HEAVY TRUCK PURCHASING MANAGER M/F
About the company
A major player in the independent distribution of spare parts and supplies for the automotive and heavy truck repair market, Alliance Automotive Group, a member of the US-listed Genuine Parts Company (GPC) group, is looking to strengthen its Purchasing department by recruiting a Heavy Truck Purchasing Manager on a CDI basis, located in Levallois-Perret (92), as part of a replacement!
Your tasks
Under the responsibility of the Purchasing Director dedicated to our Heavy Truck product families, you will be in charge of and will manage your purchases across this entire scope. Your mission will be to negotiate framework supplier contracts as well as manage direct tenders with total autonomy. The position revolves around these main daily missions:
- Management of direct purchasing conditions for our members
- Management of purchasing conditions for warehouses
- Negotiation of group and individual RFA (year-end rebates)
- Launching regular tenders
On this occasion, here are your missions in detail
- Prepare the Commercial Agreement Protocol with purchasing assistants and negotiate annual contracts
- Source and implement new suppliers in national or regional warehouses
- For our platforms, your mission will be to define the brands stocked and perform profitability analyses (stock, purchase prices, selling prices, rates)
- Create supplier synergies in collaboration with your European counterparts
- Launch and ensure the management and follow-up of tenders
- Ensure continuous monitoring of the purchasing field: meet potential suppliers and benchmark products/conditions
- Be responsible for the category's MDD: define ranges, negotiate purchase prices, select suppliers, and make selling price recommendations in collaboration with marketing
- Develop and monitor the category's purchasing strategy: the department monitors purchasing turnover, the budget (turnover and margin) and product monitoring, conducts turnover reviews with suppliers, and evaluates them according to a QCD (to be implemented)
- Drive the implementation of EDI invoicing with suppliers
- Participate in various events: internal commissions, trade fairs, events
Requirements
Coming from a business school background (with a specialization in purchasing), you already have significant similar experience (purchasing management) in a company within the specialized distribution sector. You are an adaptable, flexible, rigorous, and organized person, and you have worked with multiple internal clients. You have a strong commercial appetite and real abilities to close deals. On the commercial side, you are tenacious, an excellent negotiator, and know how to use your interpersonal skills to achieve your objectives. Professional English, both written and spoken, is indispensable.
What we offer
Variable bonus based on objectives, possibility of teleworking 2 days per week, approximately 12 JAC per year, additional retirement scheme. Attractive company restaurant, high-quality family health insurance, dynamic CSE. Professional opportunities, a dynamic group, and management that fosters strong professional relationships based on mutual trust, allowing everyone to release their full potential and autonomy. Tight-knit teams and a company committed to Diversity and Inclusion.