Buyer + Purchasing Compliance Support

Airswift; Paris; Hybride; EUR 45 000 - 60 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

An international consulting firm is seeking a Buyer + Purchasing Compliance Support to develop and implement purchasing directives. Located in Nanterre, the role involves ensuring compliance with procurement governance and managing procurement needs for an annual budget of €6 million. The ideal candidate will have advanced skills in contract negotiation and supplier sourcing, with a focus on a digitally oriented profile. This role offers an opportunity to shape procurement strategy and performance in a dynamic market.

Qualifications

• Bilingual in French.
• Confirmed experience in project management and procurement compliance.
• Advanced skills in contract negotiation and performance management.

Responsabilités

• Develop and implement Purchasing Directives.
• Analyze and challenge purchasing needs with operational staff.
• Negotiate contracts and submit results for validation.
• Ensure compliance with procurement governance.

Connaissances

Project Management

Contract Negotiation

Procurement Compliance

Needs analysis

Supplier Sourcing

Performance Management

Description du poste

Overview

Airswift is currently looking for Buyer + Purchasing Compliance Support to work with our client oil and gas company.

Job Title: Buyer + Purchasing Compliance Support

Starting date: Oct/November 2025

Location: Mission based in Nanterre, France, Occasional remote

Duration: Purchase order - 3 months; Estimated duration of the mission - between 3 and 6 months

Mission Context

• A panel of around 200 suppliers for an annual purchasing budget of €6 million.
• A changing domestic fuel oil market and the firewood market in search of profitability, requiring fine cost management.
• Demanding procurement governance supported by to be implemented and enforced within the subsidiary.

Responsibilities and objectives

We are looking for expertise to develop and implement Purchasing Directives within Fioulmarket.fr, with the support of the Internal Legal Expert. The objective is to ensure that purchases comply with governance for any new purchase or renewal. We have to steer the Procurement Plan for the current year and prepare the following year's, by leading the Local Contracts Committee for the development and monitoring of the Procurement Plan as well as the monitoring of supplier performance. It is essential to develop, monitor and analyse performance indicators (KPIs) related to procurement activity and compliance with internal procedures. For each purchasing need identified, we must analyze and challenge the need with the operational staff, plan the consultation, write the specifications with the stakeholders, carry out supplier sourcing and launch consultations/calls for tenders. We also have to draft contracts with legal support, negotiate rates and clauses, present the results and submit to the management for validation. Finally, we must collect evidence of effective compliance with the Purchasing procedure.

Given our field of activity, it is desirable that the buyer has a digitally oriented profile.

Objectives and deliverables

• Ensure that purchases comply with the company Purchasing Directives.
• Effectively manage the subsidiary's Procurement needs (Procurement Plan) and prepare for the following year.
• Develop and monitor performance indicators (KPIs) related to procurement.
• Analyze and challenge purchasing needs with operational staff.
• Write specifications and launch consultations/calls for tenders.
• Negotiate contracts and submit results for validation.
• Collaborate with Management Control and Operational Departments for expenditure management.
• Be the privileged interlocutor of the Company's Purchasing Departments (TEMF and TGP).
• Contribute to the deployment of a new procurement management tool (optional).
• Update the contract database in the internal database.

Skills required

• Project Management - Confirmed
• Contract Negotiation - Advanced
• Procurement Compliance - Confirmed
• Needs analysis - Advanced
• Supplier Sourcing - Advanced
• Performance Management - Advanced

Language and profile

French - Bilingual

Profile Code: GLOBAL / Indirect Services / Support Services / Contract & Procurement / Consulting lv-2