Corporate Service Commodity Leader

ALSTOM Gruppe; Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine; In loco; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Alstom is seeking a Senior Commodity Leader for Corporate Services to manage global procurement strategies and contract negotiations across internal stakeholders worldwide. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with HR, Communication, Finance, and Legal, and aims to deliver value for money and compliant sourcing practices.

The successful candidate will coordinate with global, regional, and local procurement networks and drive supplier performance improvements to meet program goals

Competenze

• Educational degree in business or engineering preferred.
• 5–8 years experience in international purchasing within an industrial environment.
• Strong buying and negotiating expertise.
• Capability to build a robust procurement strategy.
• Fluent English and French required.

Mansioni

• Coordinate and source in line with business objectives and ALSTOM processes.
• Define and develop commodity strategy with stakeholders and product lines.
• Lead global supplier maturity and improvement initiatives.
• Negotiate contracts and frame agreements with key suppliers.
• Drive supplier performance reviews and ensure savings align with targets.

Conoscenze

Leadership

Negotiation

Communication

Analytical skills

Business acumen

Teamwork

English and French

Formazione

Business or Engineering degree

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Corporate Service Commodity Leader

Date: 29 Sept 2026

Company: Alstom

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 forCorporate 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
• 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 GlobalCommodity 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
• 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 &Experiencewithin Project Management (direct and functional)
• 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
• 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.