Site Purchasing Leader

Willing to take a next step and make a sucessful career? Join Nexans as Site Purchasing Leader in our plant in Charleroi (Belgium) for our Generation & Transmission Business Group !

As Site Purchasing Leader you will oversee the following activities on the site you are responsible for :

• Local Site Purchasing and Local Vendor Management: reassessment of needs, launch of RFI, RFQ contract designs, implementation and monitoring of continuous improvement plan.
• Support the definition of the category strategy / Business Units, in line with the vision of the group, Business Unit and ensure the alignment of group practices / BU / sites.
• Is responsible for the Purchasing performance and the implementation of Procurement strategies, contracts and / or agreements negotiated by the Group
• Provide relevant reports to plant manager / site manager related to purchasing activities and performance
• Provide relevant reports to the SPM and Group Purchasing Department on the performance and all the Purchasing activities related to the site
• Responsible for implementation of Nexans Processes and Standard Purchasing
• Responsible for the implementation of transversal Group Purchasing initiatives on your perimeter

Areas of responsibilities:

STRATEGY & MANAGEMENT

• Establishes the strategy for Purchasing and Supplier Panels
• Implements the execution plan at its scope in his/her Business Unit
• Contributes to the identification and reduction of risks related to local purchases

TRANSACTIONAL PURCHASE

• Challenges the expression of the needs (recasting of the cost, functional analysis, standardization ...)
• Consolidate needs at the appropriate level (global, local)
• Supports the definition of a functional specification (decision matrix for information request / quote, etc.)
• Performs information/quote requests
• Leads negotiations to select the best supplier (based on cost breakdown, total cost of ownership and risk elements)
• Manages contracts and their follow-up (customization, deployment, performance evaluation)
• Contributes to the mitigation of claims

COMPETITIVE WATCH

• Contributes to supplier market analysis by providing information on local suppliers
• Analyzes market trends (products, suppliers and customers) and cost drivers in the market of major suppliers.
• Establishes market benchmarks (customers, competitors, suppliers)
• Establishes the cost structure of the solution
• Identifies and proposes alternative solutions in the panel supplier of his or her factories

OPERATIONAL INVOLVEMENT

• Know how to work effectively with internal customers and stakeholders
• Use Excel & BI tool to oversee spend management of its perimeter

Your profile :

• Fluent in English and French
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in industrial purchasing
• Quick react and support to the local business
• Assume responsibility for actions, projects for which you are responsible for
• Take initiative, act with confidence
• Initiate Purchasing actions at local level
• Open to travel often (supplier visits/meetings)