Industrial Purchasing Manager H/F - PSA Retail France SAS

Missions:

Act as the Purchasing Representative for a plant (and vice versa)
Member of the plant Director board, dedicated to the plant and located on site.
Ensure that any major purchasing topic for the plant is handled by central purchasing (anticipation and escalation role).
Depending on the manufacturing pool organization, the IPM scope could be enlarged to several plants with the target to globalize some supplier contracts and increase savings.

Ensure and enhance purchasing performance towards the plant, with a strong focus on commercial cost reduction
Responsible to drive the purchasing performance for the benefit of the carlines or engines produced by the plant
Animation of action plan related to commercial savings
Identify any new opportunity to bring cost savings (Monozukuri workshops, Top Supplier Meetings, Audits,...) and ensure their achievement
Support Commodity Strategy providing plant specific input
Support the plant for the ISO certification process for indirect purchasing matters

Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives with suppliers
Ensure that logistics, quality or service issues are handled correctly by central purchasing and escalate if necessary
Manage the recovery of logistics, indirect and quality claims
Hold a reinforced role towards local Suppliers (especially just in time Suppliers and service)

Contribute to strategic sourcing decisions
Participate in elaboration and execution the Plant Want To Be, Sourcing Strategy, Make-or-buy, Sequencing and Supplier Ecosystem.
Contribute to the launch of new programs on site, together with Program Purchasing Managers.

Interfaces with other Group entities:
All the plant departments, Corporate Purchasing, Engineering (programs), Supply Chain, Finance, IPM network, Program Purchasing Manager

Main activity monitoring KPI
Economic purchasing performance
Suppliers quality and logistics performance
Re-/Sourcing performance

Attention points :
Position located in the Plant
Member of Plant Leadership Board
English + national language is mandatory
Experience in Transversal management, with purchasing &/or supplier relationship background is a key point

Skills expected :

- Fluent in English (C1 degree)
- Master's degree in business, with Engineering background
- 3 to 5 years of purchasing experience
- IT: SAP, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Co-Pilot