Lead Buyer

Plastic Omnium; Levallois-Perret; Sur place; EUR 60 000 - 80 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading automotive supplier is seeking a Lead Buyer to oversee purchasing for its Holding and OPn’Soft business groups. This role involves managing supplier relations, conducting negotiations, and ensuring compliance with procurement contracts. Ideal candidates will have 7–10 years of purchasing experience in an industrial or automotive context, strong skills in sourcing and supplier management, and be fluent in both English and French. OPmobility values diversity and equality in applications.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of experience in purchasing within an industrial or automotive environment.
• Solid knowledge of sourcing and supplier management.
• Proficiency with procurement tools and advanced Excel.
• Fluent in English and French.

Responsabilités

• Lead purchasing for Holding and OPn’Soft business groups.
• Manage supplier relations and ensure cost control.
• Conduct negotiations and monitor supplier performance.
• Oversee contract compliance and payment processes.

Connaissances

Procurement methodologies

Supplier management

Negotiation

Advanced Excel skills

Fluency in English

Fluency in French

Market knowledge

Analytical mindset

Outils

ERP systems

E-sourcing tools

Description du poste

Hungry for challenges? Join a group with innovation at its heart and contribute to the automotive revolution!

OPmobility is a world-leading provider of innovative solutions for a unique, safer and more sustainable mobility experience. Innovation-driven since its creation, the Group develops and produces intelligent exterior systems, customized complex modules, lighting systems, clean energy systems and electrification solutions for all mobility companies. With a €11.4 billion economic revenue in 2023, a global network of 152 plants and 40 R&D centers, OPmobility relies on its 40,300 employees to meet the challenges of transforming mobility.

Our ambition? Provide automakers with cutting-edge equipment and solutions to develop tomorrow’s clean and connected car.

MISSION of The Lead Buyer Holding & Opn'Soft:

• Lead Purchasing Scope for Holding and OPn’Soft business groups (Indirect Purchasing)
• Supports the operations, bringing value in managing the supply base (cost, on time delivery, quality, sustainability) and contributing to the site performance.
• Identifies the market opportunities and offerings to satisfy the site/functions needs and optimize the total cost of ownership.
• Manages the supplier relations to meet the sites/functions expectations and build value bearing partnerships.
• Elaborates, implements and reports initiatives in collaboration with Global Domain Managers.
• Conduct negotiations ensuring cost control, contract flexibility, quality, and risk mitigation.
• Handle contract creation, review, renewals, and compliance management.
• Ensures the full application of the procurement contracts up to the final payment of the supplier.
• Monitor supplier performance and support supplier evaluation.
• pay process. If need be, design or modify processes in adequation to Group rules and impulse.

PROFILE

Personal Background

• 7–10 years of experience in purchasing, ideally within an industrial, automotive, technology, or engineering environment.
• Solid knowledge of procurement methodologies: sourcing, negotiation, contracting, supplier management.
• Proficiency with procurement tools (ERP, e-sourcing) and advanced Excel skills.
• Professional fluency in English and French.
• Understanding R&D or software engineering environments is an advantage.

Technical skills

Market knowledge, Supply base management, Sourcing management, order to pay technicalities

Soft skills

• Interpesonally smart, i.e. appropriate and aware in its relations with others, with internal customer in particular
• Pedagogue
• Autonomy and ability to manage a broad, diverse scope.
• Leadership, influence, and ability to drive change in purchasing practices.
• Analytical mindset, rigor, and strong execution discipline.
• Results-oriented, pragmatic, and capable of managing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

As a responsible company, OPmobility pays particular attention to diversity and equality within its teams and the Group commits to treat all job applications equally.