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We empower everyone to make the most of our energy and resources, ensuring Life Is On everywhere, for everyone, at every moment. Along the way, we create and provide equal opportunities for everyone, everywhere. We continuously create an inclusive environment and welcome people from all walks of life. We are empowered to do our best and innovate, while living our unique life and work. Together, we dare to disrupt and turn our bold ideas into reality.

Mission/About the role:

This role will be responsible for purchasing activities for a given commodity and to ensure the operational relations with suppliers within the strategy defined in cross functional team and the respect of the contracts on the field (plant, entity); take part in the negotiation process regarding price level, and / or quantity, quality, logistic level; track and report key elements/data on supplier performance.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure the application of the commodity strategy and align on the key supplier’s panel.
• Propose productivity actions (Negotiations, Change of Suppliers, Quality Value Engineering) within his/her perimeter in consistency with commodity strategy.
• Identify new technologies/suppliers, characterize gaps between needs & current panel.
• Provide local market intelligence and new products launch requirements to build sourcing strategies.
• Share key choices with commodity managers/cross functional team.
• Manage supplier consultation & selection, according to commodity strategy.
• Manage supply qualification; negotiate and manage contracts/agreements with local/specific suppliers (price, delivery, terms and conditions, ..)
• Monitor and ensure competitive material cost to meet product target cost (design/redesign to cost).
• Participate to cost estimation.
• Get and analyze supplier quotes.
• Contribute to the procurement database update by providing necessary information to commodity managers / supplier leaders / plants update database of spend; update specific basis.
• First escalation level for supplier crisis management.
• Implement the quality and cost reduction objective related to action plan/productivity program.