VIE - Junior Customer Project Buyer - Regensburg
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Are you interested in procurement, supplier management, and driving improvement projects in an international industrial environment?
As a VIE - Junior Customer Project Buyer, you will join a dynamic procurement team and play a key role in building strong supplier partnerships while contributing to strategic sourcing and transformation initiatives. This VIE offers a unique opportunity to develop your negotiation, project management, and stakeholder management skills while working with both local and global teams.
You will be supported by experienced procurement professionals and gain hands-on exposure to real business challenges in a highly international environment.
Your Main Responsibilities
- Support the deployment of procurement strategies for a portfolio of suppliers and products within the cluster.
- Collaborate with category managers and operational teams to identify sourcing opportunities and improve supplier performance.
- Participate in supplier selection, qualification, and onboarding activities.
- Contribute to supplier transition projects, including supplier changes and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Help monitor supplier quality, delivery performance, and competitiveness, while participating in action plans when needed.
- Support supplier relationship management activities, including business reviews, performance tracking, and cross-functional projects.
Who Are We Looking For?
- Master's degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering
- Up to 2 years of experience (including internships, apprenticeships, or graduate projects).
- Strong interest in procurement, supplier management, and project coordination.
- Good communication and relationship-building skills.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to work with data and solve problems.
- Proactive, curious, and eager to learn in a fast-paced international environment.
- Comfortable working with multiple stakeholders and managing priorities.
- Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus.
What You Will Gain
During this VIE assignment, you will:
- Gain practical experience in strategic procurement and supplier management.
- Develop negotiation and project management skills through real business projects.
- Work closely with international teams, suppliers, and business leaders.
- Learn how procurement contributes to business performance, innovation, quality, and sustainability.
- Build exposure to global supply chain operations and industrial environments.
- Strengthen your profile for future careers in Procurement, Supply Chain, Supplier Development, or Operations.
Bring your procurement expertise to a team that values impact and collaboration — apply today!
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IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.
We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.
Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!
€40 billion global revenue
+9% organic growth
150 000+ employees in 100+ countries
You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.
Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.
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