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Location: 

Courbevoie, FR, 92400

Function:  Purchasing
Employment type:  Full Time
Required experience:  Experienced - over 5 years
Reference ID:  74776

Business Unit Purchasing Manager

Job Description

Position:   Business Unit Purchasing Manager

 

Organization

  • PCABU : Power Distribution Cables & Accessories Business Unit (400M€, 1500 employees, sales in 90 countries)
  • Department : Purchasing/Operations
  • Location : Paris, Donchery FR, Erembodegem BL
  • Supervisor : Operations Director

 

Context

 

Purpose

The Business Unit Purchasing manager will oversee the following activities on the Business Unit for which he/she is responsible:

  • Manages a Business Unit purchasing team distributed geographically across all the sites of this same Business Unit (France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, CZ)
  • Supports the definition of the category / business unit strategy, in line with the vision of the group, their Business Unit, and ensure the alignment of group / BU / site practices.
  • Is responsible for and reports to the Operations Director on the performance and all the BU's purchasing activities, focusing on P&L savings and cash improvements executions (Annual Spend – 190M€)
  • Is directly responsible for supplier management of components for power accessories, to coordinate with the local purchasing teams, and organize category management in line with BU objectives
  • Functionally reports to the Business Group Europe and Asia-Pacific Chief Purchasing Officer on the performance and all the Purchasing activities related to its scope of responsibility within the BU
  • Supports Operations / Supply Chain for quality and Logistic issues and define actions plan with suppliers to prevent reoccurrence of these issues
  • Is responsible for the performance, development and training of the members of his team (Site Purchasing leader located at plants level) and the evaluation of the individual performances.
  • Is in charge of BU Purchasing: coordinates Local Purchasing of the sites and the management of local suppliers: the total expenditure of 50   000 to 250 000 €): reassessment of needs, launch of RFI, RFQ, contracting, implementation and monitoring of continuous improvement plans.
  • For Purchases> € 250,000, he/she is responsible for the Purchasing performance and the implementation of purchasing strategies, contracts and / or agreements negotiated by the Group. Works and returns requirements to non-production purchasing COE for all purchases over 250 000 €
  • Is the escalation level for the purchasers for the site (s) for which it is responsible (<€ 50,000).
  • Has a strong interface with the Category managers
  • Guarantees the implementation of transversal initiatives of Nexans Group Purchasing

 

Areas of responsibility

 

STRATEGY & MANAGEMENT

  • Establishes the strategy for Purchasing and Supplier Panels on expenses from 50 to 250k €  
  • Implements the execution plan at its scope in its Business Unit
  • Coordinates the execution and deployment of his team's action plans
  • Fully implements the purchase process locally and ensure that his team applies it to his team level
  • Contributes to the identification and reduction of risks related to local purchases and aggregates risks for the entire team

 

TRANSACTIONAL PURCHASE

  • Challenges the expression of the needs (recasting of the cost, functional analysis, standardization ...)
  • Consolidates needs at the appropriate level (global, local)
  • Supports the definition of a functional specification (decision matrix for information request / quote, etc.)
  • Defines the panel of suppliers for consultation
  • Performs information / quote requests
  • Leads negotiations to select the best supplier (based on cost breakdown, total cost of ownership, risk , Quality, CO2 impact and OWC (Operating working Capital) elements
  • Manages contracts and their follow-up (customization, deployment, performance evaluation)
  • Contributes to the mitigation of claims

 

COMPETITIVE WATCH

  • Contributes to supplier market analysis by providing information on local suppliers
  • Analyzes market trends (products, suppliers and customers) and cost drivers in the market of major suppliers.
  • Establishes market benchmarks (customers, competitors, suppliers)
  • Establishes the cost structure of the solution
  • Identifies and proposes alternative solutions in the panel supplier of his or her factories

 

OPERATIONAL INVOLVEMENT

  • Know how to work effectively with internal customers and stakeholders
  • Ensure purchasing processes compliance
  • Oversees the economy plan of its perimeter
  • Designs and deploys a dashboard to monitor expenses, unit cost, volume by entity
  • Alert and/or support the BU activities in case of a “supplier low performance or default

Expected results (What is the expected contribution of the position? What are the main objectives and expected results linked to objectives?)
  • Contributes to the PCABU P&L through cash savings and purchasing operations efficiency
  • Identify monopole suppliers and define actions plan across a 3 years strategy plan
  • Ensures the deployment and application of the group contract at the level of its scope and its Business Unit
  • Encourages effective multi-site application
  • Effectively coordinates the results with the purchasing team and entities of the Business Unit / Business Group are produced

 

Position sizing

  • 5 direct reports + externalized Purchasing Shared Services

 

Required skills and qualifications

  • Speaks fluently English
  • Is mobile
  • Learns continuously on the job as a purchaser and develops knowledge to be

 

Lead and decide

  • Make quick and clear decisions that can involve difficult choices
  • Assume responsibility for actions, projects for which he is responsible
  • Take initiative, act with confidence
  • Initiates and generates activity

 

Work with people

  • Demonstrates interest and understanding of others
  • Adapts to the BU purchasing team of which he is a part and strengthens the team spirit
  • Recognizes the contribution of others
  • Listens, consults with others and proactively communicate
  • Supports and take care of others

 

Provide results and meet customer expectations

  • Focus on needs and customer satisfaction
  • Sets high standards for quality and quantity
  • Works methodically

 

Entrepreneurial thinking and performance

  • Keeps abreast of vendor information and market trends
  • Identifies business opportunities for the organization
  • Demonstrates a financial conscience

 

Analytical mind

  • Analyzes digital data, verbal data and all other sources of information.
  • Divides information into components, models and relationships
  • Seeks additional information or a better understanding of a problem
  • Produces practical solutions to a range of problems
  • Understands how a problem can be part of a much larger system.

 

Master the value chain of purchases and more specifically:

  • Sourcing and e- sourcing platform
  • Trading techniques (electronic auctions, trading strategies, physical auctions ...)
  • Contract management and deployment

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