Global Procurement Manager fixed-term for 12 months with option for permanent employment 100% (m/f/d)

As Procurement Manager, you will be responsible for the operational and strategic management of our international production network. Your goal is to build and maintain a high-performing, resilient producer network that combines flexibility for unique items with industrial efficiency. You will be directly responsible for achieving margin targets and maximizing product availability. You will ensure that growth, punctuality, and our ambitious sustainability goals go hand in hand. You are the economic and timely driver for the creation of our products.

• Network Architecture & Resilience: Build and strategically develop a resilient producer portfolio to minimize dependencies and risks.
• Capacity Planning & Management: Plan and negotiate production capacities and optimally allocate quantities to producers based on their strengths and utilization.
• Product Availability & On-Time Delivery: Proactively ensure product availability by monitoring the entire production chain. You are responsible for strict adherence to delivery dates and will intervene immediately in case of impending delays, taking over communication to stakeholders.
• Margin Management & Price Negotiation: Full responsibility for achieving target margins by negotiating prices. You have the price authority for negotiating and approving purchase prices within the margin targets.
• Sustainability & Partner Governance: Ensure FREITAG sustainability goals and social standards within the supply chain, as well as enforce sustainability compliance in the network. You decide on qualification or escalation in case of insufficient producer performance.
• Contract Management & Launch Management: Negotiate and finalize Service Level Agreements (SLAs), binding delivery quantities, and deadlines. You manage the launch schedule and are responsible for regular reporting of the production status to stakeholders.

• You have completed a degree in Textile Management, Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or a comparable qualification.
• You have several years of experience in production control, planning, or strategic purchasing.
• You have demonstrable success in ensuring delivery dates (OTIF performance) and in margin optimization.
• You act confidently in commercial negotiations and partner management and have a deep understanding of margin calculations and cost structures.
• You stand for punctuality, possess the authority to set binding delivery deadlines and prioritize orders, and can constructively manage internal and external pressure to ensure product availability.
• You are characterized by excellent time management for coordinating complex launch schedules and are proficient in German and English at a C1 level (negotiation level).

We Offer

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• 13 monthly salaries and 5 weeks of vacation
• Performance-related bonus
• Training and development opportunities
• 16 weeks maternity leave & 20 days paternity leave
• Home office & remote work
• Internal and external employee events
• F-Crew Discount and annual WOWcher on all FREITAG products, as well as on our NOERD canteen
• F-Worker Deals with various partner companies

Tell us about yourself in your cover letter. Why do you think you are a good fit for us and why do you want to work at FREITAG? What is your hidden talent, what is your favorite food, or what bicycle do you ride?

FREITAG is an employer that promotes Equal Opportunity. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are part of our culture. A reality that we always stand for and promote.

• FREITAG lab. ag
  Binzmühlestrasse 170b
  8050 Zürich