Senior Purchaser

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Senior Purchaser at Nexans in Neuchâtel oversees Local Site Purchasing and Local Vendor Management, reassessing needs, launching RFIs, designing RFQ contracts, and implementing a continuous improvement plan. You’ll help define the category strategy for the Business Units in line with the group vision, ensure alignment of practices across BU sites, and manage purchases above €100,000 while coordinating with the non-production purchasing COE for requests over €250,000. You’ll provide reports to the plant/site manager and to SPM and Group Purchasing, and drive Nexans processes and transversal purchasing initiatives on your perimeter. To apply, emphasize proven local procurement and supplier-management results, successful contract design and negotiations, spend analytics, and cross-functional collaboration, with quantifiable outcomes and onsite Swiss experience.

The Senior Purchaser will oversee the following activities on the site for which he/she is responsible:

• Responsible for Local Site Purchasing and Local Vendor Management: reassessment of needs, launch of RFI, RFQ contract designs, implementation and monitoring of continuous improvement plan.
• Supports the definition of the category strategy / Business Units, in line with the vision of the group, their Business Unit, and ensure the alignment of group practices / BU / sites.
• For Purchases> € 100,000, it is responsible for the Purchasing performance and the implementation of Procurement strategies, contracts and / or agreements negotiated by the Group. Works and returns requirements to non-production purchasing COE for all purchases over 250 000€.
• Provide relevant reports to plant manager / site manager related to purchasing activities and performance
• Provide relevant reports to the SPM and Group Purchasing Department on the performance and all the Purchasing activities related to the site
• Responsible for implementation of Nexans Processes and Standard Purchasing
• Responsible for the implementation of transversal Group Purchasing initiatives on his/her perimeter