With our growth strategy we will expand our team of Global Category Management, for which we need a dynamic and resilient personality to provide technical expertise in Castings acting as a competence center. We are looking for a profoundly experienced specialist to support our procurement organization as a
Technical Specialist – Castings 80-100% (f/m/d)
Your daily contribution:
- Technical expert for casting technology, covering a strategically critical procurement category for BC Group
- Supports Category Management and Procurement in technical supplier selection, evaluation, and ongoing supplier development
- Acts as key interface between suppliers and internal functions on technical matters (Engineering, Quality, Sales/Service, Project Management)
- Conducts technical supplier audits and assesses part requirements for foundry processes
- Monitors casting quality and leads or contributes to category projects and contract processes
- Drives casting optimization initiatives with Engineering and suppliers
- Drives quality improvement initiatives with Engineering, Supplier Quality and Development team and Suppliers including conducting RCA's, corrective and preventive measures (8D or similar)
- Manages technical escalations, risk analysis, and mitigation actions for casting parts, including maintaining a casting risk management system
- Management of patterns, creating guidelines, maintaining global pattern databases etc.
- Defines standards and guidelines (e.g. patterns, prototypes, material specifications) and provides technical guidance across global procurement and expert teams
Your Profile:
- Engineering graduation in Foundry technology (German: Dipl. Ing. Für Giessereitechnik)
- 8-10 Years of professional experience as Casting technologist / Expert in Grey / Ductile foundry or similar function of "Specialist" in an Engineering company
- Profound work experience and technical knowhow in castings and foundry
- Practical experience in administrative areas of the profession
- Education and practical experience in areas of Quality management in Foundries
- Excellent German skills, fluency in English
Your Personality:
- Good analytical and conceptual skills combined with ability to drive results
- Effective communication and presentation skills
- Experience in negotiation with suppliers and contract management
- Ability to influence others and align various interests, conflict management (Leadership qualities)
- Working in team, cross functional, cross cultural etc.
- Project Management skills
- Multi-cultural skills
- Readiness to travel (~20%)
We offer:
- Flexible and hybrid working conditions
- Versatile and autonomous activities and tasks
- Working environment with professional development opportunities
- Participation in job-related training and further education
- Above-average pension fund
- Appreciative and inclusive corporate culture
- Demonstrated lived values that value diversity
- Dynamic, international environment with committed employees
- Structured induction process
- Short public transport connections
We are looking forward to receiving your complete application documents.
Note:
For this position, we cannot consider applications handed in through external recruitment agencies.
Burckhardt Compression AG | Location: Winterthur
Tobias Wyser | Phone: +41 52 261 53 77
Burckhardt Compression creates leading compression solutions for a sustainable energy future and the long-term success of its customers. The Group is the only global manufacturer that covers a full range of reciprocating compressor technologies and services. Since 1844, its passionate, customer-oriented and solution-driven workforce has set the benchmark in the gas compression industry.