Lead Buyer - General Industrial Services

INS (Industrial Products and Services) with 6 Sub-Categories present in 6 hubs ensures proximity to the plant and captures full benefit of our size. This Procurement organization is centrally led and managed per categories to develop expertise, consolidate the needs and follow-up the execution of contracts.

General Industrial Services (GIS) Sub-Category is in charge of activities like Internal Transport and Handling, Packaging and warehousing, Industrial Cleaning, Scaffolding as well as Support and Facility Management services.

We are looking for a Lead Buyer to join our General Industrial Services team.

The Lead Buyer plays a dual role for the Purchasing of General Industrial Services:

• Local role (Alpha): manage the team of GIS Buyers to purchase services links to his subcategory in his/her cluster.
• Transversal role (Beta): identify with the cluster Lead User the benchmark activities within the hub to transfer them across Europe (TCO, supplier panel, process management…).

Responsibilities:

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 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 in the definition of Project Portfolio of other Lead Buyers.
• Manages supplier panel and relations 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 Required:

• Master’s degree in Economics, Engineering, Supply Chain or equivalent
• 5 years in Procurement or Engineering and Management
• Possess good problem-solving, analytical skills and good ease facing numbers.
• Have good technical knowledge of contracts and targeted systems but also in project management and negotiation.
• Possess ability to discuss technical topics and implement and manage the change.
• Demonstrate strong leadership and good communication skills.
• Have an appetite for finding information about innovative industry.
• Result and Customer oriented, ability to work under deadline pressure.
• English and local Hub language. Any additional European language is a plus
• Knowledge of quality management norms (ISO 9001…) would be a plus.