Reporting to the strategic purchasing manager, the buyer ensures the implementation and performance achievement of the purchasing process within the scopes or companies entrusted to him/her. He/she ensures the alignment of purchases with the company's strategic objectives and the development of long-term partnerships with suppliers.

ATTRIBUTIONS :

• Understanding the company's internal needs to align purchasing with strategic objectives.
• Establish and/or use target purchasing policies (TPPs) that define short/medium/long term strategies on the commodity under its responsibility
• Analyze and launch consultations to meet prescriber needs in terms of budget and schedule compliance.
• Participate in the development of the segment purchasing strategy
• Prepare tenders and negotiate contracts with international suppliers
• Consult and negotiate the allocated lots
• Tracking Segment Purchasing Performance
• To define cost optimization levers, identify action plans and negotiate the best purchasing conditions
• Participate in the drafting of the specifications
• To deploy the supplier strategy for the segment.
• To be able to manage strategic and complex purchasing projects in cooperation with the decision-makers
• Drafting and securing purchase contracts
• Ensuring the life of the supplier panel, in particular through continuous market monitoring and conducting regular benchmarks.
• Ensure the processing of orders and supplier disputes
• Achieve quality, cost, and time objectives and ensure their recording through dedicated tools.
• Communicating and collaborating with the Purchasing team in France

ACTIVITY AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT:

• Develop dashboards for monitoring indicators of one's own activities or the activities of the department in coordination with one's hierarchy.
• To provide proposals for corrective actions and ideas for improvement, in order to optimize existing processes and tools within the company.

Desired Candidate Profile

• You are a graduate of an engineering or business school and/or possess an MBA specializing in purchasing.
• Minimum 5 years of proven purchasing experience in a multinational company
• My perfect mastery of the buying process.
• Solid experience in managing complex projects in an international environment
• Solid experience in contract negotiation
• Ease of writing.
• Strong negotiation skills
• Meaning of Reporting and Priorities
• Ability to supervise, coordinate and support tactical buyers providing support within their purchasing scope, ensuring the allocation of activities, monitoring deliverables and developing their skills.
• Excellent command of Microsoft Office applications (especially Excel)
• Knowledge of SAP is desirable.
• Autonomous, methodical, rigorous and responsive.
• Sense of listening and communication
• Team spirit and excellent interpersonal skills
• My mastery of imperative English