Job Offer - Group Rocher - Global Category Transformer in Procurement – Digital, Software and other great IT’s

Purpose of the role

The Software & IT category covers sub-categories such as: Software (standard and proprietary, workplace and enterprise, technical and business), IT Services, IT Systems and Infrastructure, IT Technologies and Solutions globally for the group.

The Global Category Manager Software & IT is part of the Global Procurement team in charge of IT categories worldwide. She/He will be accountable for a portfolio of sub-categories (perimeter), to be defined in alignment with its Leader and based on the business priorities.

  • Accountable for the category sourcing strategy of the perimeter

  • Be accountable to identify and deliver value for its perimeter (Cost, Cash, Service, Quality, Innovation, Risk management, Innovation, CSR) contributing to the mission of the Group “Reconnect People to Nature”

  • Be a key contributor of the implementation the procurement transformation, including a driver for the change

  • Act as a commercial expert working closely with all the relevant Teams as well as any other relevant internal or external stakeholders

Main missions

  • Become the category expert for group Rocher (internal needs, market knowledge & trends…)

  • Build and execute the sourcing strategy

  • Deliver a pipeline of initiatives

  • Contribute to the procurement transformation of the group

  • Build a strong SRM program, secure sustainable partnership with strategic suppliers

  • Foster innovative ideas and ways of working

  • Lead negotiations on a Group, Regional, Local level

  • Act as commercial project leader on international cross-functional projects within the category

  • Systematically inject CSR criteria in the sourcing strategies

  • Implement and propose CSR initiatives to help to reach Groupe Rocher’s mission “Reconnect people to nature”

Skills

  • Leadership Competencies

  • Functional Competencies

    - RFI / RFQ and contracts management

    - Negotiation skills – in particular in open and closed markets

    - Business acumen

  • Job Requirements

    - Min. 5 years relevant procurement experience within all aspects of strategic sourcing

    - Ability to demonstrate learning agility

    - Experienced with category management, defining and implementing global sourcing strategies

    - Strong Software/IT category expertise including understanding of market landscape, cost models and drivers, and levers

    - Capable of analyzing independently the market, suppliers and alternative possibilities

    - Ability to demonstrate successful stakeholder engagement to internally and externally at all levels in a local, regional or global environment

    - International and multi-cultural experiences

Education : Post graduate degree, business or engineering

Languages : Fluent English & French

Location : Île-de-France, France

Reports to : Group Procurement, Global Category Leader IS&T

We want to hear from you if you are curious, willing to go on learning new things and have the ambition to evolve in a fast-moving environment. We promise that you’ll never get bored! Just send us a CV or a biography and/or a few lines about your possible interest in our journey on apply@thepurchasingnet.com

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