Mission: The Category Buyer will act as main SPOC of the suppliers under his/her responsibility, leading business continuity, driving strategy, supplier base development and optimization and enhance digital and sustainable with supplier and their supply chain.
Goals/Responsibilities:
As the Category Buyer, his/her responsibilities include:
• Interface with category manager to collect ETO specifications, specify the qualification criteria and contribute to the segmentation of the strategy
• Contribute and implement the strategy (SOC) in the cluster perimeter
• Negotiate global frame-agreement with " cluster " suppliers
• Initiate and drive breakthrough (make or buy, rebalancing, SBO, innovation...) on the category he/she is managing and follow the advancement
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• Develop supplier competitiveness and assess the quality level. React in front of deviations
• Organize lesson learnt per category (multi-supplier approach). Return of Experience on key projects or on ETO dimension
• Secure Supplier competitiveness on the commodity perimeter and the performance on negotiation lever
• Raise and address "cluster" supplier quality of service and business continuity
• Business Continuity first level for escalation
• Support PPM and Group Manager on SRM strategy (Sponsorship, C2P, Business review)
• Supplier base next generation, supplier selection connected with Category Strategy
Skills:
• Be able to navigate in a complex environment and organization, connect with people and create strong networking
• Be able to influence, convince and drive positive change management
• Capability of handling multiple tasks and priorities
• Have full accountability and leadership of the topics managing end to end governance
• Navigate and adapt in front of different stakeholders and peers
Profile:
• Decision maker
• Team player/builder
• Customer centric
• Strategic Thinking
• Cross cultural awareness
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Efficient communication (Written - ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner internally as well as externally, Verbal - ability to make presentations in front of executives in a clear and concise manner)
• Strong procurement skills (negotiation, supplier relationship, Supplier base development, quality, lead time, etc)
• Technical capability to understand deeply their purchases
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