Your tasks - Execute the purchasing process for indirect materials in the area of IT products & services. - Act as interface and represent the interests of Continental and the Purchasing Community towards all internal and external stakeholders. - Understands the business and purchasing strategy to derive actions for own managed category - Guide, support and train local and central stakeholders to execute with the right tools, methods and processes - Develop and sustain (supplier) strategy for respective integrated category in alignment with all relevant stakeholders and supervisors and in compliance with all relevant purchasing processes, guidelines and procedures ' Understand multiple data management systems and manage data analytics for the respective integrated category (identify spend profile and concentration, estimate / predict demand etc) - Turns strategy into concrete actions and tangible goals as well as defining, monitoring and reporting relevant KPIs to ...