Audi Global Graduate Program – General Procurement Buyer for Marketing & Travel Management

Procurement at AUDI AG is one of the company’s main pillars. The department is responsible for the value-based procurement of purchased parts, capital goods, and services. We are the central point of contact for the specialist departments and suppliers.

Within General Procurement, the Marketing & Travel Management sub-department is specifically responsible for all procurement activities related to Audi’s brand and sales strategy, as well as all press activities worldwide.

This includes the procurement of all communication activities and creative services across all analog/digital channels worldwide, starting with digital marketing and media placements in the digital Audi world, all printing services such as mailings, magazines, and brochures, as well as market research topics and photo and film productions for our new car presentations.

The Event Management department also oversees all events and functions where Audi is represented. This includes the procurement of event agencies, exhibition architects, and stand builders, as well as the on-site media technology required for all Audi events and exhibitions worldwide.

The task, of selecting the best partners in the global procurement markets in terms of technology, quality, prices, innovations, and flexibility presents us new challenges every day.

As a future purchaser for marketing services, you are responsible for the procurement of all types of services for the marketing department.

• You will create procurement market screening and innovation management.

• You conduct international supplier tenders with modern e-procurement solutions in close coordination with internal departments.

• You lead price negotiations and make award decisions within the national and international VW Group purchasing committees.

• You support contract design and interface management between Audi’s specialist departments and suppliers.

• Through continuous analysis of your procurement responsibility and the use of market analyses, you identify existing potentials and derive procurement strategies to implement them together with the marketing and press departments.

• You bring in your ideas and know-how for sustainable process optimization.

• Furthermore, you network within the group and take on cross-brand topics.