Job Description:
Schneider Electric creates connected technologies that reshape industries, transform cities and enrich lives. Our 135,000+ employees thrive in more than 100 countries. From the simplest of switches to complex operational systems, our technology, software, and services improve the way our customers manage and automate their operations. Help us deliver solutions that ensure Life Is On everywhere, for everyone, and at every moment.
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We believe that great people and partners make Schneider a great company and that our commitment to Innovation, Diversity, and Sustainability ensures that Life Is On everywhere, for everyone, and at every moment.

WHAT QUALIFICATIONS WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL? ABOUT YOU:

• Master’s Degree in Procurement, Supply Chain from a leading educational institution with excellent academic credentials is preferred.
• Min 3 years’ experience in Procurement Management skills: capable of defining strategy, animating team, convincing, and influencing the stakeholders.
• Be able to navigate in a complex environment and organization, connect with people and create strong networking
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal to convince & influence a large network of internal/external stakeholders.
• In-depth understanding and knowledge of the industry
• Strong analytic skills
• Excellent presentation skills
• Business Acumen
• Ability to demonstrate strong capabilities in: Leadership, Digital, Communication, Collaboration, Capabilities to innovate in our practices and drive transformations (transformative and disruptive mindset), Customer centric, Strategic Thinking, Cross cultural awareness, Entrepreneurship behaviour, Technical capability to understand deeply their purchases
• High level of adaptability and change management, ability to learn and grow quickly.
• Capability of handling multiple tasks and priorities
• Have full accountability and leadership of the topics managing end to end governance
• Strong Customer focus with an understanding of the Supply chain and Quality process
• Proficient experience in Microsoft Office Products, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

LOOKING TO MAKE AN IMPACT WITH YOUR CAREER?

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.
IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.
We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.
Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!
€36 billion global revenue
+13% organic growth
150 000+ employees in 100+ countries

1 on the Global 100 World’s most sustainable corporations

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.
Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do. This extends to our Candidates and is embedded in our Hiring Practices.
You can find out more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion here and our DEI Policy here
At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders. You can find out more about our Trust Charter here
Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.

• Interface with category manager to collect ETO specifications, specify the qualification criteria and contribute to the segmentation of the strategy
• Contribute and implement the strategy (SOC) in the cluster perimeter
• Taking the category strategies into account, you will build & drive the category APOP (Annual Procurement Operational Plan) validated by Global Category & plant
• By cooperating together with Global category & SQLD team you will build the supplier development plan and support its deployment from supplier side
• Negotiate global frame-agreement with cluster suppliers
• Initiate and drive breakthrough (make or buy, rebalancing, SBO, innovation…) on the category he/she is managing and follow the advancement
• Develop supplier competitiveness and assess the quality level. React in front of deviations
• Organize lesson learnt per category (multi-supplier approach). Return of Experience on key projects or on ETO dimension
• Secure Supplier competitiveness on the commodity perimeter and the performance on negotiation lever
• Raise and address cluster supplier quality of service and business continuity
• Business Continuity first level for escalation
• Support Procurement Plant Manager and Group Manager on SRM strategy (Sponsorship, C2P, Business review)
• Supplier base next generation, supplier selection connected with Category Strateg