Lead Buyer Mill Operations and Recycling Services

In his/her Alpha role, and for his/her cluster, the Lead Buyer is responsible for:

• Deploying Health & Safety local policies and procedures.
• Managing his/her teams (daily management, GEDP process, salary evolution, evaluation …).
• Participating to HR processes (career committee - succession planning …) at his/her own cluster level.
• Ensuring communications with cluster stakeholders at his/her own cluster level.
• Defining list of projects to be done by his/her buyers for his/her own cluster (annual Project Portfolio) and saving objectives. Monitoring progress of projects according to plan for the buyers based in the cluster.
• Negotiating or supporting negotiation of contracts, selecting suppliers.
• Preparing, when necessary, files for the Investment Allocation Committee (IAC).
• Managing validation and signature process.
• Processing with Users Claims with high complexity and impact.
• Monitoring spot order procurement process executed by his/her buyers or by BCOE (partner in charge of low value spot orders).
• Evaluating the efficiency of his/her team.

In his/her Alpha role, and for his/her cluster, the Lead Buyer also participates to:

• Monitoring and evaluating of the supplier panel of the subcategory.
• Informing users about contracts.
• Defining and executing contract deployment plan.
• Deploying EPO improvement projects (tools, processes…).
• Certification audits (ISO, safety, environment …).

In his/her Beta role, for his/her specific activity and for all clusters, the Lead Buyer:

• Defines the purchasing strategy based on Market Knowledge and User inputs for all clusters, with support of the Subcategory Head and other Lead Buyers.
• Deploys the strategy through the definition of a 3-5 years Master Plan across all clusters.
• Participates to the definition of Project Portfolio of other Lead Buyers.
• Manages supplier panel and relation with Key Accounts.
• Develops with Lead Users standard specifications, price list, TCO approach…
• Compares cost between sites and updates benchmark.
• Monitors key steps of projects: definition of objectives (kick-off meeting), list of suppliers to be consulted, definition of cost target, technical alignment when offers are in English, selection of suppliers short list, final negotiation rounds and selection of supplier.
• Is informed of contract reviews and gives support for complex claims with high financial impact.
• Evaluates the results of the strategy deployment.

Profile

• You have a Master’s degree in Economics, Engineering, Supply Chain or equivalent
• You have minimum 5 years experience in Procurement or Engineering and Management
• You have a mechanical/technical background.
• You speak French and English.
• You have problem-solving, analytical skills and good ease facing numbers.
• You have a good technical knowledge of contracts and targeted systems but also in project management and negotiation.
• You can discuss technical topics and implement and manage the change.
• You demonstrate leadership and communication skills. You have an appetite for finding information about innovative industry.
• Result and Customer oriented, you can work under deadline pressure.
• Knowledge of quality management norms (ISO 9001…) would be a plus.