Indirect Purchasing Buyer

at  Valeo

Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

• Deploys and contribute to the definition of the Group segment strategy with Group Indirect Purchasing Segment Director and ensures region needs are addressed in the strategy of the segment. Is accountable for achievement of segment’s KPIs in his/her Region
• Manages Action Plan
• Maintains strong relationship with region internal customers to ensure their buy-in according to the segment strategy and his/her responsibilities
• Responsible to have a mid term visibility on new business awards of the segment for the Region
• Prepares and drives annual purchasing budget process for his/her segment in the region:
• Analyse effective expenses per supplier : ABPA
• Monitors and produces analysis on key performance indicators
• Proposes, defines and Implement productivity actions in collaboration with the Segment
• Keeps action plan up to date in PUMA, ensures budgeted actions will be implemented on time, anticipates deviations and compensates by setting up new actions or anticipating existing ones
• Manages Panel
• Maintains his/her supplier panel in line with Group Segment Strategy and ensures Supplier information recorded in the systems (PuMa) is updated and accurate.
• Monitor QCD supplier relationship on his/her perimeter in line with QCD Target set by Indirect Purchasing Network and in accordance with Compliance and Ethical rules of the Group :
• Manages risky suppliers through Puma
• Proposes NBOH when necessary
• Is the escalation key contact in case of crisis
• Register and maintains relevant suppliers in Puma
• Supports and enforces dematerialization process
• Manages Sourcing process
• Organizes Pre-SoCo, taking into account the Strategy defined by the Group
• Launches RFQ’s through PUMA
• Identify and implement potential bundling
• Proposes auctions when relevant
• Collects all specification and necessary documents for the RFQ
• Performs RFQ, Negotiation, LTA and Ordering Process in compliance with instructions and procedures set by NPP Organization within e-procurement system.
• Organizes SoCo with stakeholders ( project, R&D, Industrial..) for a consensus and integrate SoCo, LTA ( Long Term agreement) result from January 1st through Puma
• Gets the validation from the Segment in PuMa
• Validates the Purchase request created by the Process PTM, after checking the consistency with the soco and accuracy of legal term. Indicate the SoCo number
• Creates and manages Web catalogs for his/her segment in line with Segment Strategy
• Supports the requester to implement the supplier creation in the system, but is not the requester
• Validates the issuer’s supplier creation request

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