Procurement Manager

Nexans is a global player in energy transition. Our purpose: ELECTRIFY THE FUTURE. For over a century, Nexans has played a crucial role in the electrification of the planet. With around 25,000 people in 42 countries, the Group is leading the charge to the new world of electrification: safer, sustainable, renewable, decarbonized and accessible to everyone.

In order to reinforce our Supply Chain Team for our Charleroi’s plant, we are looking for a : Procurement Manager (m/f) 

Areas of responsibility

• Raw material procurement

• Manage Charleroi raw material supplier base. Define and update forecasts
• Order raw material according to plant’s workload  and based on stock monitoring
• Optimize delivery plan for consignment items to control end-of-month stock values
• Work with quality dept. to monitor and manage suppliers non-conformities

• Stock & inventory management

• Schedule shop floor replenishments
• Carry out physical inventories of the machine point of use and analyze discrepancies
• Implementing and analyzing indicators for the value, rotation, obsolescence and depreciation of raw materials in stock in order to manage working capital

• Waste monitoring

• Participate actively in reconciliations of tonnages vs scrap movements with the Methods and Controlling departments and optimize requests for the removal of waste skips.

How you make an impact

• You come to life when working in collaboration with others and enjoy giving and receiving growth feedback.
• You like working in a production environment, being in close contact with operations.
• You are curious and love finding simple solutions to challenging tenders and have a high sense of quality and time.
• It comes naturally for you to organize and plan in a structured manner.
• You have an analytical and strategic mindset with the urge to understand the business.

Qualification

• Master degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration or a related field. Bachelors with strong experience may also apply.

• Up to 5 years working experience, experience in industrial context is a plus.
• Ability and experience to work in a fast-paced international environment.
• Strong skills in Excel, and relevant experience working with SAP/ORTEMS.
• Good communication and co-operation skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Fluent in French and in English (Flemish is a plus)

 Workplace: Charleroi

OUR GROWTH CULTURE

Among our employees we share the same values- we are pioneers of the energy transition, dedicated to deliver to the highest standards of performance united to achieve our ambitious goal. 

At the individual level our growth culture is built on trust and collaboration.  We wish to welcome you as a valuable member of our team. To enable impact we believe in autonomy at the local level at same time as we encourage knowledge sharing within our global engineering competence.