Open position

13/02/2012

GLOBAL LEAD BUYER, Gennevilliers

Job description

 

The Brake & Safety division will have 4 Global Lead Buyers whose reach will extend to all Brake & Safety entities.
 
The commodity managed by these Global Lead Buyers are :

- Electrical Harnesses, Pneumatic, Springs & Rubber ; Located in France, Amiens
- Casting & Forging (excl. Discs) ; Located in Gy, Witten
- Sheet metal & Welding ; located in It, Piossasco
- Machining ; located in the Cz Republic, Lekov in the first place, and possibly relocated to DIOSS after a while.
 
To be noted that a global Lead Buyer for Friction Pair (Discs+Pads) and one for MTB (Magnetic Track Brakes) are already in place
 
  • Define the strategy for each of his commodities and check their consistency  with the needs of the Activity, of the Projects and of the local plants
    • Segmenting the supplier panel between local and global suppliers
    • Segmenting the supplier panel per technologies 
    • Going Low Cost Country while considering the Total Cost of ownership
    • Define and manage the GCC specific to his commodities
    • Take parts to the  « Make or Buy » decision linked with its commodities
    • Ensure the Market intelligence and the technical surveillance for its commodities
    • Validate the Supplier Business awards
    • Validate any new supplier introduction into the panel
  • Structure the tools required to reach the group targets for his families
    • Develop the specific Purchasing tools (RFQ formats , costing sheets, sample contract,…)
    • Help the local teams in charge of its commodities
  • Implement  the actions in order to implement & deploy the strategy :
    • Realize or pilot the negotiations with the supplier of his commodities
    • Build the Sourcing Road Map
    • Follow up the local action plans
    • Participate to the local budgets construction specifics to the Commodities ; and consolidate at the corporate level
    • Follow up the KPI’s (Metrics) of the commodities
    • Take part to the standardisation (parts / raw material) and to the design rule definition
    • Manage with the local teams the supplier panel reduction in his commodities
    • Take part to the qualification / homologation of new suppliers to be integrated to the Supplier Panel as well as to the qualification process of strategic new components

Actively participate to the LCC sourcing in its 

  • commodity and in the localisation process.
  • Is involved into all the major tenders related to its commodity
  • Negotiate the main contracts
  • Build annual Negotiation plans with the global suppliers, and define together with Plant Purchasing Managers escalation plan
  • Make sure that the Strategy for the commodity is duly communicated & shared with the different stake holders :
    • Facilitate the communication among the local teams
    • Advertise the success stories and the best practices
  • Drive Quaterly Commodity reviews with the management and with local purchasing manager to validate the strategy, and share progress & action plans
  • Structure the tools required to reach the group targets for its families
    • Develop the specific Purchasing tools (RFQ formats , costing sheets, sample contract,…)
    • Help the local teams in charge of his commodities
  • Implement  the actions in order to implement & deploy the strategy :
    • Realize or pilot the negotiations with the supplier of its commodities
    • Build the Sourcing Road Map
    • Follow up the local action plans
    • Participate to the local budgets construction specifics to the Commodities ; and consolidate at the corporate level
    • Follow up the KPI’s (Metrics) of the commodities
    • Take part to the standardisation (parts / raw material) and to the design rule definition
    • Manage with the local teams the supplier panel reduction in his commodities
    • Take part to the qualification / homologation of new suppliers to be integrated to the Supplier Panel as well as to the qualification process of strategic new components

Actively participate to the LCC sourcing in his

  • commodity and in the localisation process.
  • Is involved into all the major tenders related to its commodity
  • Negotiate the main contracts
  • Build annual Negotiation plans with the global suppliers, and define together with Plant Purchasing Managers escalation plan
  • Make sure that the Strategy for the commodity is duly communicated & shared with the different stake holders :
    • Facilitate the communication among the local teams
    • Advertise the success stories and the best practices
  • Drive Quaterly Commodity reviews with the management and with local purchasing manager to validate the strategy, and share progress & action plans
  • Structure the tools required to reach the group targets for his families
    • Develop the specific Purchasing tools (RFQ formats , costing sheets, sample contract,…)
    • Help the local teams in charge of his commodities
  • Implement  the actions in order to implement & deploy the strategy :
    • Realize or pilot the negotiations with the supplier of his commodities
    • Build the Sourcing Road Map
    • Follow up the local action plans
    • Participate to the local budgets construction specifics to the Commodities ; and consolidate at the corporate level
    • Follow up the KPI’s (Metrics) of the commodities
    • Take part to the standardisation (parts / raw material) and to the design rule definition
    • Manage with the local teams the supplier panel reduction in his commodities
    • Take part to the qualification / homologation of new suppliers to be integrated to the Supplier Panel as well as to the qualification process of strategic new components

Actively participate to the LCC sourcing in his :

  • commodity and in the localisation process.
  • Is involved into all the major tenders related to his commodity
  • Negotiate the main contracts
  • Build annual Negotiation plans with the global suppliers, and define together with Plant Purchasing Managers escalation plan
  • Make sure that the Strategy for the commodity is duly communicated & shared with the different stake holders :
    • Facilitate the communication among the local teams
    • Advertise the success stories and the best practices
  • Drive Quaterly Commodity reviews with the management and with local purchasing manager to validate the strategy, and share progress & action plans

Position in the organization : 

 

See organisation Chart

Reports to (Solid Line) : Division Purchasing director

Reports to (Doted Line) : None

Reports (Solid Line) : None

Reports (DotedLine) : Local Purchasing team of his family

 

Profile description

 

We need both a strategic mind - able to build & structure a supply base globally - as well as a down-to-earth & hands-on person, able to conduct the changes and dive into the details of resourcing plans and road maps.
English is compulsory 
Reports to the B&S Activity Purchasing Director

Performances criteria : Defined & measured during individual annual interview

Purchase Price Variance/Index

Supplier PPM
 
Supplier OTD
 
SuRe Supplier reduction
 
COntract Coverage

Payment Terms

 

Contact

 

Location

Gennevilliers, HQ

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