AURELIUS‘ Task Force is a close-knit team of advisors with  deep functional expertise and long-standing management experience supporting value generation in portfolio companies through effective and hands-on project and change management in the areas of Procurement, Operations, Sales/Marketing, IT and Finance.

Responsibilities

• Implementation of optimization projects in purchasing with the aim of improving purchasing organizations and processes, increasing efficiency and ensuring the supply of materials and services.
• Strategic analysis of procurement categories and markets, technical specifications, and development and implementation of holistic sourcing strategies for our portfolio companies.
• Implementation of commercial initiatives such as price negotiations and conclusion of framework agreements with the aim of realizing significant purchase price reductions.
• Execution of technical cost reduction initiatives such as functional cost analysis, value engineering workshops and cross-functional idea workshops together with R&D and suppliers.
• Preparation and execution of supplier negotiations and annual meetings regarding payment of annual bonuses, etc.
• Initiation of and participation in projects to optimize supply chain and optimize capital employed.

Qualifications required

• University degree in Business/Economics, Engineering or Natural Sciences
• Min. 5 years of working experience in the procurement sector, preferably with a top management consulting firm
• Proven experience in successful negotiations of business contracts and cost savings in the procurement area, including good knowledge of the legal, tax and financial aspects related to this
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills combined with a confident, convincing and entrepreneurial personality
• Analytical/strategical thinking, result-oriented personality, highly developed sense of responsibility and strong team work
• Practical, hands-on mentality
• Capability to lead teams through critical transformations with the required sensitiveness and speed
• Extensive travel required
• Fluent in English, further language skills welcome

Our offer

• The possibility to drive value from ideation through to realization and have true entrepreneurial impact
• Dynamic career development in a successful private equity firm with a steep growth trajectory
• An attractive and performance-related remuneration package
• Flexible place of work in a country in which an AURELIUS location is represented

Please apply online including all relevant application documents and stating your earliest possible starting date and salary expectation.