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The Position Plant Purchasing Manager Job Summary Mission
The Plant Purchasing Manager, reporting to the South Europe & MEA Purchasing manager, will ensure the operational continuity of the different sites of his perimeter: Rubi, Alicante, El Ejido, Moron, and Mijas, for a total purchasing spend of 25M€.
Responsibilities Responsible for Local Purchases:
- Responsible for the purchase contracts for local purchases OpEx / CapEx.
- Support deployment of larger CapEx on his/her sites.
- Frequent local presence in the different sites of his/her perimeter.
- Sourcing new suppliers and negotiating contracts.
- Propose and manage local purchase synergies.
- Monitoring suppliers: Performance, KPI's, Appraisal.
- Reporting and analysis, capture of data, collaboration with financial departments for documented financial performance of his/her targets.Responsible for the Deployment of Global / Regional Category Management Policy & Strategy:
- Work closely with regional category managers (indirect, transport, energy, chemicals, packaging, raw materials, mining, capex).
- Ensure compliance with purchasing strategy and policy at site level.
- Organize and coordinate local trials with the suppliers (Global/Regional/Local Suppliers).
- Lead new purchasing initiatives at cross-clusters or at country level, on a case-by-case basis.Playing an active role in Continuous Improvement Processes and Strategy:
- Be the single point of contact to the plant managers of the designated sites.
- Collect the local purchasing requirements: anticipate, collect and optimize the sites requirements in terms of quantity and specifications.
- Ensure internal customer satisfaction with the performance of the purchasing team.
- Entry point for all purchase requests.
- Supplier quality management.
- Close collaboration with supply chain/procurement.Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other Characteristics:
- Leadership, problem solving, interpersonal, communications, planning, team participation skills, and/or language requirements.
- Highly motivated and proactive driver of change.
- Strong negotiation and communication skills - both internally and externally.
- Ability to have a global view and link business need to purchasing strategy.
- Confident decision maker.
- Proficient in Google tools, MS Office software, experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP/R3, SPA/HANA, IFS).
- Ability to quickly understand high-level technical elements of the category being handled.
- Understanding and actively promote the procurement cycle.
- Ability to support and champion the development and introduction of effective purchasing methods and tools.
- Languages: Spanish and English (advanced level).
- Previous experience for at least 5 years as Purchasing Manager is required.
Position Type:
Full time and Permanent.
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IMERYS is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and it is our policy to not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state or local laws.
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