Corporate Service Commodity Leader

Alstom; Île-de-France; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Alstom is seeking a Senior Commodity Leader for Corporate Services to drive sourcing and category strategy across global teams. You’ll coordinate internal and external stakeholders, develop commodity roadmaps, and negotiate frame agreements to deliver value.

The role requires leadership, strong purchasing expertise, and cross-functional collaboration. Based in France, you will work with Global, Regional and Local Procurement, HR/Finance/Legal teams, and drive supplier performance while aligning

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of international purchasing experience in an industrial setting.
• Experience in project management (direct & functional).
• Strong buying and negotiating expertise and business acumen.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and source in line with business objectives and procurement processes.
• Define and develop commodities strategy with stakeholders and Product lines.
• Lead commodity maturity improvement and negotiate key contracts.

Skills

Strong buying and negotiating

Leadership & influencing

Analytical skills

Project management

English & French bilingual

Education

Educational Degree: Business or Engineering

Job description

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Inside the Indirect Procurement department we are looking for a Senior Commodity Leader for Corporate Services.

The Commodity Leader will be hierarchically linked to Corporate Services Commodity Director and will be involved the purchasing of General Services contracts.

The successful applicant will manage numerous internal and external stakeholders to develop the Commodity at global level and defined Procurement strategies on to deliver value for money and fit for purpose solutions.

He/she will have to exchange information with following central, region & sites networks:

• Global, Regional and Local Procurement
• EHS & CSR (Environment …)
• HR/Communication/Finance/Legal/Sourcing T&E

The Commodity Leader will have the following objectives:

• Coordinate and source in line with business objectives and according to ALSTOM procurement processes
• Define & develops commodities strategy with all stakeholders and drives its implementation (with all the Product lines)
• Contribute to build Global Commodity strategy
• Lead commodity maturity improvement plan
• Negotiate contracts and frame agreements with key suppliers
• Define supplier target panel in-line with Sourcing strategy and makes sure it is implemented
• Insured Commodity strategy efficiency with benchmarking
• Insured commodity maturity improvement through audit support and continuous improvement programs
• Innovate with best practices proposal and leadership or implementation
• Be recognized as a business development facilitator and an added-value contributor

He/she has these responsibilities:

• Built transversal commodities strategy improvement and deployment
• Develop and share market constraints understanding
• Ensure Procurement project/service execution/influence by:
• Developing close network of internal and external stakeholders worldwide
• Working with internal stakeholders to align requirements with Procurement objectives
• Challenging technical specifications produced by stakeholders
• Bringing innovation through supplier selection and sustain supplier QCD performance
• Contributing to Make or Buy decision process utilizing reference costing and market indicators
• Supporting global negotiation for key projects securing savings in line with global targets
• Ensuring Procurement strategy application and alignment with processes and policy
• Develop strong relationship with Region and sites procurement organization
• Support Tender and Project Phases
• Drive supplier complex negotiations as appropriate
• Perform regular (min. quarterly) supplier performance review (incl. quality) and solves major issues and secures objectives achievement

PROFILE

• Educational Degre: Business school or Engineering school preferred
• 5-8 years experience in international purchasing within an industrial environment & Experience within Project Management (direct and functional)
• Technical & Behavioral Competencies
• Strong buying and negotiating expertise
• Capability to build a robust strategy
• Strong sense of business acumen and analytical skills
• Strong leadership, communication and influencing skills
• Management experience
• Results, Service and Customer oriented
• Agile in a multi-cultural environment
• Team spirit, autonomous, force of proposal
• Speaking English and French mandatory

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.