Commodity Procurement Manager M/F

Your tasks

What will your daily activities be? As a Procurement Manager, your mission consists, supported by your team of procurement specialists, to:

• Develop talent and increase the skills of your team members
• Build and manage supplier relationships
• Guarantee the proper execution of procurement and transactional activities
• Update and ensure the compliance of purchasing data in the ERP
• Place orders on time
• Review order books
• Manage supplier disputes
• Ensure all related administrative tasks

Needs Management

• Analysis of internal needs, planning of OE & MRO orders, guaranteeing parts availability within deadlines

Supplier Management

• Disputes, returns, and coordination of non-conformities
• Implement operational performance improvement plans and act as the guarantor of their proper execution and effectiveness for commodity suppliers
• Identify, anticipate, and manage supplier risks

Flow Supervision

• Coordination with production and logistics to ensure continuity of operations.

Reporting

• Participation in meetings to represent the procurement function or escalation meetings to represent the commodity (delegated by the commodity manager)
• Preparation of reports and improvement plans

Management and Performance Steering

• Understanding of KPIs. Improvement and monitoring of KPIs (OTD, commit delivery date, processing of purchase requests).
• Process optimization - Diagnosing malfunctions
• Being able to apply permanent solutions while also ensuring short-term results
• Cross-functional communication - Ensuring the link with production, quality, purchasing, logistics, and strategic suppliers
• Supervising a team of procurement specialists with varied profiles
• Crisis management - Handling critical shortages
• Structuring routines: individual support for the team, weekly meetings
• Applying standards
• Working in partnership with supplier development teams

Requirements

Essential Skills

• Team management
• Ability to analyze activity data and performance indicators
• Ability to read, write, and speak professional English (C2 level)
• Knowledge of supply chain management methods
• Knowledge of the MRP process

Soft Skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects
• Good aptitude for organization, planning, and execution of action plans
• Rapid management of emergencies and shortages.
• Decision-making under pressure.

Desirable Skills

• Knowledge of load/capacity analysis and value chain analysis
• Leading continuous improvement projects
• Steering industrial transfers
• Procurement cost analysis.
• Lean Supply Chain methods
• Export control.
• Customs regulations