Purchasing Manager

Normandy, France

RESPONSIBILITES:

  • Help improve margin on serial projects
  • Validate the project buyer’s final decision based on the components’ and materials’ “risk assessment” and price comparison
  • Definition and validation of the contractual documents
  • Regular report and exceptional versus management request
  • Validate the project buyer’s final decision based on the components’ and materials’ “risk assessment” and price comparison
  • Implement a new supplier list or make changes to the current list
  • Analyze and optimize company Spend on Direct Materials
  • Participate to Projects meetings if necessary (global project or purchasing level)
  • Definition of the price evolution hypothesis
  • Payment overdue management
  • Ensure that the project team meets all of the client’s expectations. Conduct supplier process audits, capacity assessments, and, if necessary, action plans with a company plant representative
  • Responsible of Maintenance of the data bases (IT system, excel sheet, access bases ..)
  • Identify and lead cost and operation improvements on direct materials
  • Argue for new or serial suppliers their entrance , position or exit in panel and attribution based her/his strategises
  • Provide assumption and update budget / forecast file
  • Control than price is updated when we are doing major serial business modification as resourcing / outsourcing / supplier main process change or all prices modification
  • Definition of the standard cost
  • Litigation negotiation if needed after escalation process
  • Identification of the forecasted volume

REQUIREMENTS:

  • Automotive experience
  • Fluent in French and English
  • Good team player
  • 4+ years purchasing experience
  • Good communication skills
  • Great knowledge of automotive experience
  • Bachelors/Master (preferably automotive or mechanical engineering)
  • Negotiation skills
  • Ability to work in cross functional groups

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    Zoe Boom
    Consultant - Industrials

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