Job Description
You will be part of our Contract Logistics team, adding your leadership expertise + skills to develop, implement + drive Procurement Strategies across the region.
Your Role Your primary objective will be to proactively manage procurement activities mainly for fixed assets while driving sustainability with suppliers. Your Responsibilities
You will do this by working with a variety of internal + external stakeholders while focusing on the following key objectives.
- To develop + upskill procurement organization to form a competence center at country level.
- To come up with procurement (sourcing + purchasing) related guidelines + work instructions in alignment
with corporate or regional teams, ensuring delivery against business objectives. - To create standardized reporting tools, templates + dashboards to enhance transparency.
- To monitor + ensure compliance across all procurement activities.
- To develop category management tools + templates in alignment with corporate standards.
- To manage vendors including development of master frame agreements + vendor databases, review +
approve vendors, understanding their core competencies + competitive positioning. - To roll out implementation plan for all current + future tools related to the procurement activities in
alignment with internal standards. - To drive activities that enhance savings, reduce cost ratios by developing + implementing structured
processes through leveraging, bulk sourcing + optimization. - To handle the leasing of real estate for warehousing, which includes understanding real estate markets, pricing, and contracting.
Your Skills and Experiences
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, or a related field is required.
- A Master’s degree or MBA is preferred.
- Over 15 years of experience in procurement, sourcing, and category management, ideally in a managerial or strategic role.
- Strong understanding of compliance requirements.
- Experience in managing vendors, developing master frame agreements, and assessing vendor competencies.
- Strong communication skills for effective collaboration with corporate and regional teams.
- Expertise in creating procurement guidelines, work instructions, standardized reporting tools, and category management templates.
- Strong understanding of real estate markets, pricing, and contracting, especially related to warehousing and leasing.
Good Reasons to Join Logistics is a people business and here at Kuehne + Nagel, we believe that genuine, lasting success is possible only through valuing our employees the way we value our customers. A company the size of Kuehne + Nagel is a land of endless opportunity. We offer opportunities where you can grow your expertise and shape processes and innovative solutions. Its strong market position lies in the sea logistics, air logistics, contract logistics and road logistics businesses, with a clear focus on high value-added segments such as IT-based integrated logistics solutions.
