About tonies:
tonies is the globally leading interactive audio platform for children with more than 10 million Tonieboxes and 125 million Tonies sold. The intuitive and award-winning audio system has changed the way young children play and learn independently with its child-safe, wireless, and screen-free approach. Tonieboxes have been activated in over 100 countries, the content portfolio includes around 1,400 Tonies in several languages. Since its inception, tonies has achieved significant milestones, including listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in November 2021 as well as a globally present team of over 550 dedicated professionals operating from various countries.
Joining our tonies team means being part of an inspiring mission to create innovative and meaningful experiences for children around the world. Together, we’re shaping the future of play, learning, and imagination.
You as part of tonies:
As a
Strategic Direct Procurement Buyer (Above the Box) (all genders), you play a vital role in evolving our global sourcing organization. You ensure that our procurement processes are resilient, agile, and built on strong partnerships. Working closely with our Sourcing Hub in Asia, you help shape category strategies and guide the RfQ processfrom initial market analysis to successful awarding.
In your role as an Innovation Buyer, you are a key partner to Product Development. By engaging in the earliest stages of ideation, you facilitate early supplier involvement, ensuring technical feasibility and cost transparency are integrated into our products from day one.
Your tasks and responsibilities will include:
- Strategic Roadmapping: Support the creation of sourcing strategies for critical parts and "above-the-box" projects. You will transform high-level procurement goals into actionable roadmaps, standards, and streamlined processes.
- Global Partnership: Act as the primary bridge to our Asia Sourcing Hub. You will facilitate the implementation of sourcing strategies and RfQ activities, ensuring that cost, quality, and resilience targets are met through insightful analytical support.
- Innovation & Early Involvement: Serve as a strategic partner to Product Development from the earliest ideation stages. You will enable early supplier involvement and ensure technical feasibility is balanced with our long-term sourcing goals.
- Market Intelligence & Risk Resilience: Conduct thorough market research and risk assessments to identify emerging trends and alternative sourcing opportunities. You will proactively manage supply chain health by identifying "single-source" risks and life-cycle challenges (EOL).
- Cross-Functional Harmony: Foster transparent communication and alignment across Engineering, Quality, Production, and Supply Chain. You ensure that HQ's strategic vision and the Sourcing Hub’s execution are perfectly synchronized.
What we are looking for:
- A degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of experience in strategic procurement or category management, ideally within a manufacturing or consumer goods environment.
- Proven ability to analyze complex BOMs and develop risk mitigation strategies, including second-sourcing and stocking agreements.
- A solid understanding of global sourcing markets and the nuances of international supplier qualification and RfQ processes.
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to build consensus across different functions and global regions.
- Fluency in English & conversational level (B2+) in German
- You enjoy occasional international travel (approx. 20–30%) and value a hybrid work setup in Düsseldorf.
Why tonies?
- Global Teamwork: We collaborate across departmental and country borders on our vision to bring the Toniebox into every child's room in the world.
- Come as you are: This applies not only to the dress code but also to everything else. Because only where you truly feel comfortable can you give your best.
- Mobility: Choose the option that suits you best - a Deutschlandticket (public transport ticket) for unlimited mobility, a monthly contribution for an office parking space, a leasing bicycle, or a remote work subsidy.
- Enhanced Security: Benefit from subsidies for company pension plans, occupational pension schemes, and occupational disability insurance.
- Rest & Time Off: Enjoy 30 days of paid annual leave as well as three additional days off such as Rosenmontag, Christmas Eve, and New Year's Eve. After one year of employment, you can also use up to 10 "toniecation days" (unpaid leave days).
- Continuous Learning: Benefit from our internal and external training opportunities as well as an individual learning budget to continuously expand your knowledge.
- Language Learning & Relaxation: Improve your communication skills with the language learning app Babbel and find relaxation through our access to the meditation app Calm.
- Discounts: Benefit from attractive discounts on our entire range of tonies products.
Good to know:
As part of our principles, we are committed to supporting inclusion and diversity at tonies. We actively celebrate our colleagues’ different abilities, ethnicities, faith and gender. Everyone is welcome and supported in their development at all stages in their journey with us.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Sabine Schykowski
Talent Acquisition Manager