Plant purchasing manager

The Plant Purchasing Manager will ensure the operational continuity of the different sites of his perimeter.

Playing an active role in continuous improvement of processes and strategy

• Be the single point of contact to the plant managers of the designated sites.(scope will be 1 PPM for several plants)
• Gathering the local purchasing requirements: anticipate, collect and optimize the sites requirements in terms of quantity and specifications
• Ensure internal customer satisfaction with the performance of the purchasing team.
• Entry point for all purchase requests
• Supplier quality management
• Close collaboration with supply chain / procurement

Responsible for the deployment of global / regional category management policy

• Work closely with regional category managers (indirect, transport, energy, chemicals, packaging, raw materials, mining, capex...)
• Ensure compliances with purchasing strategy and policy at site level
• Organize and coordinate local trials with the suppliers selected by the categories managers
• Lead new purchasing initiatives at cross-clusters or at country level, on a case by case basis

Responsible of local purchase

• Responsible of the purchase contracts for local purchase opex / capex
• Support deployment of larger Capex on his/her sites
• Frequent local presence in the different sites of his perimeter
• Sourcing new suppliers and negotiating contracts
• Propose and manage local purchase synergies
• Monitoring suppliers 'performance, KPI's
• Reporting and analysis, collect and report the sites financial performance including tracking of target savings

Knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics (Identify skills/attributes required for this position which may

• include leadership, problem solving, interpersonal, communications, planning, team participation skills, and/or language requirements.
• Highly motivated and proactive driver of change
• Strong negotiation and communication skills - both internally and externally
• Ability to have a global view and link business need to purchasing strategy.
• Confident decision maker.
• Proficient in MS Office software
• Ability to quickly understand high level technical elements of the category being handled.
• Understanding and actively promote the procurement cycle
• Have the ability to support and champion the development and introduction of effective purchasing methods and tools