Lead Buyer General Industrial Services – Fos

Job title:

Lead Buyer General Industrial Services – Fos

Company

ArcelorMittal

Job description

Job Description:We are hiring a Lead Buyer for our General Industrial Services team in Fos-sur-Mer.About the RoleThe Lead Buyer plays a dual role for the Purchasing of General Industrial Services:

• Local role (Alpha): manage the team of General Industrial Services Buyers to purchase services links to his/her subcategory in his/her cluster.
• Transversal role (Beta): identify with the cluster Lead User the benchmark activities within the hub to transfer them across Europe (TCO, supplier panel, process management…).

Local and transversal approaches are combined by the definition of the Annual Project Portfolio built by the Lead Buyer for his hub in close cooperation with the Subcategory Management and other Lead Buyers.The Lead Buyer ensures that all requirements of his/her hub for the subcategory are fulfilled by his/her Buyers in due time with the best solution (Alpha role). The Lead Buyer also monitors key steps of projects conducted in other hubs for the specific activity he/she oversees (Beta role).Key ResponsibilitiesIn his/her Alpha role, and for his/her cluster, the Lead Buyer is responsible for:

• Deploying Health & Safety local policies and procedures.
• Managing his/her teams (daily management, GEDP process, salary evolution, evaluation …).
• Participating to HR processes (career committee – succession planning …) at his/her own cluster level.
• Ensuring communications with cluster stakeholders at his/her own cluster level.
• Defining list of projects to be done by his/her buyers for his/her own cluster (annual Project Portfolio) and saving objectives.
• Monitoring progress of projects according to plan for the buyers based in the cluster.
• Negotiating or supporting negotiation of contracts, selecting suppliers.
• Preparing, when necessary, files for the Investment Allocation Committee (IAC).
• Managing validation and signature process.
• Processing with Users Claims with high complexity and impact.
• Monitoring spot order procurement process executed by his/her buyers or by BCOE (partner in charge of low value spot orders).
• Evaluating the efficiency of his/her team.

In his/her Alpha role, and for his/her cluster, the Lead Buyer also participates to:

• Monitoring and evaluating of the supplier panel of the subcategory.
• Informing users about contracts.
• Defining and executing contract deployment plan.
• Deploying EPO improvement projects (tools, processes…).
• Certification audits (ISO, safety, environment …).

In his/her Beta role, for his/her specific activity and for all clusters, the Lead Buyer:

• Defines the purchasing strategy based on Market Knowledge and User inputs for all clusters, with support of the Subcategory Head and other Lead Buyers.
• Deploys the strategy through the definition of a 3-5 years Master Plan across all clusters.
• Participates to the definition of Project Portfolio of other Lead Buyers.
• Manages supplier panel and relation with Key Accounts.
• Develops with Lead Users standard specifications, price list, TCO approach…
• Compares cost between sites and updates benchmark.
• Monitors key steps of projects: definition of objectives (kick-off meeting), list of suppliers to be consulted, definition of cost target, technical alignment when offers are in English, selection of suppliers short list, final negotiation rounds and selection of supplier.
• Is informed of contract reviews and gives support for complex claims with high financial impact.
• Evaluates the results of the strategy deployment.

Your ProfileYou have problem-solving, analytical skills and good ease facing numbers.
You have a good technical knowledge of contracts and targeted systems but also in project management and negotiation.
You can discuss technical topics and implement and manage the change. You demonstrate leadership and communication skills. You have an appetite for finding information about innovative industry.
Result and Customer oriented, you can work under deadline pressure.
Knowledge of quality management norms (ISO 9001…) would be a plus.
English and French language. Any additional European language is a plus.You hold a master’s degree in purchasing, engineering, economics, supply chain or equivalent.Minimum 5 years of experience in procurement and management.About Us:ArcelorMittal is the world’s leading steel and mining company, with a presence in 60 countries and primary steelmaking facilities in 16 countries. In 2022, ArcelorMittal had revenues of $79.8 billion and crude steel production of 59.0 million metric tonnes, while iron ore production reached 45.3 million metric tonnes. Our purpose is to produce ever smarter steels that have a positive benefit for people and planet. Steels made using innovative processes which use less energy, emit significantly less carbon and reduce costs. Steels that are cleaner, stronger and reusable. Steels for electric vehicles and renewable energy infrastructure that will support societies as they transform through this century. With steel at our core, our inventive people and an entrepreneurial culture at heart, we will support the world in making that change. This is what we believe it takes to be the steel company of the future. ArcelorMittal is listed on the stock exchanges of New York (MT), Amsterdam (MT), Paris (MT), Luxembourg (MT) and on the Spanish stock exchanges of Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid and Valencia (MTS).For more information about ArcelorMittal please visit:About the Team:Do you want to make an impact? We’re looking for talented people to join a global community. ArcelorMittal is the world’s leading steel company. Our material is part of the fabric of life. Our purpose – and the reason why we exist – is to create smarter steels for people and planet. Help us develop the material that tomorrow’s world will be made of. In return, we offer endless career opportunities, international experiences in a diverse, multi-cultural organisation, working with leading experts, and lifelong learning through the ArcelorMittal University.As a global player and buyer of goods and services, EPO leverages technical excellence to develop best Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) solutions to our internal clients, commonly called “users,” to secure ArcelorMittal’s supply chain. We negotiate the purchases of contracts and products and services for the group mills worldwide, designing and implementing relevant strategies to anticipate market evolutions and establish transformation programs to optimize the purchasing processes and performances.Part of ArcelorMittal Europe Flat Products, the European Procurement Organization (EPO) was established in November 2015 following a re-organization of the European Purchasing Platform (EPP) and site-based local purchasing teams. A combined procurement organization was created, connecting global- and hub-based categories, which are more geared towards local needs.As a group and across EPO, we are driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for excellence. We reward boldness, value curiosity and see the opportunities in challenges. Never content to stand still, we are on a journey that aims to push the boundaries of possibility in our industry.In EPO, we are on a mission to become a best-in-class procurement organization in support the group’s journey towards “Smarter steels for people and planet”.

Expected salary

Location

Fos-sur-Mer, Bouches-du-Rhône

Job date

Sat, 09 Nov 2024 23:25:48 GMT

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