EMEA Purchasing Category Manager & PMO

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EMEA Purchasing Category Manager & PMO

The Company

The world’s leading supplier of mineral-based specialty solutions for industry with 14,000 employees, operations in more than 40 countries, and 4.3 billion in revenue in 2022.
Imerys delivers high-value-added, functional solutions to a great number of sectors, from processing industries to consumer goods. The Group draws on its understanding of applications, technological knowledge and expertise in material science to deliver solutions by beneficiating its mineral resources, synthetic minerals and formulations. Imerys’ solutions contribute essential properties to customers’ products and their performance, including heat resistance, hardness, conductivity, opacity, durability, purity, lightness, filtration, absorption and water repellency. Imerys is determined to develop responsibly, in particular by fostering the emergence of environmentally-friendly products and processes.
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The Position

EMEA Purchasing Category Manager & PMO

Job Summary

The Purchasing Category Manager for Raw Material EMEA will be in charge of defining and executing the raw material sourcing strategy for Performance Minerals EMEA, mainly covering local/regional spend in complementarity to the Global Raw Material spend cover by Global team.
On top, he/she will be in charge of the implementation, as part of PMO scope, of global and regional transversal initiatives such as pricing reduction initiatives, sole source reduction, I3/ redesign to cost initiatives, payment terms increase project at PM EMEA and IGC level

JOB SCOPE / DIMENSION

PMO for PM EMEA & IGC responds to around 40M in initiatives loaded in Quimeo around all Categories (Local/Regional/Global levels);

EMEA Raw Material role will cover around 10M spend coordinated among the PM EMEA entities – exchanges with Sub-Regions & PPMs, Product Managers, Operations, Quality, Industrial, Procurement & Supply Chain;

Expected 10% of travel required.

KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES

As a PMO (65% of the time) you will :

 Work in close collaboration with the category management teams and the sub-regional purchasing teams to make sure progress is being made at the right pace and targets are being achieved.

Act as project manager of the transformation project (end of cycle)

Support the suppliers’ management and quality/initiatives (audits, evaluation…) in liaise with Purchasing Network function, which includes SRM and Innovation activities

Gather data and implement the tools and reporting at PM EMEA & IGC level, all this in alignment and coordination with the Purchasing Excellence Director. 

Collect and consolidate all the spend data and suppliers from the different sites via the local buyers sites’ network /operations teams from all entities.

Develop and implement all the tools and reporting needed to support the purchasing activities within the new structure.

Involve/source/implement/manage some software solutions related to the function and transformation (linked with consultants initiatives tracking…)

Manage internally the Taxonomy/Purchasing Segmentation implementation and evolution

Follow and track KPI’s related to the function 

Animate the Purchasing community (Purchasing + Operations) at regional level on the Tools and Reporting initiatives, with ongoing project reviews and communication on latest releases (Tools, contracts, etc…) 

As Category Manager for Raw Materials (35% of the time) , you will :

Define and Develop PM EMEA Europe sourcing strategy for the short and long term along with the BA stakeholders.

Build and maintain strong relationships with the suppliers used by PM EMEA

Effectively negotiate to get the best prices for PM EMEA

Negotiate, create, maintain & enforce supplier contracts

Analyze market trends, lead external benchmarking studies and implement best practices in sourcing strategy

Monitor and forecast markets trends and issues and determine potential risks, opportunities and actions for PM EMEA to achieve supply continuity and best value

Be responsible for all SAP (ERP system) requests and validation process (validation of suppliers, implementation of prices lists, reporting, validation of PO…) assigned to his/her roles and responsibilities.

Focus on development of new sources in collaboration with operations &  quality teams 

JOB SPECIFICATIONS

Education and Experience requirements

Solid relevant experience in sourcing & purchasing in international environment (5 year+) with similar 

Master degree in Purchasing, engineering or mining background is also a plus

English fluent, French and any other language is a plus

Bachelor’s degree required in Engineering or Business. Master’s in Business a plus

Minimum of 5 years strategic sourcing experience – One successful experience in a multinational group in a regional / multi-sites role

Established professional with broad business experience, strategic partnerships with business units, in a  global company

Use to work in a multinational environment

Extremely skilled in communication, rigor, autonomous, strong need of energy, leadership & convincing skills

Very strong analytic and negotiation skills, with good knowledge of Excel/Google Sheets

Team-oriented, dynamic and adaptable

Knowledge, skills, Imerys Leadership Behaviors :

Demonstrated ability to develop relationships & influence key decision makers internally & externally, regionally and globally

Proven experience in planning and leading complex negotiations

Highly motivated & results focused with the ability to act with a high sense of urgency

Ability to operate and execute effectively in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities and challenging deadlines

Thorough knowledge of the markets, regulations & operations in the mineral mining world

Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills

Leads self :

Flexes own style to meet the needs of others or situations.

Manages own energy and emotions. Takes steps to set the right leadership example

Leads others : 

Understands each team member and how to get the best out of them.

Empowers teams to operate outside of their comfort zone by providing learning opportunities that allow them to try new things.

Communicates and collaborates : 

Leads and collaborates across boundaries.

Effectively networks to share knowledge and insight and to drive performance.

Deliver results : 

Delivers short term results while maintaining focus on the longer term.

Adapts to changing business priorities whilst maintaining focus on personal and team results.

Drives improvements : 

Gathers external insight from other organizations and customers to innovate and drive business performance.

Looks to find ways to do things better, quicker or more efficiently.

Position Type

Full time

and

Permanent

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IMERYS is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and it is our policy to not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state or local laws.

Summary

Location: Paris, France; Europe

Type: Full time