Indirect Purchasing Senior Buyer

Who are we and what we stand for?

When you work for Schneider Electric you work for a company that is passionate about its people. Our people vision says, Great people make Schneider Electric a great company. We are proud to promote purpose, diversity, inclusion, learning and work-life integration – we’re a great place to work and we are continually striving to be the best place to work!

Your Mission

Support the purchasing process through maintaining purchasing tools and data, preparing the negotiation process. In charge of managing purchases for MEA and ensuring the supplier follow-up, and may be responsible by delegation for  purchasing activity for a given portfolio or for an entity and accountable for the performances of his perimeter.

Your Role – Magic happens when you bring great people together!

• Maintain and investigate purchasing tools (Coupa, SAP MDG, etc).
• Collect economic and technical data for negotiation preparation or contract setting.
• Collecting supplier creation documents and follow up Request For Quotation (due dates, technical issues, plant issues, etc).
• Develop negotiation strategies and lead Negotiations.
• Evaluate the company’s current purchasing strategies for various commodities in order to identify opportunities for savings improvement
• Preparation and implementation of annual forecast and reforecast of IP volumes (data provided and validated by Controlling).
• Implement and manage IP portfolio (incl. Application of the Commodity strategy and SOC), maintain best practice purchasing
• Assist local operations with IP continuous improvement in terms of Quality, Service and price optimization, by conducting in depth analysis, setting the appropriate Supplier database in line with =S= Purchasing policies and procedures, optimizing on synergies thereby making it a competitive advantage for Schneider Electric.
• Define, validate, implement and store appropriate contractual documents. Ensure correct allocation of business.
• Develop professional working relationships with key stakeholders in the business to get support and achieve the best results.

About You

• University graduate ,Commerce or business administration.
• 4-5 years in Purchasing Experience  specially in IT,Telecommunication , marketing and facilities.
• effective communication internal and external.
• Excel.
• French Language.
• English Language ,
• Procurement tools "COUPA , SAP , SAP MDG".