Procurement Category Manager France & Iberia
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Description:
FUNCTIONS
Our client is a global leader in innovative packaging solutions. You will join a dynamic team within a truly international working environment collaborating with plants in Spain, France, and Portugal.
Your Responsibilities:
* Strategy: Develop the necessary information related to the suppliers of your panel to elaborate and monitor your category strategy. Lead and execute Procurement strategies for the suppliers’ panel in your category.
* Sourcing: Initiate and lead regional sourcing processes to fulfill objectives of capacity, quality, price, time limit, service, and reliability.
* Negotiation: Craft negotiation strategies and close deals with optimal terms to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness.
* Contract Management: Develop, negotiate, and manage Procurement contracts and agreements.
* Stakeholders Management: Support plant project teams and partner with stakeholders to ensure clear requirements documentation.
* Troubleshooting: Manage and solve supplier-plant problems related to cost, quality, and delivery concerns.
* Database Management: Establish and update an approved supplier panel and create a centralized database for your procurement category.
Requisites:
* University degree, preferably in Engineering, Business Administration, Economics, or Supply Chain.
* Minimum 3 years in a similar position in the industrial sector (preferably in the packaging industry).
* Fluent in English, French, and Spanish (Portuguese would be a plus).
* Proficient in Office.
* Willingness to travel in France, Spain, and Portugal (up to 30-40%).
* Excellent soft skills, business and emotional intelligence, and exemplary work ethics.
* Ability to work with a high degree of self-responsibility and proven influential capabilities.
* Hands-on doer with an entrepreneurial spirit.
* Open-minded, autonomous & structured person.
* Negotiation skills and results orientation.
* Excellent problem-solving, project management, facilitation & interpersonal skills.
* Outstanding communication, initiative & creativity.
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