Indirect Category Specialist - Fleet and Mobility

Air Liquide Healthcare; Bagneux; Sur place; EUR 45 000 - 60 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Air Liquide Healthcare recherche un Spécialiste des Catégories Indirectes pour la gestion de la stratégie d'approvisionnement pour les véhicules et solutions de mobilité. Ce rôle est crucial pour assurer l'efficacité des coûts et garantir la conformité avec les normes de sécurité.

Le candidat idéal aura 3 à 5 ans d'expérience en approvisionnement, avec une expertise spécifique en gestion des flottes. Une excellente maîtrise de l'anglais et du français est requise.

Qualifications

• 3 à 5 ans d'expérience en approvisionnement.
• Expérience avérée en gestion des flottes et de la mobilité.

Responsabilités

• Définir et mettre en œuvre la stratégie d'approvisionnement pour les véhicules et solutions de mobilité.
• Gérer les contrats et la conformité avec les KPIs établis.
• Collaborer avec les parties prenantes internes pour harmoniser les politiques et consolider les processus.

Connaissances

Expertise profonde du marché automobile français

Gestion de projet

Analyse fonctionnelle

Gestion des relations fournisseurs

Compétences en négociation

Description du poste

Overview

Descriptif de l'entité et de l'activité. Les systèmes de soins de santé sont confrontés à de profondes transformations. Les attentes des payeurs, les comportements des patients et des professionnels de la santé évoluent rapidement, dans un paysage concurrentiel en pleine mutation. L'augmentation et la consolidation des fabricants de dispositifs médicaux, l'accélération de la transformation numérique – renforcée par la crise de la COVID‑19 – exigent un renforcement de l'alignement et de l'internationalisation de certaines de nos activités. En réponse à ces défis, l'activité Santé à Domicile a décidé d'accélérer la transformation numérique et l'homogénéisation des systèmes d'information à travers le programme TechCARE, de massifier les activités d'approvisionnement et de développer les synergies entre les différentes entités mondiales d'Air Liquide Healthcare (santé à domicile et gaz médicaux). Pour mettre en œuvre cette stratégie, l'entité Air Liquide Healthcare International Services & Technology (ALHIST) a été créée. Elle est dédiée à l'hébergement des services opérationnels mondiaux partagés, telles que les équipes Digital & IT et Procurement & MedTech.

Role Summary

The Indirect Category Specialist – Fleet and Mobility will be responsible for defining, implementing, and optimizing the procurement strategy for all vehicles, mobility solutions, and related services. This role is pivotal in driving cost efficiencies, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and accelerating our transition toward a sustainable, low‑carbon fleet across all French subsidiaries.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Strategic Sourcing – deep understanding of the French automotive market, legal and regulatory compliance (benefits in kinds, taxes, etc.), leasing models, and emerging sustainable mobility trends.
• Develop and execute comprehensive procurement strategies for the Fleet & Mobility category (passenger cars, commercial vehicles, related equipment & services and specialized mobility solutions). Establish the new Mobility Playbook cross‑entities and business lines in France.
• Create fleet renewal scenarios to simulate LOM compliance and TAI (“taxe incitative au verdissement des flottes”) amount to be paid per entity. Follow up on progress, alert deviant entities, create contingency plans.
• Monitor Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), analyze market trends, and identify continuous improvement opportunities to optimize mobility budgets.
• Animation with operational leads about driver‑dependent cost‑avoidance opportunities such as end‑of‑contract costs, accidentology, unnecessary extra costs during contract.
• Ensure all procured vehicles and services strictly adhere to Air Liquide's safety standards, local regulations, and corporate policies.
• Contract & Supplier Management – negotiate contracts with car manufacturers, leasing companies, maintenance providers, fuel/charging card issuers, etc.
• Establish measures and controls to ensure and track successful implementation of the contracts. Follow up contract implementation on both sides (supplier and internal stakeholder). Onboard the supplier in the local entities (administrative onboarding, and relationship management between internal stakeholder and the supplier).
• Manage contractual compliance against established KPIs and measures, including contract management (application of price escalation formulas, volume rebate collection, products and services portfolio management, progress clauses, renewal, etc.) and update of procurement database.
• Manage supplier relationships (Guarantees, Penalties, Claims, Supplier Reviews, Performance and risks management).
• Define and periodically review buying channels and lead SRM activities for relevant suppliers (supplier strategy, review and audit incl. financial solidity, innovation initiatives, internal promotion of supplier, supplier days) in line with SRM framework.
• Animate the supplier qualification and audit process in collaboration with Inspection teams, HSEQ and Technical experts.
• Sustainability Leadership – drive the green transition of the fleet by integrating electric vehicles (EVs), alternative fuels and innovative mobility‑as‑a‑service (MaaS) solutions in alignment with Air Liquide's environmental goals.
• Explore sustainable sourcing options with new and existing suppliers (made in France/Europe, recycling of windshields and tires, water management for cleaning, etc.).
• Develop and implement a sourcing strategy and a multi‑year progress plan per entity for electric LCV cars.
• Finalize the deployment of our telematics solution on the not equipped cars. Follow up on KPIs, develop measures helping to undertake actions towards a safer, more economical and more ecological car fleet.
• Stakeholders management – work closely with internal stakeholders (HR, Operations, Finance, and French fleet managers across all 30 entities in France) to gather requirements, harmonize policies and consolidate processes.
• Drive the implementation and hyper‑care process of a new Fleet management system, streamline processes and help the deployment of the tool towards internal stakeholders (accounting, payroll department, HR, etc.).
• Lead working sessions with internal customers to identify TCO reduction opportunities.
• Continuous Improvement – undertake corrective actions with suppliers to improve performance (e.g., Supplier development programs, progress plans, etc.) and track progress.
• Standardize and simplify the existing processes capitalising on the new fleet management tool (car ordering process, invoicing, transfer of cars between drivers and entities, management of linked services).
• Reporting – consolidate and present sourcing action plan to Management and when needed to related Category Manager, contribute to a yearly ambition plan and its updates (within the target and rolling forecast processes), provide periodic activity reporting to Management on actual and projected savings related to scope.

Work Experience

3 – 5 years experience in Procurement.

Expertise

Procurement, with a strong, proven track record specifically in Fleet and Mobility management.

Abilities & Know‑how

• Industry expertise – deep understanding of the French automotive market, leasing models and emerging sustainable mobility trends.
• Project Management – strategic planning and strategic sourcing.
• Functional & Value Analysis.
• Supplier relationship Management including financial analysis.
• Cost management, TCO analysis, risk management.
• Excellent Negotiation, Contract Management.
• Analytical skills.
• Management and behavior skills – results oriented, strong ability to influence and lead cross‑functional teams without direct authority, interpersonal and communication skills, very organized, able to re‑prioritise, good adaptation skills, safety oriented, commercially smart, high reactivity and pro‑activity, teamwork and networking.
• Decision making skills, strategic thinking, innovation & flexibility, internal customer orientation.

Languages

• Native or bilingual proficiency in French.
• Fluent professional English.

Chez Air Liquide, nous nous engageons à créer un environnement de travail collaboratif et inclusif qui reflète la diversité de nos collaborateurs, de nos clients, des patients et des parties prenantes ainsi que des cultures à travers le monde. Nous accueillons et considérons les candidatures de tous les candidats qualifiés, quel que soit leur parcours. Nous sommes convaincus qu'une organisation diversifiée permet à nos collaborateurs de révéler leur talent, à la fois individuellement et collectivement, et qu'elle contribue à renforcer notre capacité d'innovation en faisant vivre nos fondamentaux, en agissant pour le succès/la réussite du Groupe et en créant un environnement engageant, dans un monde en mutation.