Descrição
Solvay is a science company whose technologies bring benefits to many aspects of daily life. Our purpose—we bond people, ideas and elements to reinvent progress—is a call to go beyond, to reinvent future forms of progress and create sustainable shared value for all through the power of science. In a world facing an ever-growing population and quest for resources, we aim to be the driving force triggering the next breakthroughs to enable humanity to advance while protecting the planet we all share.
We bond with customers and partners to address today and tomorrow’s megatrends. As a global leader in Materials, Chemicals and Solutions, Solvay brings advancements in planes, cars, batteries, smart and medical devices, water and air treatment, to solve critical industrial, social and environmental challenges. You can count on our innovative solutions to contribute to safer, cleaner and more sustainable future.
Role Overview
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Job Overview and Responsibilities
Reporting to the Global Procurement Manager for Materials, the goal of the position is to manage a purchase portfolio of raw materials (8-10 MEUR), including, but not limited to:
- Securing raw materials on time and at most competitive pricing (lowest total cost of ownership) in line with business needs.
- Collaborating with the various internal stakeholders to ensure the GBU needs are fully considered and a TCO approach is deployed around the following tenets: Security of Supply, Quality, Competitiveness, Sustainability and Innovation.
- Drive limited scale continuous improvement projects within EMEA to improve the overall performance of the function
- Support Category Managers as needed and a part of on the job training/ development
Some of the key responsibilities are:
Obtain and maintain professional knowledge:
Follow market trends and evolutions within own domain, perform market research and identify and analyze potential suppliers.
Implements procurement strategies, and action plans in line with Solvay Procurement Process:
Execute projects and action plans after approval.
- Actively promote CSR/Sustainable Development strategy deployment.
Negotiate purchasing contracts in line with Solvay Procurement Process:
Prepare the negotiation (identify and check potential suppliers/subcontractors, develop the RFQ, and define the negotiatio strategy) in cooperation with Category Managers.
- Prepare and finalize the contracts with the suppliers.
- Manage purchasing contracts
- Deploy the contract within own perimeter and communicate the purchase contracts to all relevant stakeholders.
- Supplier Performance Management and associated reporting
- Propose, implement and follow up projects to optimize purchasing performance (total cost of ownership, synergies, number of suppliers ) in line with Solvay procurement performance guidance.
- Actively promote CSR/SD strategy deployment.
Performance Objectives
- Performance objectives are Cost (saving impacting P&L) Cash and beyond: Portfolio
Management, Contracting, Consolidation, Sustainability, E-auction
Education and Experience
- Degree in Chemistry, Economics, Business, Supply Chain or related field; MBA is a
plus 3-5 years, including experience in negotiations (procurement or sales) or extensive Supply Chain operations experience- Ability to work in a multicultural environment
Skills
- An accomplished negotiator with demonstrated success in situations where suppliers
may possess greater leverage- Strong verbal and written English communication & presentation skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Strategic and analytical skills
- Good process and analytical skills to understand market trends & raw materials environment
Behaviors and mindset
- Aligns with Solvay values/behaviors
- High level of autonomy/ self-starter
- Sets and achieves stretch goals; proactive in identifying & resolving challenges
- Performance obsessed Interaction & influence at all levels internally and with suppliers
- Ability to work in cross cultural and cross function environment
You will get:
Competitive salary
Health insurance
Life insurance
16 weeks of maternity/paternity and co-parenting leave
Free language courses (24 languages available)
Additional local benefits