What are the responsibilities and job description for the Procurement Project Manager position at Schneider Electric?
- Responsible for procurement activities in complex new offers development (multi-sites, multi-country and critical technologies)
- Achieve procurement targets for the project (Supplier Sourcing, Cost, Contracts Time to Market, Quality, etc.)
- Contribute to Make or Buy decision during OTM Phase
- Challenge, influence, and guide supplier, component selection, and standardization in collaboration with TSE (technology standardization engineer) and CoE (Center of Excellence) team leaders for the project
- Lead project purchasing activities in collaboration with project team members including procurement readiness and new supplier qualification process with SAM audits
- Lead price negotiations for products, responsible for final resolution of all contractual agreements
- Monitor project and provide support to solve issues and ensure process compliance
- Manage the implement of contracts during the Project
- Act as functional lead for PA technical productivity (QVE/COS), representing LoB Procurement on status updates, progress, influencing and provide support to cross-functional teams
- Lead as a SPOC (single point of contact) for PA Resiliency in collaboration with CoE (Center of excellence) team
- Manage critical brand labeling supplier (spending, business/end user impact), performance as supplier leader to reach yearly productivity target, for supplier quality and supply chain improvement to reach SE needs
- Education: Engineering Master degree, or business Master degree,
- Job Related Experience: Minimum of 3 to 5 years of experience in a Purchasing/Sourcing team of a Multinational corporation
- Experience in project purchasing is desired
- Business Understanding: Comprehensive experience in Procurement/Sourcing, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Management, and Supply Chain.
- Ability to influence & convince
- Functional leadership and International projects culture
- Fluent communication in spoken and written English
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