Purchasing

Managing purchases, capturing market innovation, optimising relations with suppliers and managing risks, is a strategy for the Group.

Above all, to be a Purchaser means:

• Being close to the strategy of different activity areas of the Group,
• Developing in an international environment,
• Working with current purchasing advisors with the view of optimising needs,
• Conducting complex negotiations,
• Coordinating multidisciplinary teams: technical, industrial, financial, legal.

This function includes:

Purchasing Products/Bids/Projects

The team is involved in purchasing products/bids/projects work closely with the Bid and Projects teams. They contribute to the Make-or-Buy approach and the definition of the resulting acquisition plan. They are involved in the purchasing performance during the bid and throughout the project cycle.

Jobs:

• Purchasing Director/Manager (Products / Bids / Projects)

Purchasing Segment/Family

Each manager in this team is in charge of a Purchasing Family portfolio. They devise and help to define the Group Purchasing Strategy and manage and rationalise the list of suppliers and lead contract negotiations with these suppliers.  

Jobs:

• Purchasing Segment Director
• Family Buyer
• Procurement / Support Manager