Technical and functionally leading of employees within the global organization in accordance with Continental's "Leadership principles".
Measure, report and control of objectives and target setting
Management of employees in the area of responsibility to ensure team success with motivated staff in alignment with Continentals core behaviors
Actively supporting employees in complex and difficult cases to ensure the success of employees.
STAKEHOLDER PARTNERSHIP
Act as interface and represent the interests of Continental and the Purchasing Community towards all internal and external stakeholders (e.g. Engineering, Plants, Suppliers)
Understands the business and purchasing strategy to derive actions for own managed category
Guide, support and train local and central stakeholders to execute with the right tools, methods and processes
CATEGORY MANAGEMENT
Develop and sustain (supplier) strategy for respective integrated category in alignment with all relevant stakeholders and supervisors (e.g. Engineering, Regions, Plants) and in compliance with all relevant purchasing processes, guidelines and procedures
Understand multiple data management systems and manage data analytics for the respective integrated category (identify spend profile and concentration, estimate / predict demand etc.)
Turns strategy into concrete actions and tangible goals as well as defining, monitoring and reporting relevant KPIs to track progress where applicable
Ensures stakeholder satisfaction through transparent and early communication / involvement
SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT:
Analysis of the global supplier market and conduction of benchmark analysis to derive actions for the global supplier portfolio
Maintains sustainable supplier relationship and conducts Strategic Supplier Meetings to deploy the global integrated category strategy
Supports the steering the annual supplier evaluation and derives development programs where needed
Performs annual and regular negotiations to constantly improve the cost situation for respective category, actively drives improvement or Total Cost of Ownership programs with suppliers
Monitor if supplier acts in line with Continentals Business Partner Code of Conduct (BPCoC), responsible value chain (RVC) rules and processes and takes actions accordingly
Supports the New Supplier Introduction Process
SOURCING TO CONTRACT:
Autonomous preparation, conduction and finalization of international negotiations for own integrated category including supplier decisions compliant with the relevant internal policies (incl. audit-compliant documentation) with the target to achieve the defined goals and a special focus on highest value creation (e.g. with support of Terms & Conditions (TCO) analysis)
Drives make or buy scenarios, optimizes bundling effects and initiates Value-Engineering projects
Conduct complaint and claim negotiations with special strategic interest which can鈥檛 be performed independently by the local units
Effective management of contract lifecycle for both existing and new contract agreements - compliant with the relevant internal policies (incl. audit-compliant documentation) - in order to ensure performance, financial and operational success
Ensure Compliance with Business Partner Code of Conduct, Continental Ethics and Values and all Corporate Guidelines