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As a buyer you will secure BASF’s global pole position

In BASF procurement you will buy technical goods, raw materials, services and logistics solutions.

Our procurement activities cover whatever is needed to produce and distribute BASF products, for example raw materials, technical goods or logistics services. We work with competitive suppliers who sustainably contribute to the value of BASF and our customers.

Become a part of our team!

Would you like to purchase at an international level and manage intercultural, virtual teams? Bring your experience and expertise to BASF’s procurement and become part of the team in direct, indirect or logistics procurement.

Apply to one of our job postings or send us your unsolicited application.

What we expect

Your expertise as a procurement expert is needed! After successfully completing your degree in business or engineering, you have already gathered several years of relevant professional and project experience. You are performance-oriented and committed, are fluent in German and have very good English skills. Personally you present yourself as a team player and show a high degree of empathy when dealing with our internal and external business partners.

You can join us here!

Join the Direct Procurement unit where you will be responsible for creating and implementing strategies for procuring raw materials that are used at our global production sites.

Or become part of the Indirect Procurement team which ensures competitive, reliable and punctual delivery of technical equipment and services.

It is also possible to join in Logistics Procurement, where you will be responsible for purchasing all necessary logistics services.

The central procurement functions are based in Ludwigshafen. There are also deployment opportunities in most German and European locations.

Which responsibilities can you expect?

Take on responsibility as a global or regional buyer, develop professional procurement strategies for your products or services and implement these.

As a buyer and business analyst your role will include for example buying specific products and services, negotiating with suppliers and implementing supply concepts.

Your opportunities for development!

BASF offers you a wide range of training opportunities. We support our new employees in developing their personal skills and competencies via self-learning offers, needs-led specialist and management seminars, workshops and conferences. You can deepen your technical purchasing knowledge at our Procurement Academy.

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