Team Lead Procurement (f/m/d)

Position

Welcome to RIMOWA, the first German Maison of the LVMH Group. We are a global lifestyle brand with a mission to create the essential tools for a lifetime of travel. For more than 125 years, we’ve dedicated ourselves to develop unique products where function coexists with luxury, heritage with innovation, and craftsmanship with design. At RIMOWA we believe that great ambitions demand resilient companions – our tools are created with longevity in mind, because the most meaningful journeys last more than a trip, they last a lifetime. Please join us to discover your own.

Role Summary

We are looking for an experienced and dedicated individual to join our team as Team Lead Operational Procurement (m/f/d) . In this key role, you will be responsible for leading and developing a motivated procurement team and optimizing our operational procurement processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead & Develop Team: Provide technical and disciplinary leadership, capacity planning, and individual development for the operational procurement team.
• Manage Procurement: Oversee the entire ordering process, ensuring timely raw material availability, preventing bottlenecks, developing warehousing strategies, optimizing inventory, and managing indirect production-related procurements. Actively manage a key category or critical supplier.
• Optimize Processes: Continuously analyze and improve operational purchasing processes, driving digitalization and automation, e.g., within SAP ERP.
• Strengthen Supplier Relations: Manage operational supplier relationships, conduct evaluations, and resolve complaints and delivery disruptions.
• Act as Key Interface: Collaborate closely with strategic purchasing, production, and supply chain departments.
• Reporting & Data Management: Maintain purchasing master data and report on KPIs such as delivery reliability and lead times.

Qualifications

• Proven experience (e.g., 5+ years) in operational procurement, with at least 2-3 years in a leadership or team lead role.
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end procurement processes, inventory management, and supplier relationship management.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and develop a team.
• Experience with process optimization and driving digitalization initiatives, particularly within SAP ERP.
• Proficiency in managing supplier relationships, including performance assessment and escalation resolution.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills for effective cross‑functional teamwork with Strategic Purchasing, Production, and Supply Chain.
• Strong analytical skills for KPI reporting and master data management.
• English and German: fluent; French: nice to have.

Benefits

• 30 days paid vacation per year
• Flexible working hours
• RIMOWA Essential Cabin suitcase as a gift after the probationary period
• Corporate benefits and 30% discount on the RIMOWA assortment
• Company pension scheme with a high employer contribution or other capital‑forming benefits
• Great canteen with freshly cooked and affordable food
• Urban Sports Club membership, public transportation ticket, and job bike (partly subsidised)
• International environment and development opportunities within LVMH

Diversity Statement

• Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to RIMOWA’s DNA. We know that for our business to thrive, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow.