We are looking for a Purchasing Manager (M/F) for our client, a multinational IT services company.

Mission:

• Define and implement purchasing strategy in consultation with the Purchasing Director, while respecting the company's overall strategy.
• Define purchasing and supply strategy.
• Work closely with the purchasing department to ensure effective coordination between company needs and customer requirements.
• Provide operational expertise in all internal purchasing processes.
• Ensure deadlines are met, monitor urgent deliveries, issue alerts and coordinate action plans in the event of disruption.
• Identify, take charge of and resolve all day-to-day purchasing-related issues, escalating bottlenecks to management.
• Negotiate the best conditions with suppliers, taking into account technical objectives as well as transport and payment conditions.
• Manage disputes concerning industrial purchasing, packaging, maintenance, service and logistics contracts.
• Ensure sourcing, seek out new suppliers and monitor markets (cost drivers, energy, inflation, transport, etc.).
• Audit suppliers by challenging specifications and anticipate future needs by integrating market trends and innovations.
• Optimise inventories.
• Facilitate communication and coordination between different departments.

• Bachelor's degree in Purchasing Management or related field.
• +5 years' professional experience as a Purchasing Manager or in a similar position.
• Experience of purchasing methodologies and stages of a purchasing process required.
• Operational knowledge and skills in contractual and commercial law, public procurement law, etc.
• Knowledge of budget management tools and economic analysis techniques.
• Ability to analyze, summarize and negotiate.
• Knowledge of office automation tools and purchasing management software.
• Knowledge of tendering procedures.
• Persuasive, convincing and diplomatic.
• Ability to establish relationships of trust with both internal and external contacts.
• Ability to work across organizational boundaries.
• Good written and oral communication skills.