SENIOR INTELLECTUAL 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.
Context The client is undertaking a transformation of its purchasing methods for the Prestations Intellectuelles category, in order to better align with market practices while controlling the associated legal risks.
The operational PI Procurement processes will evolve accordingly. In parallel, the client is renovating its SI Achats, with an objective of internalization, robustness, and regulatory compliance.
The Prestations Intellectuelles category constitutes the client's primary expenditure category. It must be reviewed, optimized, and modernized as a priority.
In this capacity, you will be required to
- Perform a diagnostic of the existing situation
- Define the procurement strategy for the category
- Review the expenditure and supplier mapping
- Implement supplier referencing according to their typology (ESN, independents, portage salarial, matching platforms)
- Analyze profiles and current TJM
- Deploy best practices and adapt the Procurement policy via a best practices framework
- Set up new competence centers / services, with Procurement monitoring and management
- Present the strategy in the Procurement steering committee
- Support PI buyers and requesters in the implementation of the new strategy
- Manage sourcing until supplier contracting
- Integrate SI Achats issues into your recommendations
Expected Deliverables
- Supplier and expenditure mappings
- Presentation support for the steering committee
- Operational implementation of the action plan
Expected Deliverable from the service provider Formulate concrete, pragmatic, and directly applicable recommendations regarding the supplier referencing policy for the Prestations Intellectuelles category.
Requirements
- 10 years or more of experience in intellectual services procurement, including 3 to 5 years as a Category Manager
- Experience in the banking, financial sector, or a regulated company would be appreciated
- Leadership and ability to influence
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Strong risk culture
- Analytical mindset and rigor
- Sense of confidentiality
Tools
- Ivalua or equivalent solution
- ERP / accounting tool such as SAGE
- Advanced Excel / databases
Other
Job Description Client: Regulated financial group – La Défense (92)
Mission duration: 26/10/2026 to 30/06/2027 (estimated workload: 116 days) Desired start date: 26/10/2026 English: Fluent / professional required