Strategic Sourcer - Senior Consultant (f/m/d)

• Create purchase orders
• Issue and complaint management
• Communicate with clients and suppliers 
• Interface with Finance, Order Management, Accounts Payable departments
• Invoice clarification
• Manage exceptions to established category strategy
• Support one-off tactical sourcing of client requirements
• Take category guidance from the Team lead
• Execute competitive bid events
• Communicate and negotiate with clients and suppliers
• Analyze changing client/market conditions
• Identify appropriate potential suppliers to fit client’s business objectives
• Negotiate and contract with exception suppliers driving additional savings and value
• Communicate supplier recommendations to clients based on objective criteria and fit for client business
• Track and report supplier performance and resolve any supplier performance issues in conjunction with the Team lead
• Identify any exception opportunities to the Team lead and make recommendations on strategic approaches that might be taken
• Support periodic key stakeholder meetings with client to review commodity strategy and activities
• Optimize supply base opportunities

• At least 5 years experience as a buyer
• Experience in the IT services category is a plus
• Degree program: Business Administration, Industrial Engineering desirable, other degree programs possible
• Knowledge of MS Office programs
• Knowledge of SAP MM
• Confident in dealing with customers and suppliers
• Independent development of complex interrelationships

Things to know before departure: 

• Start: by arrangement -  always on the 1st and 15th of the month
• Working hours: full-time (40h); 27 vacation days
• Employment contract: Unlimited
• Line of work: Consulting 
• Language skills: Fluency in written and spoken German & English
• Other: a valid work permit

ENABLING YOU TO SHAPE A BETTER TOMORROW

As a technology and business partner, MHP digitizes its customers' processes and products and supports them in their IT transformations along the entire value chain. As a digitization pioneer in mobility and manufacturing, MHP transfers its expertise to different industries and is the premium partner for thought leaders on their way to a Better Tomorrow.

MHP serves more than 300 customers worldwide: leading corporations and innovative medium-sized companies. MHP provides both operative and strategic consulting together with proven IT and technology expertise and specific industry knowledge. As OneTeam, MHP operates internationally, with headquarters in Germany and subsidiaries in the USA, UK, Romania, and China.

For 25 years, MHP has been shaping the future with its customers. More than 4.000 MHP employees share a commitment to excellence and sustainable success. This aspiration continues to drive MHP - today, tomorrow, and in the future.

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At MHP, you will continuously grow with your projects and objectives in an innovative and supportive environment. That makes us the perfect sparring partner for your career, fueling your growth as an expert in your field while expanding your business network.

We value the authenticity that comes from bringing your individual strengths into the team. Diversity plays a key role in our culture, and it brings different visions & flavors into the mix.

• We all share a strong team spirit. Every win, big or small, belongs to all of us.
• We always welcome curiosity, creativity, and unconventional thinking patterns.
• We recognize the importance of healthy, tight-knit communities and sustainable environmental changes, and we strive to enact positive change in any form within our reach.
• We’re here to co-create your ideal career growth plan tailored to your professional aspirations.

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