Leading with Water – to protect and manage drinking water quality and to create energy-efficient buildings.

GF Building Flow Solutions (formerly Uponor) is a division of the international industrial corporation Georg Fischer (GF) – with sales companies in 30 countries and production sites in 13 locations across Europe and the Americas.

GF is present in 46 countries with 184 companies, 74 of which are production companies. GF employs 19’023 professionals worldwide and generated sales of CHF 4’776 million in 2024.

Leading with Water | Uponor

What will you be doing:

• Manage conducting carrier bids, analyze rates and carrier selections and make decisions on awards while remaining compliant with the overall sourcing strategy.
• Maintaining and developing the supplier base. Finding new suppliers as well as terminating cooperation with existing suppliers.
• Analyze historical data and freight pay data to ascertain changes, anomalies or new opportunities within the network.
• Cooperate with other functions to ensure overall targets are met.
• Compile and interpret carrier performance metrics for meetings with carriers and address and resolve carrier-related issues in cooperation with local freight forwarders in the shipping units.
• Ensure department records are maintained in accordance with established policies, procedures and audit guidelines.
• Support in various Logistics investigations like outsourcing and/or changing of logistical foot print.
• Monitor and analyse freight market trends, capacity developments, rate and fuel fluctuations and regulatory changes to support data-driven decisions, ensure cost competitiveness and proactively manage transport risks.
• Utilize analytical tools and systems such as freight tendering platforms, Transport Management Systems, freight invoice validation tools etc. to drive cost efficiency, ensure data accuracy and compliance and support continuous improvements.

What will you need:

• Bachelor or professional degree
• Some years of experience in strategic sourcing
• Experience of international freight with solid understanding of transport modes, incoterms, rate structures, customs duties, and cross-border regulations
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret freight costs and Key Performance Indicators to identify risks and drive continuous improvements
• Strong negotiation and communication skills, combined with solid commercial acumen, to manage sourcing activities and supplier relationships across diverse markets in a multi-country transport environment
• Good MS office skills
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)

Further information

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