Industrial Buyer (M/F)

About the company

TALENTS ADV-SUPPLY, a national recruitment firm specializing in ADV, Sales Assistance, Import/Export, Customer Relations, Logistics, Transport, Purchasing, and Supply Chain professions.

Your tasks

Reporting to management, you will take charge of a strategic portfolio of suppliers and manage the purchasing process, from the definition of needs to performance monitoring.

• Define and implement the purchasing strategy
• Manage a portfolio of French and international suppliers.
• Search for, select, and evaluate suppliers and subcontractors
• Develop and maintain relationships with suppliers
• Ensure the follow-up of orders, deadlines, and supplies, with internal teams
• Define and develop your supplier panel in collaboration with technical and quality teams
• Negotiate prices, commercial conditions, and contracts to obtain the best compromise between cost, quality, and deadline
• Identify new sources of supply and participate in securing the supply
• Analyze developments in supplier markets and participate in controlling purchasing costs
• Drive continuous improvement plans
• Guarantee data reliability in the ERP and perform reporting on your activity
• Implement and monitor purchasing performance indicators: savings achieved, service rate, supplier quality, deadlines, stocks. Anticipate supply-related risks and implement action plans
• Collaborate closely with production, quality, logistics, maintenance, R&D, and finance teams
• Support a team of buyers/supply planners in their missions

Requirements

Profile Description You are, above all, an experienced industrial buyer, capable of communicating with technical interlocutors and negotiating in an international environment.

You possess

• A degree in General Engineering or a technical-oriented field (imperative)
• Successful experience in industrial purchasing.
• Good command of English, both spoken and written.
• Experience gained within an industrial SME, where autonomy, pragmatism, and versatility are essential.
• Strong skills in negotiation, cost analysis, and supplier relationship management.
• Leadership and interpersonal skills allowing you to work effectively with internal and external interlocutors.
• You enjoy demanding industrial environments and know how to build lasting relationships with your suppliers while defending your company's interests.

Other

Travel to suppliers, mainly internationally, is to be expected (approximately once a month).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Position to be filled in CDI, as soon as possible
• Teleworking: maximum 1 day per week
• Executive status (Cadre)
• Remuneration: 45-50 k€ gross annual fixed, over 13 months
• Benefits: mileage allowances, CSE, profit-sharing and participation schemes </body>