Hydro Extrusions is a world-leading aluminium extrusion business counting around 100 production sites in 40 countries and employing 20,000 people. Through our unique combination of local expertise, global network, and unmatched R&D capabilities, we can offer everything from standard profiles to advanced development and manufacturing for most industries.
This position is open in the Central Procurement team of Hydro Extrusions.
Role Purpose: Well driven procurement projects are great contributors to cost reduction and value creation in a complex organization like Hydro Extrusions. The purpose of the role is to ensure quality, cost, and time in our procurement projects to support the set business targets. This means effective planning, execution, and proper involvement with a number of stakeholders.
We have identified projects in Europe within the Packaging category that will allow us to create significant value while taking procurement to the next level: launching a tender in 2 steps to cover all of Europe while implementing specification optimization initiatives.
Main Responsibilities: Initiating projects by involving stakeholders to align scope and objectives of the project.
Creating a project plan from initiation to implementation.
Coordinating with internal stakeholders and ensuring that all relevant stakeholders have been identified and are engaged at the appropriate times throughout the project.
Coordinating with vendors; ensuring alignment of vendors' project plans with own project and scheduling meetings, obtaining proposals, getting questions answered, and facilitating the contracting process.
Identifying key suppliers from existing supplier panel and scouting new suppliers to challenge incumbents.
Leading all interactions with key suppliers.
Leading complex and large-scale tenders, conducting fact-based negotiations with suppliers (building on supplier and industry analysis, benchmarks, cost structure analysis) using advanced tender assessment analytics built in conjunction with the BA Procurement Analyst.
Reviewing and selecting suppliers with whom we can build long term customer/supplier relationships.
Negotiating, drafting, and finalizing multi-year contractual agreements establishing strong commercial and legal contract terms.
Leading and developing supplier management initiatives, e.g., identification and tracking of KPIs, business review meetings, savings initiatives.
Acting as a leader in managing the total cost of ownership (TCO) within the category coordinating all actors in procurement as well as all functional stakeholders e.g., operations, supply chain.
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