Senior Manager Project Purchasing (m./f./div.)

About this role

The Senior Manager Project Purchasing is responsible for leading all procurement activities related to New Product Introduction (NPI), customer quotations, industrialization programs, and product launches at the Ovar site. The role ensures that supply chain readiness, material cost competitiveness, sourcing strategies, and supplier engagement are fully integrated throughout the product development and industrialization lifecycle.

Acting as a key business partner to Sales, Engineering, Program Management, Operations, and Strategic Procurement, this leader drives successful project execution while balancing customer requirements, profitability, supply continuity, and operational excellence. This position requires a highly capable leader who combines strong commercial acumen, supply chain expertise, technical understanding, and execution discipline to deliver successful product launches and profitable business growth.

Commercial & Quotation Support: Manage supplier quotations as a primary responsibility, ensuring timely, accurate, and competitive responses aligned with project requirements. This includes preparing RFQs, consolidating technical and commercial inputs, validating supplier proposals, and submitting complete quotation packages within defined deadlines. Analyze cost structures and assess supplier feasibility to support decision‑making and project profitability.

Coordinate cross‑functional inputs (engineering, quality, logistics, finance) to ensure quotations reflect the full scope of the project. Negotiate pricing and conditions when required, ensuring alignment with cost‑target objectives and customer expectations. Maintain quotation documentation and ensure traceability, compliance, and consistency across all project phases. Ensure sourcing strategies are effectively implemented during project execution.

Monitor critical supply chain risks and implement contingency plans. Ensure alignment between project milestones and supplier deliverables NPI & Industrialization Leadership: Lead all procurement-related activities across New Product Introduction (NPI) and industrialization projects. Ensure successful transition from quotation phase to serial production. Establish robust launch processes that ensure material availability, supplier readiness, and cost competitiveness.