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Como poderá CONTRIBUIR e CRESCER na Air Liquide?
The main mission of the position will be to ensure the deployment of purchasing category strategies and to collaborate in the execution of the procurement process for all direct categories.
A VitalAire é uma empresa do Grupo Air Liquide com mais de 35 anos de experiência nos Cuidados Respiratórios Domiciliários em Portugal, especializada em tratamentos domiciliários de Oxigenoterapia, Ventiloterapia, Aerossolterapia e Aspiração de Secreções. A VitalAire trabalha diariamente em parceria com médicos e profissionais de saúde, cuidando de milhares de pacientes no seu domicílio e contribuindo para melhorar a sua qualidade de vida. A equipa VitalAire proporciona um serviço domiciliário de qualidade, reconhecido pelos seus pacientes e respetivos profissionais de saúde.
Como poderá CONTRIBUIR e CRESCER na Air Liquide?
The main mission of the position will be to ensure the deployment of purchasing category strategies and to collaborate in the execution of the procurement process for all direct categories.
The position will have a number of specific responsibilities:
- Supply execution (daily supply activities):
- Implement the sourcing strategy or instructions defined by category managers,
- Develop and implement your own sourcing strategy for categories not managed by the Category Manager.
- Analyse and review specifications with requisitioners.
- Develop and review specifications with requisitioners.
- Identify potential suppliers and propose a list of potential suppliers to requisitioners, supporting the category manager.
- Launch RFx to pre-selected suppliers and facilitate the supplier selection process (technical and commercial) with requisitioners.
- Prepare objective negotiations and define the roles to be played by Air Liquide stakeholders in relation to suppliers.
- Select suppliers and negotiate contracts.
- Contract implementation and management:
- Explain contracts to internal customer managers for proper implementation and execution in the system. Also communicate them to internal customers locally.
- Establish metrics and controls to ensure and monitor successful contract implementation locally.
- Follow up on contract implementation.
- Manage contract compliance.
- Define and periodically review purchasing channels.
- Contract management (application of price increase formulas, collection of volume discounts, product and service portfolio management, progress clauses, renewal, etc.), including updating the purchasing database (contracts, catalogues, etc.)
- Manage incidents and complaints.
- Supplier relationship management
- Manage supplier relationships (Guarantees, Sanctions, Claims, Supplier Reviews, Performance and Risk Management with European Process Managers (in case of a complex situation)
- Facilitate the introduction of suppliers to stakeholders at company level
- Contribute to the evaluation of supplier performance
- Encourage the supplier assessment and audit process in collaboration with inspection teams, HSEQ and technical experts
- Contribute to the identification and mitigation of supplier risks to ensure compliance with risk mapping.
- Stakeholder management
- Develop and manage relationships with internal customers (BL, Functions)
- Consolidate internal customer feedback on category strategies
- Consolidate internal customer feedback on supplier performance
- Lead working sessions with internal customers to identify opportunities for TCO reduction
- Drive awareness and recognition of the purchasing function within the business stakeholder community (BL, functions)
- Continuous improvement
- Run regular surveys to measure internal customer feedback for continuous improvement in collaboration with the Purchasing Director.
- Implement corrective actions with suppliers to improve performance (e.g., supplier development programmes, progress plans, etc.) and monitor progress.
- Implement corrective actions with clusters/functions to improve contract compliance.
- Identify opportunities to automate purchase orders (catalogues, open purchase orders, etc.)
- Analyse opportunities for reduction of spot purchases provided by the tactical procurement manager (contract compliance and coverage), define and implement corrective actions.
- Reports
- Consolidate and present the procurement action plan to your Management and, when necessary, to the related Category Manager.
- Contribute to the annual ambition plan and its updates (within the target forecasting and ongoing processes).
- Provide regular activity reports to your Management on current and projected savings in relation to your scope.
- Procurement execution (lead buyer role in direct activity management)
- For assigned categories: define EU/cluster/multi-country procurement guidelines or strategy and align with stakeholders
- Execute RFQs, lead negotiations with shortlisted suppliers and manage the global sourcing of selected suppliers
- Coordinate with direct buyers to ensure compliance with defined sourcing guidance or strategy
- Manage relationships with internationally sourced suppliers
- Centralise complaints (>10KE) for globally sourced suppliers
Será o candidato que procuramos?
You will be the ideal candidate if you meet the following requirements:
- Master or Bachelor's degree.
- At least 3-5 years of experience
- Experience in the industry sector.
- Knowledge of strategic planning and strategic sourcing, functional and value analysis, (re)design of costing techniques, supplier relationship management, including financial analysis, cost management
- Languages: High level of English and Spanish - You will report regularly to the Group.
As nossas Diferenças fazem a nossa Performance
Na Air Liquide temos o compromisso de construir um local de trabalho diversificado e inclusivo que abrace a diversidade dos nossos colaboradores, clientes, pacientes, partes interessadas da comunidade e culturas em todo o mundo.
Acolhemos e consideramos as inscrições de todos os candidatos qualificados, independentemente de sua formação. Acreditamos firmemente que uma organização diversa abre oportunidades para as pessoas expressarem o seu talento, tanto individual como coletivamente, e ajuda a promover a nossa capacidade de inovar vivendo os nossos valores, agindo para o nosso sucesso e criando um ambiente envolvente num mundo em mudança.
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