Local Indirect Purchasing Manager

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Company:

MP Solutions

Job description

Job Description:Our client is dedicated to a sporty and environmentally conscious life. We are looking for a colleague for the position of Indirect Procurement Manager to lead their procurement team.KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Define and implement a local purchasing strategy if business needs and/or supplier markets are local. This local purchasing strategy achieves financial and non-financial targets in line with the Global indirect purchasing strategy defined by the Group indirect CPO
Submit this local purchasing strategy to the approval of the Group Indirect CPO, then I ensure that it is formalized and deployed, for each family or segment, by a Local Buyer
Maximize the coverage rate concerning local family(ies) or segment(s)
Participate to the purchasing squads organized by the United team and I initiate purchasing squads (if relevant) to generate synergies across global, regional and local levels
Encourage and support local buyers to challenge business on their specifications and needs with the aim to increase synergies with current regional (potentially global) families
Make sure that local buyers have assessed the criticality of their families or segments and that they are able to determine priority levers according to this criticality
Ensure that local buyers systematically integrate sustainable criteria in their local purchasing strategy (in specifications, RFI, RFP, supplier assessment, SRM…) in line with the Group requirements
Ensure that local strategies are in line with the Group priorities in terms of savings, purchasing coverage rate, sustainable commitments, contractual conditions, risk mitigation plans, innovations, etc…
Disseminate the framework contracts and promote their use
Check the financial and non-financial achievements of the local strategies in collaboration with the local Buyers. Depending on the outcomes.

Requirements:

Relevant 3-5 years working experience in Indirect purchasing as a Manager is a must

Advanced University degree

Fluent in English

Business oriented attitude
Project management experience
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
Mastery of purchasing strategy elaboration processes and digital tools
Ability to take the lead on implementation of savings opportunities that affect numerous lines of business
Excellent negotiation skills
Mastery of Costs and value drivers for Indirect Purchases
Mastery of legal and CSR stakes
Mastery of Risk management knowledge
Mastery of Finance and Budget Management

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