Procurement Director- Europe

Stepan; Voreppe; Hybride; EUR 100 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading chemical company is hiring a Procurement Director for Europe to enhance their procurement operations for both direct and indirect spending. This role requires over 15 years of experience in the chemical industry, with a strong background in procurement and at least 3 years in management. The ideal candidate should possess excellent negotiation skills and be fluent in English. This position can be based in either Paris or Grenoble, France, and offers an opportunity to lead a dynamic procurement team.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 15 years of experience in the chemical industry with 8 years in Procurement.
• At least 3 years of management experience.
• Sound knowledge of supply-side economics in chemicals and related areas.

Responsabilités

• Ensure efficient operations through seamless supply of materials and goods.
• Manage and optimize procurement spending.
• Lead the European procurement team and support talent development.
• Drive category management aligned with business needs.

Connaissances

Negotiating skills

Fluent in English

Team player

Formation

Master or chemical engineering degree

MBA

Description du poste

Stepan Europe is hiring its Procurement Director for Europe. The Procurement Director will lead Procurement in Europe (direct, indirect, transportation, CAPEX) to deliver sustainable procurement solutions that maximize stakeholder value, competitive advantage, risk management and innovation. She / he will contribute to Stepan Global Procurement initiatives as Area lead.

Responsibilities

• Ensure continuous efficient operating of Stepan’s European businesses, by seamless supply of materials, goods and services, from approved suppliers.
• Ensure effective management of all Stepan EU entities controllable spends, aiming to achieve more favorable results, leading to lowest total cost of ownership while securing competitive advantage for the company.
• Sponsor robust category management from EU procurement team to align to Business needs and secure a long-term sustainable strategy for key spending areas (Direct, Indirect, Transportation, CAPEX).
• Ensure relevant tools are being deployed & monitored to support quality standards whilst achieving Procurement goals.
• Ensure adequate EU procurement support to Regulatory/Trade compliance needs whilst balancing resource involvement vs other procurement tasks.
• Support set-up and approval of procurement contracts through the contract management system in place.
• Lead the European procurement team, both for direct and indirect spend, as it pertains to talent selection, performance management, employee development and motivating employees to achieve high performance results.
• Build a positive team spirit and promote team effectiveness and harmony.

Qualifications & Education

• Ideally a master or chemical engineering degree (or directly related technical degree). In addition, the ideal candidate would have a business degree such as an MBA.
• Minimum of 15 years’ of chemical industry experience (or related industry) that includes 8 years’ experience required in Procurement. Candidate must also have at least 3 years of management experience.
• Fluent in English.
• Sound knowledge of the economics of the supply-side of the chemicals, indirect materials, transportation, and utilities.
• Mobile, and experienced traveler.
• Negotiating skills excellence, persuasive, team player.
• Proven successes delivering significant savings.

The position could be based in Paris (Nation) or Grenoble (38).