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Assistant Chief Manager/Chief Manager - Indirect Procurement

10 - 15 years

10 - 15 Lacs

Posted:1 day ago| Platform: Foundit logo

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On-site

Job Type

Full Time

Job Description

The Indirect Procurement Lead is responsible to manage their supplier commodity panel with a strong financial QCD performance orientation

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop the regional panel under their responsibility, enforcing group and local conditions as required.
  • Develop and present the short/medium/long-term action plan for their commodity that meets the objectives of the Industry Procurement performance strategy.
  • Provide market data on their category.
  • Act as the global reference for the Sector on their categories.
  • Participate actively in the budget preparation of their commodity savings performance.
  • Participate actively in the LTP (Long-Term Plan) and budget preparation for the local procurement head.
  • Review supplier performance monitoring (scorecard, escalations, panel inputs/outputs).
  • Develop and maintain relationships with key panel suppliers, and develop John Cockerill C-Levels associated at suppliers.
  • Lead and propose cost optimization actions.
  • Manage the associated negotiations and lead the Sourcing coordination.
  • Develop savings actions roadmap for the panel under their responsibility and share/support the Lead Buyers community associated on savings actions.
  • Animate the Lead Buyers community associated on their categories and projects.
  • Manage annual and globalization negotiations.
  • Finalize the project buyer's negotiation (level 2) when needed.
  • Provide project buyers with a structured panel for the Indirect category.
  • Support management of series crisis actions (supply of product, quality issues, etc.).
  • Ensure the conformity/validity of purchasing data recorded in ERP and reported in iValua.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

  • Master's in Business and/or Engineering with emphasis or experience in Procurement or equivalent.
  • Experience:

    10-12 years of procurement experience in the Indirect category.
  • Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Must be able to assess the reasonableness of the analysis performed.
  • Must have good interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate with Engineering, Procurement, Top Management, and other plant and office personnel.
  • Strong negotiation skills, ability to perform under pressure.
  • Practical expertise in office systems such as

    Excel

    and ERP tools such as

    SAP

    and

    iValua

    (e.g., purchasing - projects).
  • Customer orientation, concern to offer a permanent quality service to internal clients.
  • At ease in a matrix organization and a support department.
  • Analytical mindset, ability to formalize, structure, and great rigor in work.
  • Agility in a changing professional environment.
  • Diplomacy, good communication skills, both oral and written, and ease in dealing with all types of interlocutors.
  • Very good team spirit and willingness to contribute to the team.
  • Reliability, integrity, honesty, discretion.
  • Comfortable with an international environment and multicultural aspects.
  • Fluency in English, both written and spoken. Fluency in other languages is a plus.

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