- Accountable procurement member in industrial or EPC, large, medium or long term projects.
- Steer all Procurement activities throughout the stages of the project in coordination with other members of the procurement team.
- Be committed to achieving and improving overall project performance whilst steering any actions needed to reduce risk.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Define and adapt project Procurement plan and strategies - Draw up a list of requirements in collaboration with the Business and the buyers
- Take CSR and Carbon Neutral/Zero targets into account
- Define the procurement project management plan, strategies and procedures, in order to improve the competitive advantage of the business and up-grade them if necessary
- Ensure early involvement, quality of service and performance contribution
- Analyze Business objectives
- Approve strategies proposed by other buyers , including Category Managers, relating to their parts of the project
- Ensure the supplier/contractors evaluation in a place and make the supplier ready to be used/work with
- Implement the shadow calculation and cost value engineer to ensure the level of competitiveness
- Map risks and opportunities for the project through analysis of data and prepare mitigation strategies
- Define negotiating tactics/directions, working with the project team
- Control spend and build a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs
- Develop medium/long term strategic partnerships with suppliers
- Ensure the commercial, contract and material risk assessments are conducted and implement corrective action plans
- Ensure Group rules and policies (internal and external) are applied throughout the Procurement process
Steer project Procurement and intervene at strategic points - Steer and coordinate Procurement for the whole project and take charge of the most strategic/difficult purchases.
- Make sure the needs are challenged.
- Identify and/or select suppliers who best meet the project requirements.
- Oversee calls for tenders and conduct key negotiations.
- Draw up the contract with the legal department.
- Manage relationships with the most critical suppliers.
- Deal with major (key) disputes.
- Identify, prioritize, engage and work in a project mode with internal and external stakeholders.
- Manage risks and opportunities.
Provide contractual, budgetary and regulatory supervision of the project on behalf of Procurement - Ensure all project procedures and applicable regulations are followed.
- Control overall project procurement costs and issue warnings when required (exercise his / her right to intervene).
- Ensure the contract is correctly implemented and understood by all parties involved.
- Adapt Procurement activities to operational constraints.
- Commit to achieving the Procurement financial and operational performance targets.
External (suppliers) and internal (project) intelligence - Identify innovative opportunities on the suppliers market.
- Obtain technical and financial intelligence about current and potential suppliers in order to anticipate long-term consequences for the project.
- Challenge the project's technical aspects in order to ensure suppliers products and services meet the customer's needs in the long-term.
- Implement alternative Procurement strategies to avoid crises.
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