Job Description

Job Title: Supply Chain Manager / Einkaufsleiter

Location: Baden-Switzerland & Stuttgart-Germany

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Support the implementation, maintenance, and compliance of Procurement & Logistics (P&L) approved activities. Analyze, propose, and implement local P&L actions. Benchmark category using data analysis to support developing, planning, and implementing P&L strategy focused on optimizing costs, quality, delivery, and reliability of suppliers and supplied products for assigned group of categories. Ensure execution in accordance with Company, P&L, and Supply Base Management instructions and procedures

What will you do?

Sourcing Strategy:

• Contributes to definition, implementation, and execution of spend management and sourcing strategies for direct materials and services locally and globally for tender and execution projects.

Performance Targets:

• Supports annual targets with HUB P&L Manager for cost reduction, supplier quality, and performance (OTD and OQD). Monitors KPIs and promotes continuous improvement.

Supplier Relationship Management:

• Drives best practice negotiations with key suppliers. Manages strategic supplier activities and vendor development including the ordering and follow-up .

Spend Management:

• Responsible for contract management and negotiation; assesses markets and implements targets, standards and processes to ensure quality, delivery and sustainability.

Compliance:

• Ensures health, safety, environmental, and ethical standards in operations and negotiations. Training:
• Delivers and participates in training for compliance and development.

Communication:

• Maintains effective communication internally and externally.

Process:

• Standardizes processes and implements routines per Group directives. Market Knowledge:
• Shares insights on market trends and competitor activities.

Risk Management:

• Manages risks and opportunities with supply chain partners.

Experience required:

• Minimum 10 years of experience in Procurement & Logistics for Substation T&D Projects and/or Transportation Electrification Projects (e.g., Metro/Monorail).
• Extensive knowledge of procurement for major items and services such as Transformers, Battery, Charger, UPS, Third Rail & Stringer system, Substation HV-Equipment, Aluminum tube, conductor, HVAC, etc., with deep product and supply base knowledge

Formal Education and Training Required:

• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in in a suitable technical/commercial discipline.

Languages

• Native-level German
• Fluent English (negotiation level)  

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About Linxon:

Shaping energy solutions to empower sustainable connectivity.

We combine Hitachi Energy’s deep technological knowledge and Atkins Realis’s project management expertise to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon.

Linxon’s vision is to deliver the best market offering for turnkey substation projects through world-class power technologies and delivering the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure projects.

As a leading engineering company, we help our customers with turnkey substation solutions in the field of power transmission, renewable energy and transportation.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to be part of a new company as it evolves and help shape it for the future. If you like new challenges, have an entrepreneurial spirit and are interested in working with other motivated professionals with expertise in the Substations EPC business, then this is the new opportunity for you.

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At Linxon, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.