In your new role you will:PROC marketing for an accounted product or services segment, using the pooling potential for all sites of Infineon (and Joint Ventures if applicable), in order to achieve an excellent supply base with the best terms.Responsible for medium to large volumes and / or medium to high complexity of the categories.Major Tasks and Activities:Pooling of demand from various sites to increase procurement power to best possible effect.Operations Plan (Blue Book) with yearly goals and estimated market price development to inform Infineon Management and sites about planned strategy and main areas of activities.Supplier management: The Category Manager is the communication provider (spokesperson) to the most important suppliers and specifically focus on global sourcing, selection, evaluation, and the development (out-phasing) to acquire the most promising and best suppliers and to guarantee an optimum on purchased quality and supply chain.Co-ordinate a cross-functional "Focus on Value" team (products or services).Contract management : Negotiation of global contracts and agreements to include a common sense of understanding into contracts to have a clear, understandable, and cost-effective regulation among the entire Infineon community and to guarantee certainty of supply with the best terms.Intensive, regular contact with internal/external interface partners to especially built up and maintain a communicative procurement network recognize developments (in market, demand, etc.) and to influence accordingly.Reporting of results: Comprehensive reporting of cost reduction / avoidance is executed monthly to inform all sites and the Procurement Heads about the valid details per plant / segment in order to make the results transparent and to control the activities of the CM on a result-oriented basis and against the Operations Plan.Risk reporting: In case of severe problems (catastrophes or others) extended information is lined out; risks are quarterly reported according to the rules of Infineon Corp. Risk Management.Relationship management: Professionally manage supplier relationship with most important suppliers to ensure suppliers management attention and participation on both sides to continuously enhance collaboration.Project support: Actively support local projects ( new plants or modules) to take the pooling power also into projects and to use project demand to establish better terms for normal demand.You are best equipped for this task if you have:1. Functional Knowledge Training/qualification:High level of engineering degree (or equivalent buyer expertise)High level of BA degree with advanced level of understanding for technical requirements or proofed competence on local level2. Job experience:Extent of technical knowledge in own area: Internal expert in CoC segmentExtent of technical knowledge in other areas: 1. General knowledge in2. TS16949/ISO14001/EFQM)3. Audits3. Business Expertise:Degree of knowledge of internal interdependencies (organization, workflow, customers, suppliers): Have high understanding and partly expert knowledge about customer needs required across Infineon ( products to be purchased and it's cost structure and/or processes to be influenced etc.)Degree of knowledge of external environment (market, competitors, products, industries): 1. Basic level of understanding in respect of changing markets (seller vs. buyer markets2. Knowledge about semiconductors, semiconductor industry and it's customers advantageousDegree of knowledge of other relevant organizations (legal, governmental, professional organizations): Advanced contractual knowledge4. Leadership:Extent of people management responsibility (allocation of work, training, mentoring, development, budget): Advanced level of successful leadership documented to coordinate an inter disciplinary team of expertsExtent of technical leadership (training, technical development of team): Advanced level of seminars or practical experiences based on personal leadership (moderation or presentation seminars)Project management (size of teams, size of budget, complexity of projects): Basic level of interdisciplinary project experience advantageousProblem Solving Degree of analytical skills: High analytical thought to identify areas of weaknesses and improvements in dedicated CoC segment to streamline the resources and set prioritiesComplexity of problems/solutions: Very high technical complexity due to all types of reasons, 1. Quality or technical problems,2.Unplanned demand,3.Suppliers & 4. New laws and regulationsNature of information gathering: High level of specific information needed, fromCentral technical departmentLocations (production, planning, quality, procure)Project managementDegree of innovation: High understanding of innovative changes to actively enforce the internal partner functions as well as our suppliers5. Nature of ImpactNature of contribution: Contribution to technical/thought leadership as lead negotiator coordinating the negotiating rounds and reporting all relevant results and thereby influencing the worldwide PVOAdvice to others: Very high impact through CoO comparison (equipment) or equivalent(materials) via distributed reporting on site basisHigh impact through implementation of supplier strategy (Blue Book)valid for all sitesAllocation of/accountability for resources: Certain accountability for individual travel expensesHigh accountability for the planned or internally signed PVO under best termsDegree of impact on business results/technical development of own area: Influence to business results through negotiation results/improvements of payment termsArea Of Impact Within Infineon (own team, area, function, BG/CF, whole of Infineon): Globally for CoC segment (Infineon as whole and JV partners if applicable)Geographical impact (local, regional, global): Global influence6. Interpersonal SkillsFrequency of information exchange:Continuous information exchange to all internal customers & world wide most important suppliersQuarterly reporting via CM management to Corporate PROCSignificant problems (case by case) to be presented to COOComplexity of information:High complexityMost information related with analytical output, recommendations and progress reporting of final resultsLevel of sensitivity to audience (persuasion, influence, motivation, negotiation): Very high sensitivity in case of information and negotiations with suppliersSize and criticality of audience: Case by caseBenefitsCoaching, mentoring networking possibilitiesWide range of training offers & planning of career developmentInternational assignmentsDifferent career paths: Project Management, Technical Ladder, Management & Individual ContributorFlexible working conditionsHoliday child careMedical coverageOn-site social counselling and works doctorHealth promotion programsOn-site gym, jogging paths, beachvolleyball, tennis & soccer courtOn-site canteenPrivate insurance offersFlexible transition into retirement
