Experienced Industrial Buyer M/F

Your missions

Reporting to the Purchasing Manager, your main responsibilities will be:

• Develop and manage a panel of suppliers in France and internationally, with sourcing distributed between France, Europe, and Asia.
• Identify new partners and explore new international sourcing opportunities.
• Build, in collaboration with internal teams, purchasing and supply chain strategies adapted to different projects and offers.
• Analyze needs and provide a critical perspective on requests, ensuring their technical and economic consistency.
• Participate in drafting specifications and consult suppliers in accordance with technical requirements and the purchasing strategy.
• Analyze and challenge supplier offers.
• Negotiate prices, lead times, commercial, logistical, and contractual conditions.
• Participate in contracting and the monitoring of supplier commitments.
• Conduct or manage supplier audits and evaluations.
• Monitor supplier performance and implement necessary improvement actions.
• Act as the point of contact for supplier relationships, ensuring their development and sustainability.
• Work in close collaboration with technical, quality, production, projects, and sales teams.

Your profile

Above all, we are looking for a personality capable of evolving in a technical, industrial, and international environment, with a real capacity to take initiative.

Ideally, you have:

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in technical purchasing, an industrial environment, or a sector with a strong technical dimension.
• A solid ability to understand and challenge technical issues.
• Proven experience in negotiation and supplier management.
• Fluent English, indispensable for evolving in an international context.
• Real autonomy, curiosity, and a strong taste for negotiation.
• The ability to maintain a high-level perspective while remaining operational.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a true ability to work in a team.
• Open-mindedness, adaptability, and good communication skills.
• A good ability to manage priorities and several subjects simultaneously.
• The ability to undertake occasional travel in France and internationally, depending on needs and sourcing areas.

Beyond your background, we are looking for a committed, autonomous, and proactive person who wishes to be part of a growth project and actively participate in the structuring and scaling up of the Purchasing function.

• Mobility for international travel (15 to 20% of the time) to meet suppliers.

Job conditions

• Contract: CDI
• Salary: 45/55kEUR gross depending on your experience + variable
• Start date: As soon as possible

Interested in this opportunity?

Please send us your CV.