Role Summary:

Procurement Manager (m/f/d)

Drive strategic procurement across Hyundai Motor Europe. As Procurement Manager, you lead regional sourcing initiatives, optimize supplier performance, and deliver sustainable cost efficiencies while ensuring compliance, governance, and operational excellence. Acting as a trusted business partner, you collaborate across functions and markets to strengthen procurement capabilities and create long-term business value.

We want you to:

• Lead large-scale sourcing initiatives and procurement projects across the region, ensuring alignment with business objectives
• Develop and implement procurement strategies focused on cost optimization, operational efficiency, and long-term value creation
• Build and execute supplier strategies, including supplier selection, evaluation, performance management, and consolidation initiatives
• Manage strategic supplier relationships and drive continuous improvement through long-term partnerships
• Lead end-to-end sourcing processes, including RFQs, negotiations, contract management, and supplier onboarding
• Negotiate commercial agreements to achieve optimal financial and operational outcomes
• Identify, assess, and mitigate procurement, contractual, financial, and supply risks in collaboration with internal stakeholders
• Partner closely with Finance, Legal, Compliance, Operations, and National Sales Companies, providing procurement expertise and best-practice guidance
• Monitor procurement spend, analyze cost trends, and identify savings opportunities across purchasing categories
• Ensure supplier contracts comply with legal, regulatory, and internal governance requirements
• Contribute to the continuous development of Hyundai Motor Europe's procurement function, standards, and governance framework

About you:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Law, or a related field
• 8–10 years of experience in Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, or Purchasing within an international environment
• Proven track record leading complex sourcing initiatives, supplier negotiations, and contract management processes
• Strong expertise in strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management, and procurement governance
• Solid understanding of commercial and financial principles with the ability to assess business impact and drive value creation
• Strong negotiation, stakeholder management, and influencing skills across all organizational levels
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities with a strategic, results-oriented mindset
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and complex cross-functional initiatives in a dynamic environment
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Fluent in English; additional European languages are an advantage

Rewards and Benefits

• A competitive salary and benefits package
• Flexible working hours and a hybrid working policy
• Continued learning and professional development
• Car sharing and lease mobility program
• Complimentary daily lunch at our canteen and subsidized breakfast options
• Complimentary fitness facility and the opportunity to join various sporting clubs
• Highly international working environment