Vice-President Procurement - Global Category H/F SUEZ

- Vice-President Procurement - Global Category (H/F) -

The position : Reporting to the Group Chief Procurement Officer, you lead a team of around 20 people, overseeing €1bn of global categories :

Key objectives and expected results :

• Deliver value to the business (cost savings, quality & safety, service level, innovation, risk mitigation and corporate responsibility) by leveraging category strategy, cross-functional collaboration, technology and global suppliers' relationships ;
• Lead the community of buyers across the Procurement function. Develop and maintain a close relationship with the Procurement BU's Heads and build a robust and active network of category experts ;
• Design best in class organization, relying on communities of practice, transforming the ways of working and enhance global / regional / local collaboration ;
• Promote a culture of innovation. Bring the best of the outside inside the company ;
• Establish close relationship with the technical experts across the company and agree on priorities ;
• Ensure compliance with our corporate responsibility commitments, identify and develop key areas of differentiation. Ensure Procurement is a key contributor to the company's social responsibility progress ;
• Improve Group profitability by optimizing International Agreements with Global Suppliers; Generate total cost improvement and Increase International revenues ;
• Communicate on the opportunities, support and challenge the business ;
• Support our Data, Systems and Process transformation roadmap ;
• Contribute to the development of the function globally.

Main challenges of the position :

• Ensure approval and recognition of the new Procurement as a true business partner with added value by main business stakeholders in a technical, complex company environment, nationally and internationally ;
• Develop skills levels and Procurement know how/maturity across the team and the Procurement organization to continuously grow new Procurement identity and value creation impact ;
• Ensure quick success stories for early stakeholders and team awareness and acceptance.

Mission and main responsibilities :

• Lead global category team of around 20 FTE, animate a network of regional and country buyers, overseeing around € 1B in annual Spend at the Group level ;
• Main categories: Water Networks & Water Treatment Equipment + Waste Equipment + EFW/UVE Equipment + Process & Automation + Chemicals + Technical Specifications & Market Intelligence ;
• Drive and manage design, innovation, implementation, continuous improvement, and performance of relevant category strategies, Ensure global and support regional/local implementation of category strategies ;
• Actively drive and embed sustainable core focus and development (CSR) in Group sourcing and category management, ensure compliance with Group CSR commitments and identify/develop key areas of differentiation (e.g. carbon-neutral supply chain, social equity, ...) ;
• Deliver substantial continuous value to the business (cost reduction and savings, quality and safety, service levels, innovation, risk mitigation, CSR) by leveraging category strategy, cross-functional collaboration, technology and global supplier/partner relationships ;
• Actively develop the structured use of AI driven tools & methods & levers to increase the efficiency and impact of value creation by the Procurement team via a new digital culture ;
• Manage and continuously optimize the relationship and performance with a panel of key suppliers at global and supra-regional level and trigger/increase a culture of external innovation; improve Group profitability by optimizing international terms and agreements with Global Suppliers ;
• Develop and manage an efficient relationship with main global and regional stakeholders (Senior Management of Business Units and Regional entities, Finance, Operations, Engineering, Support Services, Regional Procurement Directors, Legal, Sales & Marketing, CSR, ...) ;
• Ensure full integration of category strategies and category management across all levels and functions of the Group including regional and local compliance and implementation ;
• Review and optimize efficiency by designing and developing best in class structure, practices, teams and skills, improving the way of working and enhancing global and local collaboration.