Air Liquide
Manufacturing
AMEICategoryManager
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“AMEI Category Manager at Air Liquide. Skills: Category strategy, Sourcing execution, Contract management, Supplier relationship management. Define category strategy. Prepare annual sourcing strategy”
What You'll Achieve.
Improve safety; Improve quality; Improve reliability; Improve on-time delivery; Reduce supply risks; Decrease procurement costs; Achieve competitiveness opportunities
Industry & Context.
Analysing and solving problems
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
University degree or above, 7+ years experience Procurement, Strategic sourcing experience, Familiar with chemical engineering process, Familiar with onshore equipment purchase, Familiar with offshore equipment purchase, Category & Sourcing Strategy, Category & Market Expertise, Supplier Selection, Qualification & Relationship, Negotiations & Contract Knowledge, Performance & Process Management, Project Management
Nice to Have
Planification & Expediting, Financial Analysis, French language advantageous, Arabic language advantageous
What You'll Do.
Define category strategy
Prepare annual sourcing strategy
Improve on-time delivery
Oversee local category management
Ensure central-local collaboration
Identify and partner suppliers
Offer innovative technology solutions
Negotiate frame contracts
Manage strategic relationships
Enhance transparency with vendors
Enhance integration with vendors
Improve quality control of sub-vendors
Achieve competitiveness opportunities
Decrease procurement costs
Manage procurement process
Provide leadership to team
Provide guidance to team
Provide support to team
Ensure category implementation
Align with business objectives
Improve category performance
Define supplier strategy
Utilize market analysis
Ensure strategy deployment
Establish yearly ambition
Manage category strategy
Liaise with counterparts
Analyze procurement portfolio
Analyze industry market profile
Analyze key suppliers
Identify opportunities
Mitigate foreign exchange risks
Mitigate commodities price risks
Identify short term opportunities
Identify long term opportunities
Establish RFx planning
Take into account project requirements
Propose sourcing strategies
Challenge specifications
Identify potential suppliers
Propose supplier list
Deploy supplier selection process
Propose short list of suppliers
Communicate contracts
Establish measures and controls
Track contract implementation
Manage contract implementation
Update procurement database
Define buying channels
Review buying channels
Consolidate action plan
Provide activity reporting
Report projected savings
Report actual savings
Be accountable for procurement performance
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional coordination; Central-local collaboration; Cooperation with stakeholders; Liaise with counterparts; Collaboration with buyers; Collaboration with finance team; Collaboration with internal customers; Collaboration with supply chain; Collaboration with Procurement Project Managers
Communication Scope
Written communication skills; Oral communication skills
Process & Methodology
Project Management
Full Job Description
## How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW? The Category Manager (CM) is responsible for the sourcing strategy of equipment/materials/services in the specified category. Jointly with the Operations, the CM has the responsibility to prepare the Annual Sourcing Strategy/Plan, based on business objectives and the need to improve safety, quality, reliability, on-time Delivery, competitiveness or reduce risks related to product supply. CM is in charge of overseeing local category management and ensures central-local collaboration in Coordinated/Enforced categories. The CM focuses on identifying and partnering « Best Class » suppliers, offering innovative technology solutions at a competitive price. CM is accountable for the supplier market analysis, besides their responsibilities to deploy the sourcing strategy on key categories, thus improving safety, quality, reliability, on-time delivery, competitiveness or reducing risks related to product supply. CM is expected to negotiate frame contracts for Hub suppliers and manage strategic relationships He/She collaborates with the critical vendors to enhance transparency and integration, better (Quality) control of sub-vendors as well as competitiveness opportunities. Enhanced interaction will enable to decrease significantly our procurement costs through a Design-To-Cost approach, an adjustment of the scope of supply (with the vendors focusing on their core competencies) and a development of a new supply approach on sub-components such as motors etc. (e.g.: Technical, Price agreement). Manage the procurement process and provide leadership, guidance, and support to their team of Category Managers, ensuring the successful execution of category implementation plan, alignment with overall business objectives, and continuous improvement in category performance. 1.Category Strategy * Define 3 years category strategy (including the supplier strategy) based on internal present and future requirements utilizing supplier and competitor market
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