Vice President Procurement (all genders) EN
Wien, AT, 1100 Kremsmünster, AT, 4550
Join #TeamGreiner!
At Greiner, we combine innovation with accountability – for our customers, our people, and sustainable value creation. As Vice President Procurement and direct report to the Group COO, you will lead, own, and transform our global procurement organization end-to-end. If you don’t just manage change but actively shape it as a value driver – with a strong commercial mindset and passion for international collaboration – we look forward to meeting you.
Your Challenge
- Global Procurement Strategy: Define and execute a group-wide procurement strategy, including performance management, governance, operating model, and KPI steering
- Procurement Organization: Build and evolve our international procurement organization to unlock cross-category synergies, increase performance, efficiency, and scalability, and systematically develop teams and capabilities
- Leadership: Lead direct and indirect category heads, regional procurement activities, and act as the key interface to the divisions – leveraging strong transformation and change leadership
- Value Creation: Deliver sustainable value (TCO, savings, value engineering) through robust category strategies and disciplined execution
- Procurement Steering: Drive global category management across Direct/Indirect/CAPEX/Services, including pipeline management and prioritization with the respective leaders
- Risk & Resilience: Establish a group-wide supplier and supply risk management framework (single-source risks, business continuity, market/geopolitical exposure)
- Digital Procurement: Expand digital enablement – e.g., spend analytics, negotiation support, and data-driven steering to improve transparency and decision quality
Your Profile
- Leadership Experience: Proven leadership in strategic procurement within an international (industrial) group ideally as Head of Procurement/CPO or VP level, with strong experience in matrix organizations
- Procurement Expertise: Deep expertise in category strategy, contract and supplier management, SRM, and complex executive-level negotiations
- Transformation Track Record: Demonstrated success in building and evolving global procurement organizations, including performance management, process harmonization, and governance set-up
- Business & Analytical Mindset: Strong command of best-practice procurement approaches, negotiation methodologies, and analytical toolsets (TCO logic, should-costing, business cases, performance-driven steering)
- Risk/Compliance Know-how: Solid understanding of compliance and regulatory requirements (e.g., competition law, sanctions screening, anti-corruption) and ideally ESG in procurement
- Executive Presence: Excellent communication and change capabilities, intercultural maturity, and strong execution focus
- Education & Language: Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Business Administration/Supply Chain/related field; fluent, business-level German and English; willingness to travel internationally
Our Offer
You can expect a modern working environment with a high degree of creative freedom. In addition, we offer a wide range of attractive social benefits, a comprehensive training program and an open and innovative team that is looking forward to meeting you.
In accordance with legal requirements in Austria, we are obliged to disclose the minimum annual gross salary for this position as defined by the collective agreement, which is € 147,442.96 (Chemical Industry Collective Agreement). We are, of course, willing to offer a market-aligned overpayment depending on your individual qualifications and professional experience. Your impact pays off: In addition to a competitive base salary, you can expect a bonus scheme and further financial benefits.