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Join Eaton Souriau and contribute to developing innovative energy management solutions that positively impact the environment. Are you looking to work for a global company that values ethics, inclusion, diversity, and its employees?

Our Eaton Souriau headquarters in Versailles (78) is home to various departments, including sales, finance, and support teams, and connects with all 3,000 of our employees worldwide

As C ountry buyer you will be responsible for driving the implementation of business solutions for Indirect EMEA programs and strategies in France , and you will have good local market knowledge of Indirect suppliers, and market pricing, also leveraging "One Eaton" across all Eaton entities/businesses operating across the countries and spend in scope.

The France county Buyer will be accountable for the cost out performance for the indirect spend in scope, responsible to select suppliers for all Indirect categories, where no strategic supplier exists. Also will be key in the relationship building with key suppliers to leverage Eaton’s purchases and reduce costs across defined scope.

What you’ll do:

• Change Management & Compliance: Implement and ensure compliance with regional solutions and supplier partners. Where regional solutions are unavailable, identify and establish local solutions that meet site needs while maintaining productivity and service levels.

• Commodity Strategy Execution: Drive the execution and implementation of regional commodity strategies in line with established Master Service Agreements (MSA) with suppliers, ensuring the most effective Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

• Strategic Project Support: Assist the Category Manager with a defined list of strategic EMEA projects, which may extend beyond country or site scope.

• Sourcing Guidance: Provide sourcing guidance based on business needs for deploying tools and processes that integrate spend into the Central Indirect Team’s portfolio.

• Supplier Evaluation: Evaluate, benchmark, and select suitable local suppliers to generate significant productivity improvements and savings.

• Supplier Agreements: Collaborate with Indirect Commodity Managers to create long-term local or regional supplier agreements and relationships that lead to optimal price reductions, quality improvements, process enhancements, and on-time delivery performance.

Qualifications:

• Educational Background: University degree in Engineering or Business Administration.

• Experience: Minimum of 5 years in Supply Chain Management (SCM).

Skills:

• Fluent English and French Knowledge

• Indirect Procurement: Experience in indirect procurement is a valuable asset.

• Manufacturing Environment: Preference for candidates with a background in manufacturing.

• French Market Expertise: Strong knowledge and experience in the French market.

• Negotiation & Leadership: Efficient negotiator with excellent communication and leadership skills.

• Service Orientation: Highly service-oriented, ensuring top-notch support and satisfaction.

What Eaton Souriau offers:

• Projects and challenges within a dynamic and collaborative team.

• Excellent work environment – safety and ethics are very important to us.

• Corporate culture & values: beyond innovation; our conduct is as important as the results. At Eaton, our values and culture define who we are and guide our daily activities.

• Inclusion and diversity: openness to diversity extends our access to the best talents. Inclusion allows us to engage all our talents.

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The selected candidate will undergo a background check.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.

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