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Continental

Worldwide tyre manufacturer and automotive components

Senior Category Buyer HR Service and Marcom

Procurement & SourcingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeChangshu, Suzhou, Jiangsu, ChinaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • An academic degree in Administration, Marketing, or a comparable qualification.
  • At least 5 years of professional experience in procurement; experience in technical purchasing in the NPM area is preferred.
  • Strong analytical and conceptual competence.
  • Ability to communicate effectively across cultures, functions, and organizational levels.
  • Confident handling of SAP S/4 and Microsoft Office.
  • Independent and responsible work style with quick comprehension.
  • Advanced negotiating skills, assertiveness, and goal- and result-oriented work.
  • Fluent written and spoken English; additional languages are a plus.
  • Experience in project management.
  • Willingness to travel within APAC.

Responsibilities

  • Drive regional purchasing activities in APAC for HR services, marketing, and events together with the Regional Cluster Manager.
  • Drive negotiations while considering commercial and operational aspects and ensuring compliance with applicable rules.
  • Identify opportunities for synergies.
  • Ensure received offers fully cover business requirements.
  • Drive contractual coverage.
  • Support operational improvements by negotiating commercial benefits.
  • Maintain alignment between purchasing and internal customer strategy.
  • Handle the ordering process through CTOS and SAP, including complaint handling and internal and external communication.
  • Prepare and conduct tenders, offer comparisons, and contract negotiations for complex procurement projects in the defined areas, in cooperation with the Global Category Head.
  • Create and compile sourcing decision sheets; ensure BPCoC and NDA signatures; collect financial and commercial records; and identify and develop vendors.
  • Ensure agreements are created, approved, and signed, and communicate them to plants within the region.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in technical purchasing in the NPM area.
  • Additional language skills.

About the Company

Continental

Worldwide tyre manufacturer and automotive components

Continental designs and manufactures tyres for cars, trucks, buses, bicycles and motorcycles, selling to vehicle manufacturers and in the aftermarket. Through ContiTech, it also produces rubber and plastic technology parts such as hoses, belts, seals and surface materials for automotive and industrial use. Its products are developed and produced at sites worldwide, with tyres tailored for different vehicles and conditions and ContiTech components customized for equipment. The company differentiates itself by offering a broad, integrated mobility portfolio and global manufacturing and service capabilities, aiming to provide reliable mobility through tyres and components worldwide.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Hanover, Germany
Founded
1871

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