Category Buyer ETO - Bushings and Magnetic Cores

Schneider Electric North America; Metz; Hybride; EUR 50 000 - 70 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A global energy management firm is looking for a Category Buyer to oversee the procurement of magnetic cores and bushings. This role involves key responsibilities such as managing supplier relationships, negotiating agreements, and implementing strategies to optimize supplier performance. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in procurement, particularly in the transformer business, and skills in stakeholder management. This position offers competitive benefits in a hybrid work setting.

Prestations

Competitive compensation package

Annual bonus

Hybrid work setup

Continuous development and learning opportunities

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in procurement, preferably in transformer business.
• Ability to influence and manage stakeholders effectively.
• Strong customer focus with knowledge of supply chain processes.

Responsabilités

• Act as main SPOC for suppliers, driving business continuity.
• Manage and negotiate with suppliers for magnetic cores and bushings.
• Implement procurement strategies and assess supplier competitiveness.

Connaissances

Negotiation

Supplier relationship management

Supplier base development

Analytical thinking

Technical acumen

Fluency in English

Formation

Degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering

Outils

Microsoft Office

SAP

Description du poste

Overview

Category Buyer ETO - Bushings and Magnetic Cores Category

Business Unit: Procurement – Global Supply Chain – Engineering to Order Business

Mission:

The Category Buyer will act as the main SPOC of the suppliers under his/her responsibility, leading business continuity, driving strategy, supplier base development and optimization and enhancing digital and sustainable aspects with suppliers and their supply chain.

As the Category Buyer, your responsibilities will include:

Magnetic cores

• CBAM impact & understanding for GOES material & / or finish cores: understand and manage the strategy accordingly
• Safeguards: understanding of the EU position, feedback from the market: anticipate for strategy update, inform the plant, calculate potential impact, change allocation. For both, clear management of the data to also calculate our exposure will be the key point
• Market insight: more CN suppliers investing in TR & Europe: follow the market, challenge the plant to launch the qualification and track it
• Manage the triangle model accordingly and calculate the right prices (batch for GOES, currency effect..)
• Management of the suppliers: QVE & Packaging follow-up: NLL management, packaging returns (Reverse logistics) and weekly connect session
• Management of the data: weekly dashboard linked with the consumption (vs forecast impacting the WAP), management of the allocation impacting the WAP, managing the capacity with each supplier + GOES file impacting 50% of the Transfo TP
• Animate the weekly coffee talk: inform the plant regarding the market, ways to adjust our transfo prices based on market conditions to maintain margin during tendering stages

Bushings

• Manage the capacity increase: CAPEX with different suppliers to have more moulds and capacity
• Manage the new product development for ETO
• Track & manage the qualification in the plants
• Give market insight regarding the resin prices and potential impacts
• Negotiate with strong German suppliers, familiarity and understanding of the market
• Push & track all the QVE: management of the ideas and follow-up

Additionally

• Interface with Category Manager to collect ETO specifications, specify the qualification criteria and contribute to the segmentation of the strategy
• Contribute and implement the strategy (SOC) in the cluster perimeter
• Negotiate global frame-agreement with «cluster» suppliers
• Initiate and drive breakthrough (make or buy, rebalancing, SBO, innovation…) on the category he/she is managing and follow the advancement
• Develop supplier competitiveness and assess the quality level. React in front of deviations
• Organize lesson learnt per category (multi-supplier approach). Return of Experience on key projects or on ETO dimension
• Secure Supplier competitiveness on the commodity perimeter and the performance on negotiation lever
• Raise and address “cluster” supplier quality of service and business continuity
• Business Continuity first level for escalation
• Support PPM and Group Manager on SRM strategy (Sponsorship, C2P, Business review)
• Supplier base next generation, supplier selection connected with Category Strategy

Category Buyers play a key role in our organization. Are you ready for this challenge?

Required skills and experience

• Degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering or relevant field from a leading educational institution with excellent academic credentials is preferred
• Experience in Transformer Business procurement is critical
• Possessing relevant technical acumen
• Understanding transformer specifications regarding magnetic cores & bushings
• Min 3-5 years’ experience in Procurement Management having acquired the following skills:
• negotiation
• supplier relationship management
• supplier base development
• quality
• lead time, etc
• Able to navigate in a complex environment and organization, connecting with people and creating strong networking
• Ability to influence, convince through strong stakeholder management and driving positive change management
• Capability of handling multiple tasks and priorities, can navigate through change and adapt to different stakeholders and peers
• Own full accountability and leadership of the topics under his/her scope; managing end to end governance
• Strong Customer focus with an understanding of Supply Chain and Quality processes
• Competence in using Microsoft Office software, in particular Excel and SAP
• Fluency in English, knowledge of French is a definite advantage

Personality

• Strong communication both in writing - ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner internally as well as externally; and verbally - ability to make presentations in front of executives in a clear and concise manner
• Technical capability to understand in depth the purchases
• Analytical thinking, decision making ability
• Team player/builder
• Customer focus
• Strategic Thinking
• Cross cultural awareness
• Problem solving attitude, ownership of the issues in his/her scope

What's in it for you?

• Competitive compensation package, according to industry standards including annual bonus, company car, cafeteria, life insurance, health care & pension fund contribution, Medicover package and a lot more.
• WESOP (World Employee Share Ownership Plan), our unique program with the opportunity to become a shareholder in the company.
• Inclusive Environment: We build a culture of respect where everyone feels safe to be their authentic selves. We are fully committed to inclusion, and our policies and culture reflect this commitment.
• Global Family Leave Package to support a healthy work-life balance.
• Exceptional career opportunities not only locally, but on an international scope as well.
• Continuous development and learning possibilities, personally and professionally.
• We work in a hybrid set-up to fit with your lifestyle.

Let us learn about you! Apply today.

Please submit your application in English.

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