Buyer

Position Summary

This position is responsible for achieving operational KPIs such as claim management, PO execution, and invoice reconciliation, while managing supplier relationships to ensure timely and quality deliveries. It involves implementing category strategies, driving year-over-year savings through negotiations, and overseeing the complete Procure to Pay process. Additionally, the role ensures compliance with procurement policies, maintains master data, and leverages analytics and tools to continuously improve procurement operations.

Work You'll Do

• Deliver operational KPIs (e.g., Claim Management, PO execution, exception message management, parts escalation / availability, invoice reconciliation, buyer productivity)
• Responsible for supplier relationship management related to tactical, day to day execution. Oversee and expedite suppliers to deliver on time, within budget and to agreed quality standard; ensure proper escalation when needed
• Responsible for implementing and operationalizing the category strategies and framework contracts; additionally, provide feedback and active contribution back to Global Category Management and/or Global Sourcing Management to help improve and shape strategies
• Deliver year over year savings and negotiations for selected categories & assigned suppliers
• Fulfillment of complete Procure to Pay process (P2P)
• Collaborate with OpCos and suppliers to resolve delivery, quality, warranty, and payment issues
• Ensure compliance with PO policies and standardize procurement processes
• Responsible for master data and contribute to MRP settings for procured parts based off guidance of Global Materials Management (GMM) team, where applicable
• Leverage and use analytics, tools, capabilities, and SOPs as provided by COE & Excellence management Team: Regional Procurement Management

Basic Qualifications

• Completed commercial or technical degree or apprenticeship with > 2 years working experience
• Stakeholder Management (Internal & External)
• Customer Service mentality
• Problem solving, hands-on mentality
• Commercial mindset
• Organized autonomous work
• Negotiation skills
• Confident use of common MS Office tools
• Fluent in German and English, written and spoken

Preferred Qualifications

• ERP knowledge and understanding
• Relevant experience in procurement/purchasing, knowledgeable in Procure-to-Pay process (P2P)
• In plant procurement experience

Who We Are

Coperion (www.coperion.com) is a global industry and technology leader in process technology serving a variety of end markets, including plastics, plastics recycling, food, pet food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, chemical, battery, and mineral industries. Every day, our teams of experts create individual, high-quality process technologies and systems optimized for the best end products, highest efficiency, and sustainability. Coperion is a business unit of Hillenbrand. Hillenbrand (www.hillenbrand.com) is a global industrial company that provides highly engineered, mission-critical processing equipment and solutions to customers in over 100 countries around the world. Our portfolio is composed of leading industrial brands that serve large, attractive end markets, including durable plastics, food, and recycling. Guided by our Purpose — Shape What Matters For Tomorrow™ — we pursue excellence, collaboration, and innovation to consistently shape solutions that best serve our associates, customers, communities, and other stakeholders.