Divsional Sourcing Project Leader

Atlas Copco; Antwerpen; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 140 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Culture of trust

Career growth

Innovative environment

Comprehensive benefits

Health & well-being

Résumé du poste

Atlas Copco in Belgium seeks a Divisional Sourcing Project Leader to optimize costs while maintaining quality and logistics performance. You will manage purchasing activities across international projects, lead cross‑functional teams, and drive supplier collaboration for long‑term value.

The role emphasizes project management, cost optimization, and stakeholder coordination in a global context, with a hybrid work arrangement at our Wilrijk premises.

Qualifications

• 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; motor process knowledge is a plus.

Responsabilités

• Analyse products, suppliers, and market alternatives to identify cost optimization opportunities.
• Translate divisional sourcing strategies into actions across product companies and project teams.
• Lead complex global sourcing projects delivering cost reductions and synergies.
• Define and monitor project schedules, milestones, and performance targets; ensure budgets.
• Interact with stakeholders and partners to secure resources and align expectations.

Connaissances

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Analytical mindset

Negotiation skills

Supply chain knowledge

Formation

Master’s degree in Engineering/Industrial Sciences/Economics

Description du poste

Your role

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.
• report project status, critical path risks, milestones, and proposed solutions to the organization to support decision making and target achievement.

To succeed, you will need

• 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.

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