Global Procurement Manager: Strategy, Sourcing & Leadership

10 TDW Sprl; Waals-Brabant; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

TDW is seeking a Manager, Procurement in Belgium to lead strategic sourcing, category management, and supplier relationships to ensure reliable, cost-effective supply for production and new product development.

This role drives supplier performance, inventory optimization, risk mitigation, and on-time delivery, partnering with cross-functional stakeholders and teams in Nivelles and Bisscheim, with travel up to 50%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business management, engineering, or a related field; MBA preferred.
• 7-10 years of demonstrated experience managing supply chain operations, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 2-5 years of leadership experience.
• Lean Six Sigma experience preferred; Green Belt certification is a plus.

Responsabilités

• Achieve cost-savings, on-time delivery, quality performance, and inventory objectives.
• Lead category management activities, including spend analysis, supplier scorecards, benchmarking, should-cost analysis, resourcing, value engineering, supplier capacity planning, and new-supplier qualification.
• Support new product development initiatives.
• Guide teams in responding to and resolving unanticipated customer expedite requests, quality issues, extended raw-material lead times, material availability constraints, and other supply disruptions to ensure successful customer delivery.
• Provide management with regular updates on the efficient flow of goods and services that affect service delivery or production.
• Ensure central category teams adopt established commercial and procurement practices, policies, and processes.
• Develop risk-management procedures that mitigate losses arising from supply shortages.
• Partner with TDW stakeholders to build the demand pipeline, capture and appropriately challenge business requirements, and provide feedback on compliance.
• Strengthen team capabilities in strategic sourcing, supplier management, inventory management, and data analysis.
• Develop, track, and report departmental KPIs, including year-over-year results.
• Set individual objectives; provide fair, constructive feedback; assess employee performance, training needs, development areas, and growth potential; and ensure identified training and development needs are addressed.

Connaissances

Leadership

Strategic sourcing

Category management

Data analysis

Excel proficiency

Stakeholder influence

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management or related

MBA preferred

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

ASCM CSCP/CPIM/CIPS certification

Outils

ERP systems

Microsoft Dynamics AX/365

Description du poste

TDW is seeking a Manager, Procurement in Belgium to lead strategic sourcing, category management, and supplier relationships to ensure reliable, cost-effective supply for production and new product development.

This role drives supplier performance, inventory optimization, risk mitigation, and on-time delivery, partnering with cross-functional stakeholders and teams in Nivelles and Bisscheim, with travel up to 50%.