Your future role

You'll ensure the effective performance for the Global Procurement Function and the achievement of service delivery requirements. Day-to-day, you will act as business partner to the Global Functions (Procurement, Supply Chain, Quality, Project Office), Procurement Head of Region/Country Leaders and SSO counterparts supervising, and ensuring effective procurement activities.

You’ll specifically manage individual performance, build teamwork, initiate, and drive continuous improvement within your team, but also take lead for new initiatives and asses staff training needs.

We’ll look to you for:

Team facilitation and Management:

• Ensure team animation in close link with Site Procurement Team Leaders & Directors
• Motivate, inspire and continuously develop your team in a multicultural interface to improve competencies
• Close link with Global Procurement (Commodity Manager (CM), Domain Director (DD)) to deploy Global strategies and have synergies
• Welcome the new resources and manage their local integration
• Responsible for their coaching by their senior colleagues
• Management of your cost center, ensure the adequate sizing of your team according to the business needs

Indirect Procurement performance:

• Bring procurement expertise to support local buyer team
• Challenge global sourcing (Commodity Manager (CM) / Commodity Director (CD)) to secure project execution and profitability in escalation phase
• Drive continuous improvement within whole local buyer team through APSYS Procurement
• Manage Supplier Local QCD performances
• Perform regular (min. Monthly) supplier QCD performance, solves major issues and secure objectives achievement

Project execution and profitability:

• Support local team to face commercial and contractual negotiation during project execution phase
• Challenge site stakeholders (engineering, supply chain, quality...) to secure project execution and profitability
• Track procurement performance in project and issue action plan in case of deviation
• Analyze risks and set appropriate mitigation plan
• Formalize and share return on experience on main issues

Operational excellence & Cash focus:

• Support supply chain to monitor and secure raw material inventory and On Time in Full (OTIF) objectives
• Support quality on Non Conformities Report treatment and improvement, Cost Of Non Quality (CONQ) S1 management
• Support accounting department to align on invoice accounting and payable days
• Participate actively on industrial continuous improvement

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Business Degree or similar complemented by a demonstrated track record
• Proficiency in written and spoken English
• Experience in a relevant position
• Consistent experience in Procurement area
• Leadership skills, analytical skills, very good communication and presentation skills, stakeholder management skills, and process-oriented mind-set
• ERP Systems (SAP)

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines
• Be part of a large team with over 800 professionals in HR, Finance and Procurement & Supply Chain
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
• Utilise our Agile, Responsible and Inclusive working environment
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning 
• Professional Development Plan – we offer great opportunities to develop yourself within the company
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential (Competitive Salary and Meal Vouchers, Flexible Benefits at your choice - on top of your salary, Holiday Bonuses (Easter, Christmas), Employee Loyalty Bonus, Reimbursement of telework expenses – for amount of days worked from home, Additional Bonuses - referral bonuses, /new-born bonus, discounts)
• Entitle to comprehensive and competitive social coverage (Life and Accident Insurance, Private medical subscription at Regina Maria and Private Pension)
• Work-life balance - we offer flexible working hours and a hybrid model of work (Working from Home 3 days/ week) and 25 days of annual leave

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