Lead Buyer

Context / Background

The position will be a part of the purchasing back office team based in India.

The Back office Team is also here to support all the Buyers across the group. The team is composed of 6 people :

• Process & Tools Manager for Asia

• 2 Data Analyst

• 1 Process Analyst

• 2 Lead Buyers

Job Summary

The purchasing process & tools team is looking for a Lead Buyer to support the ambitious roadmap of the Process & tools across the Imerys group. The position will be reporting to the Process & Tools Manager for Asia.

The Purchasing specialist / Lead Buyer will collaborate with the global purchasing teams and will have following key responsibilities: 

Support E-RFQ (70%)

• Work on simple and Complex E-RFQ in Ivalua for different categories.

• Support internal stakeholders for requirement mapping, sending E-RFQ, TCO analysis and contract signature. (40%)

• Act as a technical point of contact for complex E-RFQ

Spotbuy (10%)

• Manage spotbuy requests for Goods & services. This will be specific support to different regions as per requirement. 

• Manage full Source-to-contract process for spotbuy which includes requirement mapping, sending E-RFQ, TCO analysis and contract signature. (30%). 

Process improvement (20%)

• Actively involved in initiatives by the purchasing team and work on process improvements.

• Work on purchasing data collection, analysis and communications to internal stakeholders. 

Education & Required Skills - To be fine tuned with H.R

• Bachelor’s degree

• MBA in Operations or Supply Chain management would be a plus.

• 4 to 6 years experience in Purchasing, 

• Source to contract global experience needed.

• Negotiation skills

• Communication skills

• ERP and Purchasing platform knowledge Like SAP Ariba, Ivalua, Coupa etc

• Fluent in English (basic French is a +)

• Mastery of Google Suite (Gmail, Google Sheet, Google Doc, Google Slides,..) Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint)

• Autonomy and proactivity

• Multi-cultural environment experience

Duration

Permanent position. Full time.