Head of Procurement Department (m/f/d) - Keyword: 05-2025 DTG -

We are looking for a committed individual with strategic vision and organizational skills to coordinate/process central procurement as well as contract and award management and establish a holistic procurement process for tangible and intangible goods. The position offers the opportunity to actively participate in the digital transformation as part of a team and to help realize ideas for reducing bureaucracy while maintaining legal certainty.

The job includes the following tasks in particular

• Coordination of the processes of material supply of the university with work equipment (request for quotations, invitations to tender, evaluation of offers),
• Responsible decision on the award procedure and its implementation,
• Monitoring compliance with public procurement regulations,
• Responsible control of the award documents in the entire area of responsibility of the department,
• Control of service specifications,
• Leading cooperation in the implementation of the university's digitization concept,
• Ensuring the disposition of the central incoming and outgoing goods,
• Administrative support for company vehicles,
• Further development and implementation of a centralized procurement structure which, in addition to material resources, also includes the procurement of intangible goods (including service contracts, work and fee contracts).

The following knowledge and skills are required

• Completed relevant university education, e.g. in the fields of public administration or business administration,
• relevant knowledge and professional experience in the application and implementation of public procurement law, primarily the VgV, UVgO and the currently applicable SächsVergabeG
• Consultation and communication skills to conduct negotiations with the users at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences or the bidders regarding the measures to be carried out,
• Engineering judgment and market knowledge as well as strong ability to analyze and evaluate the requirements of the university's structural units,
• very good German and English communication skills.

In addition, the following are desirable

• Experience in the implementation of award procedures, in particular with regard to the funding decisions issued,
• Knowledge of the structure and interaction of the structural units of the university and the user-specific requirements for equipment for teaching and research,
• Experience in dealing with the organizational structure of public administration,
• good knowledge of project management and the handling of funding.

We expect you to

• Independent, autonomous work with negotiating skills with contractual partners,
• a high sense of responsibility when dealing with financial resources,
• Competence and a serious demeanor in dealing with the various stakeholder groups,
• Interest in and willingness to participate in professional qualification measures, especially for the above-mentioned field of activity,
• Open-mindedness towards current developments in the design of work processes,
• Ability to work in a proactive, solution-oriented and balanced manner.

We offer you

• an interesting and challenging field of activity in a qualified, open-minded and committed team,
• flexible and family-friendly working hours,
• personal and professional development opportunities through targeted training and further education,
• attractive social benefits (company pension scheme, annual special payment, capital-forming benefits),
• company health management with offers for workplace health promotion and
• the opportunity to use a job ticket.