Sourcing Specialist

Plan, optimize, and oversee the procurement, pricing, and promotion of a specific product or service category to maximize profitability and meet customer needs.

Day to Day lead & follow up activities within the defined categories, including contracting, supplier validation,& implementation of catalog in local ERP.

Sourcing execution of operations needed (within the defined threshold) & preparing effective strategy to consolidate the demand,business requirements and concluding at best cost pricing through the ERP RFX.

Identify catalog/CSP opportunities,improvement in sourcing process (E-RFX/Auction),working closely together with buyers.

Identify new opportunities to create procurement efficiencies with a focus on recurrent ECCO/one off based on internal present & future requirements utilising supplier and competitor market analysis.

Ensure use and implementation of the category strategy of all defined categories in the different sourcing activities and projects

Manage local/regional contracts, supplier relationship & risk assessment.

Accountabilities & related Activities

• Manage local spend of the Indirect category
• Perform rigorous analysis on local category cost base and suppliers to ensure delivery of spend and efficiency targets
• Ensure supply to the business and execution of local procurement
• Manage local supplier performance (performance to SLAs, continuous improvement – cost and innovation)
• Stay abreast of market conditions and trends (including global pricing benchmarks) to inform strategy and ensure supply continuity
• Analyse the requirements and challenge specifications with stakeholder teams ,selection of potential suppliers.
• Implement best practice category management techniques
• Implement standards, processes and tools consistent with overall procurement function
• Based on yearly maintenance budget and close cooperation with internal stakeholders ,identify procurement opportunities, with a focus of avoided OPEX/CAPEX via bundling the needs or creation of contracts
• Identify new opportunities to create procurement efficiencies (ECCO- R/One off)based on internal current or future requirements.
• Participate in the local and central skill development plan activities
• Be accountable for the sourcing efficiencies projects performance outcome related to His/Her portfolio

• Leading entity Scrap sales on a regular basis.

• Category Strategy

• Define 3 years local category strategy including the supplier strategy for its scope

• In close cooperation with Stakeholders, establish yearly ambition and its updates (within the target and rolling forecast processes)
• Implement and manage the local category strategy
• Liaise with other HUB Category Managers / clusters / countries counterparts to ensure alignment on sourcing initiatives and priorities, as well as assessing practices for consideration in own efforts
• Analyze current procurement portfolio, spend, supply base, contracts for the local entity
• Analyze industry market profile and key suppliers, TCO drivers
• Identify Risks & Opportunities
• Perform internal and external benchmarks in relationship with the Procurement Performance Manager

• Identify short term opportunities (volumes consolidation, bundling) and long term opportunities (standardization, etc) and consolidate needs (OPEX and CAPEX), establish RFx planning

• Sourcing execution & Contract Management

• Follow the contract compliance, upload all the local and regional contract into the local ERP database as well as in ZYCUS

• Manage the yearly indexation of contracts, Volume rebates, check if conditions are inline with Local, Regional / Global Contracts / FWA
• On yearly basis manage the Supplier Price Increase (SPI) process for annual orders
• Communicate and explain contracts to Buyers, Spot Buyers & Requisitioners for deployment and appropriate execution in the system. Communicate them as well to internal customers (BL, functions, Project Proc)
• Analyze offers using TCO and "Should Cost" approaches, make scenarios and propose short list of suppliers based on fact-based and agreed criteria to requesters
• Select suppliers and negotiate contracts in alignment with Regional Category Managers
• Communicate and explain contracts to Spot Buyers / Requisitioners and finance team for deployment and appropriate execution in the system.
• Communicate contracts to internal customers (Supply chain)
• Establish measures and controls to ensure and track successful implementation of the contract in collaboration with Procurement Performance Manager
• Follow and manage contract implementation (application of price escalation formulas, volume rebate collection, products and services portfolio management, progress clauses, renewal etc.), including
• Update of procurement database (contracts, catalogues...)
• Define and periodically review buying channels

• Manage incidents and claims

• Suppliers relationship management

• Lead SRM activities for key suppliers of his/her category (supplier strategy, evaluations, review and audit, innovation initiatives, internal promotion of supplier, supplier days)

• Understand (and in some cases is involved in) the strategy of his/her most important suppliers
• Animate the supplier qualification and audit process in collaboration with Inspection teams, HSEQ and Technical experts
• Support in Corporate Social Program (CSP) nomination process (validation)
• Contribute to supplier risk identification and mitigation to ensure compliance with risk mapping regulation

• Facilitate introduction of suppliers to company level stakeholders

• Stakeholders management

• Develop and manage relationship with internal customers to ensure deployment of category strategies

• Develop internal customer feedback on category strategies
• Develop internal customer feedback regarding Supplier Performance
• Lead working sessions with internal customers to identify TCO reduction opportunities

• Develop proactive proximity and build recognition of the procurement function with internal customers

• Continuous Improvement

• Conduct periodic surveys to measure internal customer feedback for continuous improvement in collaboration with the Procurement Performance Manager

• Get suggestions from suppliers to improve AL processes and develop innovations originating from suppliers
• Undertake corrective actions with suppliers to improve performance (e.g. Supplier development programs, progress plans,…) and track progress
• Undertake corrective actions with Functions to improve contract compliance
• Proactively organize sessions with internal customers to identify further TCO reduction opportunities: standardization, joint process improvement opportunities, value engineering, etc
• Identify opportunities for automating Purchase Orders (catalogues, Open PO, Blanket Purchase Orders, etc.)

• Analyze spot buying reduction opportunities, define and implement corrective actions

• Reporting

• Consolidate and present Category Management action plan to his/her Management

• Provide periodic activity reporting to his/her Management on actual and projected savings related to his/her categories

1. University undergraduate or above, Business Administration and/ or - for law, engineering or equivalent, Management Degree in Procurement/ Supply Chain Management/ Global Sourcing will be additional advantage;

2. Minimum 5 years of experience in Project Management/ Engineering/ Procurement in a mid-sized or above company.

3. Must Have skills

4. Category & Sourcing Strategy

5. Category & Market Expertise
6. Supplier Selection, Qualification & Relationship
7. Negotiations & Contract Knowledge
8. Performance & Process Management (Data, KPI & Digital Tools)
9. Planification & Expediting Financial Analysis
10. Project Management

11. Good to have

12. Data analysis and Reporting.

13. Complementary Capabilities

14. Thinking & Partnering strategically

15. Influencing for Change
16. Managing conflict
17. Analysing and solving problems
18. Strong interpersonal skills including written and oral communication skills

Our Differences make our Performance

At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.