Job intern

VON ARDENNE North America, Inc.
Perrysburg, Ohio
Full time
Multifaceted perspectives

You will be supporting the global purchasing group located at HQ in Germany. You will also be responsible to identify cost reduction potential within the existing local supply chain. In addition, you will have to carry out the following tasks:

Taking responsibility together
  • You will be responsible for purchasing activities according to the VON ARDENNE purchasing processes.
  • You will manage orders, contracts and negotiations with suppliers and be responsible for the quality assurance of deliverables.
  • Beyond that, you will be responsible for supplier qualification as well as continuous supplier development and supplier relationship management, including the monitoring of supplier performance and purchase reporting.
  • Furthermore, it is your responsibility to ensure the compliance with agreed terms and deadlines
  • You will contribute your knowledge of the domestic market environment and supplier base for optimizing the purchasing benefits for VON ARDENNE
  • Manage VON ARDENNE North America supplier/vendor list for global VON ARDENNE purchasing department
  • Adapt and align local (US) purchasing procedures to corporate VON ARDENNE standards
  • Strategic alignment with VON ARDENNE for sourcing and negotiating global projects
  • Back up support for Purchasing Coordinator position
  • Other duties as assigned
Contribute own competencies
  • Associate’s degree in Supply Chain Management or Business Administration and a minimum of 3-5 years of experience in a similar role
  • Experience in handling and purchasing vacuum parts beneficial (with technical background)
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Experience with common supply chain/purchasing practices
  • Expert with MS Office products
  • Strong organizational skills and customer service experience
  • Must be comfortable in a fast-paced environment
  • Knowledge of ERP (SAP) 
  • Independent administration of procurement bills of materials/master data based on implementation reports and change notifications.
  • Independent analysis of existing procurement structures and their groupwide optimization with regard to costs, quality and deadlines.
  • Must be comfortable contacting vendors by phone and escalating issues with vendor management
  • Must be a team player and work well with other departments (accounting, sales, service, and PM)
  • Customer service experience
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Benefits

Company Paid STD/LTD

Company Paid Life Insurance

Paid Sick Time

PTO

Vision

Dental

Medical

401(k) with Company Match

Competitive Wages

INTERESSE
Are you interested?

Then we look forward to receiving your application, stating your period of notice. Please apply preferably online via our career portal on our website.

For resumé and any questions please use jobs.vana@vonardenne.biz

Apply now

job description

For reasons of better readability, no gender-specific differentiation is made. Corresponding terms apply in principle to all genders for the purposes of equal treatment.

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Go to career portal

INFOS

Application Process

Here you will find the most important step-by-step information about our application process:

To apply to one of our posted positions or general consideration, use the "Apply Now" button to submit your resumé to the jobs.vana@vonardenne.biz inbox.

In the next step HR will review your resumé togehter with the hiring manager.

If considered for the job, typically the next steps is a virtual / telephone interview followed by an on-site interview. 

If you are the successful candidate, we will offer an attractive package incl. a competitive pay, company-paid benefits as well as voluntary benefits.

Contact
Events
06.06.2023
Campus-X-Change Cottbus 2023

Cottbus, BTU

06.06.2023
REWE Teamchallenge 2023

Dresden, Rudolf-Harbig-Stadium

13.06.2023 - 14.06.2023
Vocatium 2023

Dresden Flughafen

14.06.2023
ORTE Karrieremesse Freiberg 2023

Freiberg, TU Bergakademie

30.06.2023
Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften Dresden 2023

Dresden, Technical University Auditorium

Ansprechpartner
Human Resources

VON ARDENNE North America
28304 Cedar Park Blvd. Suite F
OH 43551-4863 PERRYSBURG
USA

VON ARDENNE North America, Inc.
Perrysburg, Ohio
Full time
Multifaceted perspectives

You will be supporting the global purchasing group located at HQ in Germany. You will also be responsible to identify cost reduction potential within the existing local supply chain. In addition, you will have to carry out the following tasks:

Taking responsibility together
  • You will be responsible for purchasing activities according to the VON ARDENNE purchasing processes.
  • You will manage orders, contracts and negotiations with suppliers and be responsible for the quality assurance of deliverables.
  • Beyond that, you will be responsible for supplier qualification as well as continuous supplier development and supplier relationship management, including the monitoring of supplier performance and purchase reporting.
  • Furthermore, it is your responsibility to ensure the compliance with agreed terms and deadlines
  • You will contribute your knowledge of the domestic market environment and supplier base for optimizing the purchasing benefits for VON ARDENNE
  • Manage VON ARDENNE North America supplier/vendor list for global VON ARDENNE purchasing department
  • Adapt and align local (US) purchasing procedures to corporate VON ARDENNE standards
  • Strategic alignment with VON ARDENNE for sourcing and negotiating global projects
  • Back up support for Purchasing Coordinator position
  • Other duties as assigned
Contribute own competencies
  • Associate’s degree in Supply Chain Management or Business Administration and a minimum of 3-5 years of experience in a similar role
  • Experience in handling and purchasing vacuum parts beneficial (with technical background)
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Experience with common supply chain/purchasing practices
  • Expert with MS Office products
  • Strong organizational skills and customer service experience
  • Must be comfortable in a fast-paced environment
  • Knowledge of ERP (SAP) 
  • Independent administration of procurement bills of materials/master data based on implementation reports and change notifications.
  • Independent analysis of existing procurement structures and their groupwide optimization with regard to costs, quality and deadlines.
  • Must be comfortable contacting vendors by phone and escalating issues with vendor management
  • Must be a team player and work well with other departments (accounting, sales, service, and PM)
  • Customer service experience
Back to list
Benefits

Company Paid STD/LTD

Company Paid Life Insurance

Paid Sick Time

PTO

Vision

Dental

Medical

401(k) with Company Match

Competitive Wages

INTERESSE
Are you interested?

Then we look forward to receiving your application, stating your period of notice. Please apply preferably online via our career portal on our website.

For resumé and any questions please use jobs.vana@vonardenne.biz

Apply now

job description

For reasons of better readability, no gender-specific differentiation is made. Corresponding terms apply in principle to all genders for the purposes of equal treatment.

Back to list
Go to career portal

INFOS

Application Process

Here you will find the most important step-by-step information about our application process:

To apply to one of our posted positions or general consideration, use the "Apply Now" button to submit your resumé to the jobs.vana@vonardenne.biz inbox.

In the next step HR will review your resumé togehter with the hiring manager.

If considered for the job, typically the next steps is a virtual / telephone interview followed by an on-site interview. 

If you are the successful candidate, we will offer an attractive package incl. a competitive pay, company-paid benefits as well as voluntary benefits.

Contact
Events
06.06.2023
Campus-X-Change Cottbus 2023

Cottbus, BTU

06.06.2023
REWE Teamchallenge 2023

Dresden, Rudolf-Harbig-Stadium

13.06.2023 - 14.06.2023
Vocatium 2023

Dresden Flughafen

14.06.2023
ORTE Karrieremesse Freiberg 2023

Freiberg, TU Bergakademie

30.06.2023
Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften Dresden 2023

Dresden, Technical University Auditorium

Ansprechpartner
Human Resources

VON ARDENNE North America
28304 Cedar Park Blvd. Suite F
OH 43551-4863 PERRYSBURG
USA