Divisional Sourcing Project Leader

Atlas Copco Airpower N.V.; Antwerpen; Hybride; EUR 70 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Culture of trust and accountability

Lifelong learning and career growth

Innovation powered by people

Comprehensive compensation andBenefits

Health and well-being

Résumé du poste

Atlas Copco Airpower N.V. in Wilrijk, Belgium, is seeking a Divisional Sourcing Project Leader to reduce product cost while upholding quality, logistics performance, and technical feasibility.

You will manage purchasing and sourcing across international projects, reporting to the team leader sourcing. You will lead global sourcing initiatives, coordinate cross-functional teams, and drive cost reductions and supplier optimization while ensuring compliance and on-time delivery.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience as purchaser or SQA Engineer.
• Master’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Sciences, Economics, or equivalent.
• Strong project management and stakeholder coordination skills.
• Analytical and data-driven mindset with negotiation abilities.
• Knowledge of production, logistics, or supply chain processes; relevant domain knowledge is a plus.

Responsabilités

• Analyze products, suppliers, and market alternatives to identify cost optimization opportunities and benchmark sourcing performance.
• Translate divisional sourcing strategies and purchasing excellence into actions across product companies and project teams.
• Lead complex global sourcing projects delivering cost reductions, innovation and synergies across entities.
• Define, communicate, and follow up on project schedules, milestones, lead times, audits, specifications, and cost improvement objectives.
• Interact with internal stakeholders and external partners to secure resources and ensure project execution within budget and timing constraints.
• Collaborate with suppliers to optimize product design, production processes, quality performance, and logistics efficiency; promote long-term supplier partnerships.
• Act as a driver of change within sourcing projects; facilitate cross-functional collaboration and share best practices.
• Ensure compliance with BCOP, environmental and safety targets; contribute ideas to reduce energy consumption and improve conditions.
• Report project status, risks, milestones, and proposed solutions to support decision-making.

Connaissances

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Analytical mindset

Negotiation skills

Sourcing knowledge

English communication

Formation

Master’s degree in Engineering

Economics or Industrial Sciences

Description du poste

As a Divisional Sourcing Project Leader, your mission is to reduce product cost while ensuring high standards in quality, logistics performance, and technical feasibility. You are responsible for managing purchasing and sourcing activities within international projects across multiple entities, commodities, and product families. You will report to the team leader sourcing.

You will

• analyse products, suppliers, and market alternatives to identify cost optimization opportunities and benchmark sourcing performance against other divisions and competitors.
  
• translate divisional sourcing strategies and purchasing excellence expectations into concrete actions across product companies and project teams.
• lead complex global sourcing projects aimed at delivering cost reductions, innovation and operational synergies across entities.
• define, communicate, and follow up on project schedules, working plans, milestones, and performance targets, including lead times, audits, supply specifications, and cost improvement objectives.
• interact with internal stakeholders and external partners to secure resources, align expectations, and ensure project execution within agreed budget and timing constraints. As global sourcing project leader, you monitor project performance continuously and implement corrective actions when required to maintain progress and efficiency.
• collaborate with suppliers to optimize product design, production processes, quality performance, and logistics efficiency, with the objective of minimizing total cost of ownership. You create an environment in the buyer-supplier relationship that setups for long term success/sustainable growth. You also actively research new suppliers, technologies, and sourcing markets while promoting buy-in across the organization for the qualification of new solutions.
• act as a driver of change within sourcing projects. You facilitate cross-functional and cross-entity collaboration, including lean initiatives, best practice sharing, and methodology improvements. You participate in global meetings related to commodity strategies and sourcing activities, respecting the geographical and cultural diversity of stakeholders.
• ensure within every project compliance with BCOP, environmental, and safety targets while actively contributing ideas to reduce energy consumption and improve working conditions.
• reportproject status, critical path risks, milestones, and proposed solutions to the organization to support decision making and target achievement.

To succeed, you will need

You have 3-5 years of experience, working as a purchaser or SQA Engineer.

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Sciences, Economics, or equivalent through experience
• Strong project management and stakeholder coordination skills
• Analytical and data-driven mindset with good negotiation abilities
• Knowledge of production, logistics, or supply chain processes; controller, drive and/or electrical motor process knowledge is a plus
• Professional English communication skills with a feel for diplomacy

In return, we offer

• Culture of trust and accountability
• Lifelong learning and career growth
• Innovation powered by people
• Comprehensive compensation and benefits
• Health and well-being

Job location

Hybrid
This role offers a hybrid working arrangement, allowing you to split your time between working remotely and being on-site at our premises in Wilrijk, Belgium.

Contact information

Atlas Copco delivers innovative products and solutions that help businesses grow and drive progress. Our portfolio spans compressed air and gas systems and treatment, vacuum solutions, industrial power tools, assembly systems, and power and flow solutions. We bring a commitment to long-term success built on expertise, reliable service, and uptime. When you level up to the Atlas Copco experience you enter a partnership based on quality, sustainability, and ease of collaboration. The technology we bring, and the decades of experience support the future-proofing of your business. Atlas Copco is a brand within Atlas Copco Group.