Purchasing employee (m/f/d)

Do you appreciate the dynamic environment of high technology, maintain control over complex supply chains, and want to make a decisive contribution to smooth production processes? For a world-leading manufacturing company in the semiconductor and microelectronics industry at its Erfurt location, we are looking for a dedicated employee in operational purchasing (m/f/d) to start as soon as possible.

Benefit from a collegial working atmosphere in a well-established team, flexible working conditions with flextime (6:00 to 22:00), the option of a weekly home office day, an in-house canteen and a selectable working time model between 35 and 40 hours per week.

Here's what we offer

• Attractive salary and long-term job security through affiliation with a large corporation.

• Up to 30 days of vacation per year

• Company pension scheme contribution after the end of the probationary period

• Extensive social benefits, including Christmas and holiday pay

• Reimbursement of travel expenses

• Usually an open-ended employment contract

• Good opportunities for acquisition with our business partners

• Tailored professional development opportunities and free language courses

• A wide range of employee benefits

Your tasks

• Operational ordering: You independently place orders for materials, raw materials and services according to the requirements of the specialist departments.

• Delivery date monitoring & confirmation management: You maintain order confirmations in the system, proactively track delivery dates and intervene in a timely manner in case of potential bottlenecks to prevent production downtime.

• Master data maintenance & system migration: You will be responsible for the careful creation and continuous maintenance of supplier and article master data, thus making an important contribution to the upcoming ERP system migration from Microsoft Dynamics AX to SAP.

• Interface communication & clarification processes: You act as a competent contact person for questions regarding delivery quantities or invoice differences and work closely with internal departments (including production, logistics, financial accounting) as well as national and international suppliers.

Your profile

• Education & Qualification: Successfully completed commercial training (e.g. as an industrial, office or wholesale and foreign trade clerk), a business administration degree or a comparable qualification.

• Professional experience: Solid practical experience in operational purchasing, ideally in a manufacturing or international industrial environment.

• IT affinity: High system affinity and the motivation to quickly familiarize oneself with new IT landscapes and ERP structures (ideally knowledge of MS Dynamics AX or SAP).

• Language skills: Fluent German (C1 level) and good to very good English skills (at least B2 level) for daily communication in the international supplier network.

• Personality: Structured, independent work style, strong negotiation skills and organizational skills.

• Advantageous (not a disqualifying factor): A basic technical understanding or experience in industries such as the semiconductor industry, microelectronics or electronics manufacturing.