Associate Category Manager

Schneider Electric has an opportunity for a Associate Category Manager

Schneider Electric creates connected technologies that reshape industries, transform cities and enrich lives. Our 135,000+ employees thrive in more than 100 countries. From the simplest of switches to complex operational systems, our technology, software and services improve the way our customers manage and automate their operations. Help us deliver solutions that ensure Life Is On everywhere, for everyone and at every moment.

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What do you get to do in this position?

As a Associate Category, you are responsible to ensure the best Quality, Cost and Delivery Conditions to supply Labels, Packaging and Fasteners.

Aligned with the Corporate Strategy, you are in charge to implement the best terms and conditions with suppliers to achieve on a sustainable basis, the targets allocated to the team and the Purchasing Department (Yearly Productivities, Suppliers Quality & Deliveries performances)\:

· Ensure the operational relationships with allocated suppliers and drive sustainable competition into the supplier panel.

· Manage the Request for Quotations and offers selection in consistency with the commodity strategy.

· Lead concentration plan on targeted suppliers for Schneider Electric while securing business risks.

· Execute the supplier strategy on targeted suppliers for Schneider Electric while securing business risks.

· Lead / participate to yearly negotiation with other Departments.

· Identify/implement Technical productivities (QVE), Supplier Change (COS) with related actors (Business Unit, Material Productivity Leaders, Suppliers)

· Whenever bearing a role of SSL (Schneider Supplier Leader), lead a global approach (Global negotiation, Should Cost approach and Lean initiatives for allocated suppliers)

· Contribute to the purchasing database/tools updates by providing necessary information to commodity managers / supplier leaders/ purchasing assistant

· Be the first escalation level for supplier crisis management.