Welcome to the Scheidt & Bachmann Purchasing

By using modern manufacturing methods and new communication technologies, we fulfill the wishes of our customers worldwide - in the best possible and flexible way. Scheidt & Bachmann offers a high quality standard of products, services and services with the highest customer benefit.

To make this standard possible, Scheidt & Bachmann relies on global procurement markets. The basic prerequisite for this are high-performance suppliers. 
They are a significant component of the purchasing strategy and contribute significantly to competitiveness. They also support Scheidt & Bachmann in positioning itself as an innovative and solution-oriented system provider.

In this context, a worldwide network of competent and highly motivated employees, side by side with the suppliers, makes an excellent and lasting contribution to the company's success.

Together with the strong purchasing team at the company headquarters in Mönchengladbach, we are centrally responsible for purchasing for the subsidiaries and branches around the world.

Our key objectives are:

• The establishment of effective networks, both with our internal departments and in the procurement markets.
• A permanent development and implementation of commodity group strategies
• Absolute cost transparency on a TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) basis to identify cost driving factors and derive appropriate cost optimization measures
• Identical prices for Scheidt & Bachmann GmbH and all subsidiaries
• Long-term, fair and reliable business relations 

Scheidt & Bachmann has committed to a long-term reduction of both the environmental pollution and the energy consumption of the company and to the improvement of its energy efficiency by means of a continuous enhancement process. In order to reach these goals, an environmental management system according to DIN EN ISO 14001:2015 and an energy management system according to DIN EN ISO 50001:2011 has been established for the Scheidt & Bachmann GmbH and for its German affiliates.

Scheidt & Bachmann will develop appropriate criteria for products, facilities and services that have a significant impact on the company’s energy balance.

With regard to procurement activities this means, that energy use, energy consumption and energy efficiency are relevant procurement criteria to Scheidt & Bachmann.

In particular we decide, in case of equivalent technical and commercial procurement options, in favor of those suppliers whose supply chain and / or products have a better energy and / or environmental balance or who are certified according to DIN EN ISO 14001:2015 and DIN EN ISO 50001:2011.

Intensive business relationships and close cooperation with partner suppliers are important components of success.

We are always interested in business relationships with globally operating companies. In addition, we seek cooperation with suppliers who support and promote our quality philosophy and purchasing strategy.

Prerequisites for this are:

• Quality responsibility - A consistent quality assurance philosophy, combined with a continuous process to improve costs, logistics, error-free quality, deadlines and service. Therefore we expect a permanent, performance-oriented and reliable cooperation according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2008 or equivalent certification.
• High deadline reliability - Equally important to us, in addition to reliability, is a high degree of flexibility and problem-solving competence for cooperation. 
• Cost responsibility - In this we see a permanent development of possible ratio potentials and cost reduction strategies anchored.
• Innovation - The creativity and innovative ability of our partner-suppliers corresponds to our innovation and technology claim and makes a positive contribution to it. An efficient supplier evaluation system continuously measures and assesses the performance of our partner suppliers.
• Environmental awareness - Maintenance of an environmental and energy management system.

Our purchasing portfolio includes inter alia but is not limited to:

• Assemblies (electronic and electro-mechanical)
• Consulting services
• DIN parts and other standardised components
• Electrical materials
• Electronical components
• Equipment & Tools
• External and internal services
• Fittings and assembly components
• Hardware, computer components and accessories
• Investment goods
• OEM products
• Parts to be produced according to our drawings
• Raw materials, raw castings and pressing parts
• Roller mill parts
• Software
• Utilities, ancillary material and factory supplies

The global purchasing activities of all Scheidt & Bachmann companies are centrally coordinated.