Willing to take a next step and make a sucessful career ? Join Nexans as Site Purchasing Leader in our plant in Charleroi (Belgium) for our Generation & Transmission Business Group !
As Site Purchasing Leader you will oversee the following activities on the site you are responsible for :
1. Local Site Purchasing and Local Vendor Management: reassessment of needs, launch of RFI, RFQ contract designs, implementation and monitoring of continuous improvement plan.
2. Support the definition of the category strategy / Business Units, in line with the vision of the group, Business Unit and ensure the alignment of group practices / BU / sites.
3. Is responsible for the Purchasing performance and the implementation of Procurement strategies, contracts and / or agreements negotiated by the Group
4. Provide relevant reports to plant manager / site manager related to purchasing activities and performance
5. Provide relevant reports to the SPM and Group Purchasing Department on the performance and all the Purchasing activities related to the site
6. Responsible for implementation of Nexans Processes and Standard Purchasing
7. Responsible for the implementation of transversal Group Purchasing initiatives on your perimeter
Areas of responsibilities:
STRATEGY & MANAGEMENT
8. Establishes the strategy for Purchasing and Supplier Panels
9. Implements the execution plan at its scope in his/her Business Unit
10. Contributes to the identification and reduction of risks related to local purchases
TRANSACTIONAL PURCHASE
11. Challenges the expression of the needs (recasting of the cost, functional analysis, standardization ...)
12. Consolidate needs at the appropriate level (global, local)
13. Supports the definition of a functional specification (decision matrix for information request / quote, etc.)
14. Performs information/quote requests
15. Leads negotiations to select the best supplier (based on cost breakdown, total cost of ownership and risk elements)
16. Manages contracts and their follow-up (customization, deployment, performance evaluation)
17. Contributes to the mitigation of claims
COMPETITIVE WATCH
18. Contributes to supplier market analysis by providing information on local suppliers
19. Analyzes market trends (products, suppliers and customers) and cost drivers in the market of major suppliers.
20. Establishes market benchmarks (customers, competitors, suppliers)
21. Establishes the cost structure of the solution
22. Identifies and proposes alternative solutions in the panel supplier of his or her factories
OPERATIONAL INVOLVEMENT
23. Know how to work effectively with internal customers and stakeholders
24. Use Excel & BI tool to oversee spend management of its perimeter
Your profile :
25. Fluent in English and French
26. Minimum of 3 years’ experience in industrial purchasing
27. Quick react and support to the local business
28. Assume responsibility for actions, projects for which you are responsible for
29. Take initiative, act with confidence
30. Initiate Purchasing actions at local level
31. Open to travel often (supplier visits/meetings)