Head of Purchasing

Head of Purchasing 80-100% What awaits you You are responsible for the personnel and professional leadership as well as the further development of the Purchasing department with a total of 7 employees You bear the overall responsibility for the procurement of materials and services for rail vehicles and infrastructure. You also ensure, among other things, the commercial, contractual and procurement law requirements in public tenders You implement the further development and implementation of the procurement strategy You are responsible for supplier management You comply with regulations in public procurement law and carry out public tenders You ensure the positioning within SOB as a competent business partner You conduct and successfully conclude purchasing and contract negotiations What you bring with you You have completed higher vocational training in purchasing, supply chain management or business administration You have several years of leadership experience in a similar function You have experience in public procurement law BöB and in project management You are a digitally savvy visionary and bring a hands-on mentality You have relevant experience in technical purchasing (strategic and operational) You possess communication skills and a technical flair You are a strong negotiator and assertive personality with a structured way of working You bring sound experience in dealing with ERP systems, advantageously with SAP What we offer SOB maintains a function-related salary system that ensures internal pay equity. With an employment level of at least 40%, you travel for free on public transport in 2nd class. Your relatives benefit from discounts when purchasing a GA. Not only that: after the first year of employment, we offer an attractive offer in Europe with discounts abroad with the FIP (international discount card for railway personnel). At SOB, you work 41 hours per week with a 100% workload. You receive at least five weeks of vacation per year. With the bandwidth model, you can take additional free days. You want more than five weeks of vacation? We offer the possibility of the bandwidth model. For 2% of your annual salary, you receive five additional free days credited, for 4% ten additional free days. The same applies in reverse: you can waive free days and receive more salary in return. Public holidays fall on a weekend? At SOB, these days will be credited to you. At SOB, you have the possibility to work in the home office. We maintain a familial interaction with each other. This also includes a company-wide "Du" culture. We are based on our values fairness, reliability, appreciation, transparency and willingness to learn. We cover 60% of the contributions to the pension fund, your share is 40%. The health of our employees is our top priority. We promote physical and mental health in the workplace with various measures. Continued payment of wages in the event of illness and accident is 100% in the first calendar year. From the second calendar year onwards, continued payment in the event of illness is 90% and in the event of accident is 80%. Interested? We look forward to your complete application. Further information will be gladly provided by: Head of Logistics & Purchasing Jasmin Wirtensohn HR Department Manager + Schweizerische Südostbahn AG Bahnhofplatz 1a | 9001 St. Gallen jpidff70b5djm jit0832jm jiy26jm