Procurement Commodity Leader - Facility Management

Req ID:452062 

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the full-time Procurement Commodity Leader – Facility Management we’re looking for? 

This position is located in St. Ouen (France).

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your strategic procurement expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll report to Royce MOEHRENSCHLAGER (Commodity Manager for Facility Management in Berlin), and work alongside dedicated Commodity Leaders and Regional Buyers worldwide.

You'll be in charge of deploying the Integrated Facility Management concept in countries all over the world, following our procurement strategy. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (Regional Procurement, project, Legal, Supplier risk, Quality, Finance, Real Estate, and Industrial teams ), to support the group’s industrial strategy through supplier excellence.

You’ll specifically take care of the global suppliers relationship management, but also support RFQ process and supplier negotiation.

We’ll look to you for:

Leading the commodity 

• Acquire knowledge of global market, organize benchmarks, apply cost models
• Act as an expert with optimization of product total cost of Ownership
• Support actively transversal and sites projects execution
• Manage supplier risks and set appropriate mitigation plan
• Lead commodity maturity improvement plan and the savings plan
• Take appropriate trainings provided
• Live the ALSTOM Way of Working

Defining Procurement strategy

• Develop commodity strategy with all stakeholders and drive its implementation
• Define supplier target panel in-line with Procurement strategy
• Lead the supplier selection process

Enhance Supplier relationship

• Manage global supplier panel relationship especially on contractualization
• Manage global supplier Quality Cost Delivery & Technical (QCDT) objectives and performance
• Perform regular business reviews and supplier performance reviews, solve major issues
• Drive supplier complex negotiations as appropriate
• Support monitoring of Corporate Social Responsibility engagements and deviations

Promote the Alstom Code of Ethics and adhering to the highest standards of ethical conduct.

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role: 

• Engineering or Business School master degree, with specialization in Purchasing
• Experience in procurement ( 5 to 10 years ) including category management
• Experience in multicultural teams ( minimum 5 years )
• Knowledge of Facility Management
• Finance &/or CAPEX background would be a plus
• Ability to work in a matrix environment
• Communication skills & Team spirit
• Ability to challenge
• Results oriented
• Internal and external influencing skills
• Negotiation and strategic vision
• Fluent in English with international mindset

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
• Contribute to innovative & sustainable projects
• Utilise our digital working environment
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
• Progress towards Region / Domain Procurement positions
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension) 

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63  countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.

Job Type:​Experienced​