Non-IT Professional Services Buyer M/F
About the company
EPSA is a European group, a specialist in performance. We optimize the financial, operational, and sustainable results of our clients.
Recognized for our technical know-how and the diversity of our business expertise. Our solutions platform is built around procurement performance, innovation financing, and the energy and environmental transition.
Present in about forty countries, with 3,200 committed employees and a net turnover of €500M, we are the reference partner for any organization wishing to improve its productivity and profitability.
Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire for positive impact, we rely on the diversity of our expertise to strengthen performance.
Your tasks
- Supporting the financial performance of companies by optimizing all social and tax charges, by supporting innovation financing, searching for subsidies, or managing financial risks.
- Operational support for all key functions or company transformation projects: Procurement, Digital & IT, Operations & Supply Chain, Transformation.
- Strengthening savings searches (costs, process optimization...) by providing our best experts or relevant outsourcing solutions.
Finally, we know how to meet environmental performance challenges, ranging from ESG regulatory dimensions, energy performance plans, or sustainable mobility, to the definition and implementation of true CSR, climate, or decarbonization strategies.
Main Missions
- Manage the entire procurement process for non-IT professional services categories.
- Collect and challenge the needs of internal clients.
- Develop and deploy procurement strategies adapted to each category.
- Launch and manage tenders, consultations, and negotiations.
- Select, contract, and monitor suppliers.
- Ensure supplier performance monitoring and risk management.
- Identify and implement levers for optimizing costs, quality, and lead times.
- Collaborate closely with business, legal, and financial teams.
Procurement Scope
- HR Services
- Consulting / Consulting
- Temporary Staffing
- Financial services and law firms
- Engineering and technical assistance services
- Marketing & Communication
Requirements
- Higher education (Master's degree in Procurement, Business, Engineering, or equivalent).
- 8 to 10 years of experience minimum in non-IT professional services procurement.
- Solid mastery of sourcing, tendering, and negotiation techniques.
- Proven experience in several of the mentioned categories.
- Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Autonomy, rigor, and result-oriented mindset.
- Fluent English indispensable (exchanges and negotiations in an international context).
Other
Job Description Context As part of the strengthening of its Procurement teams, our client is looking for a Non-IT Professional Services Buyer (M/F). You will work on a varied portfolio of service provisions and support business departments in their strategic and operational procurement needs. ⟦IMG0⟧