Mutares actively supports and develops its portfolio companies with its own investment and expert teams as well as through strategic add-on acquisitions. The objective is to achieve a significant increase in value with a focus on sustainable growth of the portfolio company.
Senior Manager / Associate Director Purchasing (m/f/d) - Germany
About Mutares
Mutares SE & Co. KGaA, Munich (www.mutares.com), acquires medium-sized companies and parts of groups with headquarter in Europe that are being sold in the course of a repositioning process at their owners and show a clear potential for operational improvement. Mutares actively supports and develops its portfolio companies with its own investment and consulting teams as well as through acquisitions of strategic add-ons. Our goal is to acquire companies with a turnover of EUR 100 to 750 million. The aim is to achieve a clear value increase with a focus on sustainable, long-term growth of the portfolio company.
Within our OPS team, we are looking to hire a leader who has a successful track record in Purchasing with a continuous improvement attitude and an entrepreneurial mindset. This role will be located at portfolio companies, on site across Europe.
Your Tasks
- Responsible for procurement activities and their corresponding strategic and operational development within the portfolio company
- Lead the assigned portfolio team technically and disciplinarily according to clearly defined goals
- Conduct price and value analysis and make or buy decisions
- Identify improvement opportunities across all external spend, map and improve the internal purchasing processes and implement the improvement measures to generate tangible benefits to the company’s overall financial situation
- Work closely with the Mutares Purchasing team to leverage any synergies across the wider portfolio
Your Profile
- A relevant academic background (e.g. Business, Economics, or a comparable field of studies)
- Around 6 to 10 years of experience in leading procurement improvement programs for manufacturing companies as well as knowledge of end-to-end purchasing processes
- Being a skillful negotiator with entrepreneurially oriented leadership and a success-oriented, dynamic working method and problem-solving ability
- Fluency in English, German, and one other European language is a plus
- Willingness to travel 4 days per week across Europe (typ. Mo-Thu) and proficiency in MS Office Suite
What Mutares offers
- Working as part of a highly motivated, international, committed and agile team that enjoys working together
- Exciting working environment with changing challenges and tasks for a continuous personal and professional development
- Attractive remuneration combined with flexible working hours
- Intensive on-boarding phase in a collegial environment
- Regular team events and offsites
