Reaching the goal together

In addition to strategic, tactical and operational purchasing, Procurement department is also responsible for the support of our purchasing systems.

Organized centrally, it ensures that procurement is carried out at all locations according to uniform and comprehensible criteria. In addition to cost, quality and time, sustainability criteria are also taken into account.

Above all, we need technical goods and services for the mining of potash and rock salts as well as their processing in our factories.

These include mobile and stationary machines, fossil fuels, plants for the generation and distribution of energy, construction services (planning and execution) as well as maintenance and spare parts for our machines and plants. In addition, we require non-technical services such as legal advice, agency services, management consultancy, facility management and a broad range of C articles. For our production, we primarily procure input materials and packaging.

Are you interested in supplying us, or providing services for us? You will find more information about supplier applications here.

We look forward to receiving your application as a supplier by email. Please note the following:

Write "Application as supplier" in the subject line.
Please send your company presentation as well as your range of products and services by attachment.
Your application will be forwarded internally to the buyer responsible for your field. If necessary, we will send you a registration invitation for the SAP Ariba network.

The K+S Group is consistently pursuing the goal of driving digitalization. Therefore, we decided to implement SAP Ariba Buying in addition to SAP Ariba Sourcing. The aim is to make procurement processes easier and more efficient with the innovative SAP Ariba solutions and the Ariba network and to further increase collaboration with our suppliers.

K+S conducts tenders and bids using the SAP Ariba sourcing platform. In principle, we only invite companies that have already qualified as suppliers for K+S or have at least applied. The Ariba Buying is used as a convenient procurement solution for indirect purchasing. As a supplier, you have the possibility to publish catalogues or online shops with your products in the K+S procurement system.

• You have the opportunity to publish catalogues with your products in the procurement system of K+S.
• You can participate in K+S tenders and bids.
• Through increased transparency you can continuously check the entire ordering process and the current status of your tenders.
• You will find all tenders and auctions to which K+S has invited you, including the relevant documents, on one platform.
• You can communicate with the responsible purchaser directly via Ariba, so that the communication can also be tracked at any time.
• There are decreased process and administration costs due to automation and digitalization.
• The participation in tenders and bids via Ariba Sourcing is free of charge for you.
• You can present your company in the Ariba network and get in touch with potential new customers (regional and national). 

We appreciate it when you confirm our orders via the Ariba Network. Alternatively, you may send your order confirmations as a PDF attachment by email to the address provided below. Please note the following mandatory requirements:

• The attachment must be in PDF format.
• No additional attachments may be included in the email apart from the order confirmation.
• Only order confirmations may be sent to the specified email address (no newsletters, terms and conditions, offers, etc.).
• All relevant information must be contained within the PDF attachment (delivery dates, prices, etc.). Please note: PDF order confirmations are processed automatically. The email text will not be read or processed further.