Negotiation Expert - Driving Strategic Partnerships

Negotiation Expert - Driving Strategic Partnerships

The Position

As Negotiation Expert, you serve as the Center of Excellence within Purchasing at Boehringer Ingelheim.
Your mission: to seamlessly incorporate negotiation excellence into our purchasing process in order to prevent supply chain disruptions and to ensure the steady availability of our health-critical products for our customers. By leveraging your expertise and innovative negotiation techniques you will not only contribute to the improvement of Boehringer Ingelheim's financial performance but also establish a competitive edge. Your contribution will be key in creating substantial value for Boehringer Ingelheim.

Are you passionate for Purchasing and Negotiations? Then we are looking forward to welcoming you as part of our team!

Tasks & responsibilities

• In your new role, you will define new negotiation strategies and prepare complex, strategic negotiations in collaboration with Category Managers, Global Category Heads and Business Partners (direct and indirect spend).
• With your expertise, you will ensure that the best negotiation technique is used for each case, contributing to the achievement of the organization's long-term vision.
• You will lead complex negotiation activities in the various sourcing areas and participate in Category Manager and/or Business Partner negotiations, when necessary (e.g., for high impact Contracts, critical negotiations (e.g., where supply chain might be interrupted or supplier(s), place irrational demands for critical categories etc.).
• In addition, you will consult and train the ONE Sourcing organization to develop and apply new required capabilities.
• Furthermore, you will be an expert in the implementation of negotiation techniques, act as a process owner of innovative negotiation tools and continuously develop them further.

Requirements

• Master's degree in business administration, economics or equivalent, alternatively bachelor's degree with several years of relevant professional experience
• Several years of negotiation and consulting experience as well as certifications from various established and well-known negotiation institutes (please indicate in your CV)
• Relevant knowledge of various negotiation techniques (e. g. game theory, parallel negotiations)
• Result-oriented approach coupled with moderation and persuasion skills and the necessary know-how to support various stakeholders
• Very good communication and negotiation skills in English and German, coupled with a good understanding of Anglo-Saxon and German law and corresponding legal terminology

Ready to contact us?

If you have any questions about the job posting or process - please contact our HR Direct Team, Tel: +49 (0) or via mail:

Recruitment process:
Step 1: Online application - The job posting is presumably online until January 4th. 2026. We reserve the right to take the posting offline beforehand. Applications up to December 9th, 2025 are guaranteed to be considered.
Step 2: Virtual meetings: December/ January
Step 3: On-site interviews: Mid of January