• Set up standard product BOM within PL product portfolio and accountable for its evolution
• Establish sourcing strategy for the PL: preferred suppliers for standard product, (based on regional Commodity panels), supplier localization constraints (incl. LCC%)
• Drive savings plan by involving / challenging suppliers, commodity buyers, engineering and operations on technical levers: e.g. (re) design to cost, Make-or-buy
• Influence specification convergence across PL projects, push to use carry over components
• Accountable for cost improvement plan for standard Products (regarding sourcing cross purchasing commodities) and coordinates activities to reach standard products material cost targets defined by the product management
• Build and deploy cost modelling toolbox: e.g. historical database of PL tenders / projects, tender checklist
• Coordinate sourcing across sites of his / her PL
• Inform the Product Manager about obsolescence, supplier IP related issues
• Manage & challenge all the Upstream activities
• Obsolete components management and anticipation
• Attendance at local product platform and R&D meetings and local product platform and R&D reviews
• PCR & ECR management: to manage and execute « major changes » (e.g. major design, process or technical changes)

• Accountable for Bid sourcing competitiveness
• Challenge and validate Bid BOM defined by project buyers
• Consolidate REX from previous projects and take them into account in the tender costing phase
• Systematize early supplier involvement / supplier co-development for bids

• Degree in Engineering is considered a plus
• +6 years of experience in Purchasing
• Experience in a globalized matrix industrial environment
• Fluent in English
• Good proficiency with Excel and data analysis skills
• Written and oral communications skills
• Skilled multi-cultural negotiator
• Leadership skills
• Availability to travel (40%)