Lead Buyer (M/F)

The Lead Buyer plays a dual role for the Purchasing of Mill Operations & Recycling Services:

• Local role (Alpha): manage the team of Technical Parts 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…).

Local and transversal approaches are combined by the definition of the Annual Project Portfolio build by the Lead Buyer for his hub in close cooperation with the Subcategory Management and other Lead Buyers.

The Lead Buyer ensures that all requirements of his/her hub for the subcategory are fulfilled by his/her Buyers in due time with the best solution (Alpha role). The Lead Buyer also monitors key steps of projects conducted in other hubs for the specific activity he/she oversees (Beta role).

In his/her main 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 main 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 …).

As part of his/her 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:

• Masters degree in Purchasing, Supply Chain or Engineering
• Min 5 years experience in a similar role
• Fluent English and French. Any additional European language is a plus
• You have a mechanical/technical background.
• 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.