Purchasing Manager
Pubblicato il 12-10-2026 - HOERBIGER in Valsamoggia
Your Mission
As Purchasing Manager, you will shape a resilient, efficient, and future‑ready procurement organization. You will ensure the availability of materials and services while driving sustainable cost optimization, working capital improvements, and supply chain performance. Through strategic sourcing, supplier development, and data‑driven decision‑making, you will identify opportunities to reduce total cost of ownership and strengthen the company's competitive position. Working closely with local and global stakeholders, you will help build a procurement function that supports profitable growth and operational excellence.
How you will make a difference
- Drive Cost Optimization: You lead strategic sourcing initiatives, supplier negotiations, value engineering projects, and total cost of ownership analyses to achieve sustainable savings and improve profitability.
- Develop Procurement Strategy: You create sourcing strategies that align with the global procurement strategy and blends in local business goals while balancing cost, quality, delivery performance, and risk.
- Build Strategic Supplier Partnerships: You identify, qualify, and develop suppliers while establishing long‑term relationships that create value and support cost competitiveness.
- Ensure Material Availability: You manage purchasing operations, supplier forecasts, and supply continuity to support production schedules and customer commitments.
- Optimize Inventory & Working Capital: You collaborate with Operations, Planning, and Finance to reduce excess inventory, improve inventory turns, and free up working capital.
- Strengthen Supply Chain Resilience: You proactively manage supplier risks, monitor market trends, and implement continuous improvement initiatives that enhance efficiency and procurement performance.
What you should be good at
- Professional foundation: You hold a bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Economics, or a related discipline and bring seven to ten years of purchasing or