Vice-President Procurement – Global Category (H/F)

- Vice-President Procurement – Global Category (H/F) - The position : Reporting to the Group Chief Procurement Officer, you lead a team of around 20 people, overseeing €1bn of global categories : Key objectives and expected results : Deliver value to the business (cost savings, quality safety, service level, innovation, risk mitigation and corporate responsibility) by leveraging category strategy, cross-functional collaboration, technology and global suppliers’ relationships ; Lead the community of buyers across the Procurement function. Develop and maintain a close relationship with the Procurement BU’s Heads and build a robust and active network of category experts ; Design best in class organization, relying on communities of practice, transforming the ways of working and enhance global / regional / local collaboration ; Promote a culture of innovation. Bring the best of the outside inside the company ; Establish close relationship with the technical experts across the company and agree on priorities ; Ensure compliance with our corporate responsibility commitments, identify and develop key areas of differentiation. Ensure Procurement is a key contributor to the company’s social responsibility progress ; Improve Group profitability by optimizing International Agreements with Global Suppliers; Generate total cost improvement and Increase International revenues ; Communicate on the opportunities, support and challenge the business ; Support our Data, Systems and Process transformation roadmap ; Contribute to the development of the function globally. Main challenges of the position : Ensure approval and recognition of the “new Procurement” as a true business partner with added value by main business stakeholders in a technical, complex company environment, nationally and internationally ; Develop skills levels and Procurement know how/maturity across the team and the Procurement organization to continuously grow new Procurement identity and value creation impact ; Ensure quick success stories for early stakeholders and team awareness and acceptance. Mission and main responsibilities : Lead global category team of around 20 FTE, animate a network of regional and country buyers, overseeing around € 1B in annual Spend at the Group level ; Main categories: Water Networks Water Treatment Equipment + Waste Equipment + EFW/UVE Equipment + Process Automation + Chemicals + Technical Specifications Market Intelligence ; Drive and manage design, innovation, implementation, continuous improvement, and performance of relevant category strategies, Ensure global and support regional/local implementation of category strategies ; Actively drive and embed sustainable core focus and development (CSR) in Group sourcing and category management, ensure compliance with Group CSR commitments and identify/develop key areas of differentiation (e.g. carbon-neutral supply chain, social equity, ...) ; Deliver substantial continuous value to the business (cost reduction and savings, quality and safety, service levels, innovation, risk mitigation, CSR) by leveraging category strategy, cross-functional collaboration, technology and global supplier/partner relationships ; Actively develop the structured use of AI driven tools methods levers to increase the efficiency and impact of value creation by the Procurement team via a new digital culture ; Manage and continuously optimize the relationship and performance with a panel of key suppliers at global and supra-regional level and trigger/increase a culture of external innovation; improve Group profitability by optimizing international terms and agreements with Global Suppliers ; Develop and manage an efficient relationship with main global and regional stakeholders (Senior Management of Business Units and Regional entities, Finance, Operations, Engineering, Support Services, Regional Procurement Directors, Legal, Sales Marketing, CSR, …) ; Ensure full integration of category strategies and category management across all levels and functions of the Group including regional and local compliance and implementation ; Review and optimize efficiency by designing and developing best in class structure, practices, teams and skills, improving the way of working and enhancing global and local collaboration.