Spend Analysis · Logistics
Manager · Procurement & Vendor Manager · Remote · Germany
- Company
- Warehousing operator for e-commerce brands · 11–50 employeesCL-58663 · based in Kassel
- Where
- Remote · Germany
- Format
- One-off task
- Time needed
- about 12 h in total
- Start
- Starts within 2 weeks
- Level
- Manager · 7-12 years
- When you work
- Flexible hours, async
- Language
- English and Germanbusiness level
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About this task
This warehousing operator for e-commerce brands (11–50 employees) is looking for a manager Procurement & Vendor Manager for a single piece of work with a fixed scope and a fixed price. Groups spend by supplier and category and finds savings.
A fresh pair of experienced eyes is needed, and the result is a document or file the team can use straight away. It moves goods for customers, so the data is operational and updated daily.
The work is fully remote. Any location in Germany works, with a few hours of overlap with the team's day. You choose your hours; nothing is scheduled except an occasional short call.
What you deliver
- Analyse a year of spend by category and supplier and list the five largest savings opportunities.
- A 20-minute walkthrough call, or a recorded screen share if you prefer
- The finished deliverable in the agreed file format, with sources and assumptions listed
- A final note stating what was checked and what was left out of scope
How the work runs
- Day 1: kickoff call and access to the files
- Days 2 to 8: the work, with questions answered the same day
- Last day: delivery and a short walkthrough
Duration: about 10 working days. Accepted when the company contact confirms the deliverable against the written checklist. One round of edits is included.
Tools
Who fits
- 7-12 years of hands-on work as a Procurement & Vendor Manager, or the equivalent mix of roles
- Business-level German as well as English: the documents and part of the team work in German
- Comfortable working in Excel, Power BI and Coupa
- Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate
Nice to have
- Has worked with a distributed team across time zones
- A habit of asking one clarifying question early rather than five late
Not included
- Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so
- Work outside the scope written in the brief; extra items are quoted separately
- Managing other contractors or employees
How you get paid
- The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice.
- Deftridge pays you in EUR after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement.
- You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs.
- You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge.
What happens after you say you're interested
- Within one working dayA recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want.
- You agree the rateYou and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead.
- With your written OKThe company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days.
- StartYou sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above.
What the company sees about you
First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details.
- Experience
- 7-12 years in operations & assistance
- Tools
- Excel, Power BI, Coupa
- Offers
- 12 hours in total, weekday evenings
- Rate
- €59 an hour, agreed with the recruiter
How this rate compares
The midpoint of this range, €59 an hour, is below the median manager Procurement & Vendor Manager rate in Germany (€60). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market.
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Questions about pay and privacy
The rules are the same for every task. Pricing explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; How it works covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job.
CL-58663 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead.