confidently and represent the company’s interests with negotiation skill and assertiveness.

• You purposefully develop strategic suppliers, manage their performance, and ensure quality, delivery reliability, service, and compliance.

• Furthermore, you lead global procurement, transformation, and digitalisation projects and work closely with Finance, HR, IT, Operations, Legal, and other departments.

• Together with relevant stakeholders, you continuously develop processes and standards in indirect purchasing, analyse procurement and supplier risks, and drive sustainable solutions in global procurement.

• Several years of experience in strategic purchasing, ideally with a strong focus on indirect purchasing.

• Leadership experience in a managerial role as well as enthusiasm for developing, promoting, and inspiring employees towards common goals.

• Proven successes in indirect purchasing, for example in achieving savings, conducting tenders, demanding negotiations, supplier management, or developing and implementing global purchasing strategies.

• Ideally, additional experience in direct purchasing and a good understanding of the interrelations along the entire supply chain.

• Strong negotiation skills and assertiveness, combined with the ability to remain objective in challenging situations and to handle differing positions and conflicts constructively.

• A proactive and communicative personality who values closeness to employees and stakeholders and convinces through a solution-oriented, reliable, and pragmatic manner.

• Very good German and English skills, both spoken and written, as well as confidence in working in an international environment.

• A completed degree, for example in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Technology, Finance, IT, or a comparable field, combined with willingness to travel internationally about 10% of the time.

Intelligent buildings are created by committed people. We bring talented people together and create an environment where they can succeed. At Belimo, respect, trust, and mutual support across departmental boundaries help turn ideas quickly into practical solutions. Because together we achieve more than we ever could alone. 

Belimo is the world market leader in the development, manufacture, and distribution of actuators for the energy-efficient control of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems. Damper actuators, control valves, sensors, and meters form our core business. Founded in 1975, the company has been listed on the Swiss stock exchange (SIX) since 1995.

At Belimo, we believe in fair, equitable, and competitive remuneration. We offer a salary that corresponds to your skills, experience, education, and place of work. In addition to remuneration, you benefit from comprehensive additional benefits that support your mental, physical, financial, and social well-being. Belimo is proud to be an employer that promotes equal opportunities.