Description de l'entreprise
BESIX Group is a leading multidisciplinary Belgian Group, operating in construction, construction, real estate development and concessions. BESIX Group was founded in 1909, and has grown impressively over the years. BESIX Group operates in Northern and Eastern Europe, North and Central Africa and the Middle East through its subsidiary BESIX Construct, as well as in Canada and Australia. The group stands out in its sector by having its own internal Engineering Department, with wide-ranging expertise in geotechnical engineering, concrete technology, methods, planning, and BIM, System Engineering and similar tools.
In 2022, the Group achieved a turnover of EUR 3.4 billion. BESIX has about 12,000 employees active in 25+ countries with more than 80 different nationalities.
Context
1. Synergizing our ways of working is one of the six strategic drivers of BESIX Forward. Procurement is clearly a domain where possible synergies can be found and leveraged with short and long term benefits.
To continue identifying and realizing this kind of improvements, a network of dedicated procurement experts is now gradually put in place. Called the Category Experts, these experts will support the business thanks to their specific category knowledge and share best practices across the Group. These Category Experts will be present both at regional and at global level.
To save costs and get a better strategy for all purchases, BESIX wants to propose these positions to our employees, wants to promote internal talent mobility in our organization, wants our employees to be able to expand and enhance their careers and competences.
Description du poste
The Global Category Manager Facades, Exterior & Interior Finishing is the leader of the procurement strategy and the recognized expert in procurement. He / she is leveraging BESIX assets to define a strategy in category sourcing that ensures competitiveness and profitability of the Group
Key responsibilities:
Core Tasks
2. Define procurement strategy for his / her respective category in collaboration with stakeholders (technical, business…) and promote within businesses
3. Define strategic partners and manage vendor relationship
4. Responsible of managing Vendor Directory for his / her category
5. Initiate, negotiate, manage and promote vendors’ framework agreements at BESIX Group level
6. Coordinate and animate buyers’ network inside BESIX group for his / her category
7. Support Tendering teams by providing vendors and market prices visibility
8. Support project execution for BESIX Contracting and Regionals with adapted strategic inputs and negotiation support or responsibility
9. Manage vendor performance feedback and adapt BESIX vendor strategy
10. Drive a regular market screening to adjust Vendor panel development
11. Identify and execute opportunities on price reduction (Tendering & Execution) according to objectives, including group synergies
12. Challenge specifications with a strong focus on innovation, sustainability and out-of-the box-thinking
Mission and responsibilities
13. Define procurement strategy for his / her respective category in collaboration with stakeholders (projects, technical, business…) and associated vendor panel, with a yearly spend of €100 millions
14. Focus activities and his/her time for 75% on Facades or Exterior finishing and 25% on Interior finishing.
15. Support competitiveness with Tendering teams
16. Support profitability during project execution
17. Responsible for Synergies and cost reduction identification and application within BESIX Group and the procurement community
18. Support innovation capture with vendors and promote inside relevant businesses
19. Strong focus on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Qualifications
Background
20. Master’s degree – Engineer is a plus
21. Procurement certification / degree is a plus
22. 10-year experience in the category (as buyer or technical expert)
23. 5 to 10-year experience in supply-chain role
Competencies
24. Commercial sensitivity
25. Business acumen
26. Convincing and Influencing
27. Professional knowledge of English
28. Professional knowledge of Dutch and / or French
29. Strategic thinking
30. Open and active listening
31. Willingness to travel
Informations supplémentaires
A career at BESIX is a lot more than just a job, it's about being part of our changing and innovative world. Your skills, ambition and passion will contribute to the development of our different businesses and allow us to succeed in the challenges of the coming years.
Working for the BESIX group allows you to be a part of a dynamic, creative and entrepreneurial company. It gives you a safe and collaborative working environment with ambitious and innovative goals for the world of tomorrow, but also for your career and personal development.
We are looking for different kinds of personalities, mindsets, backgrounds and genders to build the iconic and sustainable projects of tomorrow.
Are you ready to make an impact and leave a positive legacy for years to come? If you are passionate about our purpose to Excel in creating sustainable solutions for a better world, come and join our caring BESIX family. Together we will co-create our future.
Working at BESIX brings a lot of great benefits including:
32. An attractive remuneration package including a salary in line with the market and a range of employee benefits such as flexible mobility advantages, extra-legal pension, medical care insurance, work-life balance program (such as teleworking, child care, flexible work schedule, mobile working), Health Management (sport, health check-up program, …);
33. Career development programs that serve not only to ensure that you are constantly learning and improving but also that give you the possibility to expand your career horizon;
34. A dynamic, creative and safe working environment with innovative colleagues supporting your endeavors (ideas, projects, goals, ambitions);
35. Possibility to work on complex projects within both a local and international environment;
36. The choice to remain locally anchored for the coming years or to seek an exciting international career opportunity within the group.
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