COUNTRY PURCHASING MANAGER -

• Knowledge / Qualification

• Previous Experience (If relevant)

• Key technical competencies

• Key behavioural competencies (on top of PO Group competencies)

• Other requirements

• Bachelor of Engineering or Science or Business School with purchasing speciality

Minimum of 10 years’ experience and 5 years in purchasing. Knowledge of project management in automotive or plastic business

• Purchasing knowledge
• Technical negotiations
• Companies & commercial laws
• Project management
• Finance & cash management
• Logistics (consignment, VMI incoterms, Customs Clearance basics)
• Crisis Management
• English fluent

• Good ability for communication
• Leadership
• Team playing
• Customer oriented
• Rigor & result oriented

• Multitask abilities
• Flexibility and  resilience

Missions

• Missions

• KPI and/or main deliverables

• Leads her/his team activities
• Budget : Coordinates the continuous improvement of budget forecasted, defines the hours budget per year of the Purchasing team and reports the budgetary follow-up
• Leads and participates to workshop for process improvement : OPTIMAP, OPTISUP, KEOPS, business standards operating
• Is responsible for the good use of tools in her/his group. Ensures procedures, rules and best practices are respected
• Is responsible for the supplier performance activity  and ensures that Q, C, T, P targets are reached  complying with company rules
• Ensure Supplier issues are managed effectively  and anticipate risks.
• Manages the teams  who are under his/her authority
• Animates the improvement plan of the department
• Reports to the Purchasing Department for all activities of the department and communicates on performances achieved

• Gap to target, PPAP on time, tier2 readiness, project hours management (status & forecast), contribution to cash in/cash out, work packages OPTIMAP convergence, Customer ppm, Supplier ppm, NCN management, adherence to project plan, Green (non-event) launches.

Activities

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT

• Manages team load according to the department priorities and individuals competencies
• Draws up and deploys progress plan to improve the competencies of the team under his/her responsibility.
• Defines, monitors and supports target achievements for the team according to the company priorities related to the department.
• Ensures that the evaluation of performance of his/her teams and the training plan are effectively achieved.

PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

• Arbitrates decision and convinces other departments managers of best choices for PO global results
• Leads the continuous improvement of the budgetary reference tables, establishes the annual hours budgets of the Department, and reports on budget monitoring.
• Supports/leads complex negotiations with suppliers
• Supports the reduction of PPM, Demerits, NCN’s and CNQ.
• Masters the development systems in use
• Participates with continuous improvement managers and PMO team to the metier process improvement: OPTIMAP, KEOPS, purchasing and supplier quality standards - Ensures the team is using all tools and promotes their deployment.
• Contributes to purchasing strategies and deploys in his/her scope ensuring coordination with other departments within or out of Purchasing

Specific Local Activities (if relevant)

Within the framework of his/her missions, the holder has to apply or make the Integrated Management System (Quality, environment, safety) apply.

• Ensure Supplier readiness for his/her scope (BOM, T&E, Process means …)  
• Ensures quality of milestones reporting and prepares Deep Red Points meetings.
• Mandate application of Supplier APQP methods and Tools.

COMMODITY specific

• supplier panel analysis and development
• commodity strategies
• commodity negotiations (savings, exceptional rebates, budget preparation …)