The Long Procurement Organization (LPO) leverages technical excellence to develop best TCO solutions to secure the ArcelorMittal’s supply chain.
We are looking for a Buyer for our General Industrial Services (GIS) in Duisburg
About the role
- Actively participate in the strategic procurement activities for GIS subcategory of spend for the mills/sites
- Build transparency of subcategory spend in a hub and drive cost reduction
- Work closely with internal customers and logistics people in sites to endure effective strategic procurement and business continuity across at every site
- Together with Lead User and Users collaborate in the search and implementation of Progress and TCO Actions
- Work closely with Lead Buyers and logistics people in conducting research on supply markets, price benchmarks, and supplier profiles
- Participate in Transversal Projects/Initiatives Across Clusters to ensure share of Best practices
Key Responsibilities
- Execute supplier selection, negotiation, and contracting for the site.
- Develop and maintain supplier profiles: Manage Supplier relationship and monitor contract compliance
- Deliver savings and subcategory KPI targets and assist Lead Buyers with necessary analyses:
o Spend data analysis and basic financial analyses
o Performance reporting
o Category strategy development (e.g., supply market research, price benchmarks)
o Supplier profile maintenance
- Achieve effective procurement and business continuity by cooperation with Lead Users across sites
- Participate in transversal working groups and projects
Your profile:
• You graduated as/hold a/have a Master’s degree in Economics, Engineering or Supply Chain.
• You have a track record in Procurement and should you have 1-3 years of experience in financial analysis, this will be an asset
• As a genuine buyer, you have problem-solving and analytical skills and a good ease facing numbers.
• You have a good technical knowledge of contracts and targeted systems but also in project management and negotiation.
• You combine a strong personality/leadership and communication skills with an appetite for reducing costs and for finding information on innovative industry trends and for market analysis.
• Result and Customer oriented, you are able to work under deadline pressure and to manage the change
• As our contracts are very important both for our customers and EBITDA plants, reliability is one major key for success
• You are fluent in English and German. Other additional European language is appreciated.
What do we offer?
• An international and challenging workplace with focus on sustainability through our business
• An attractive career path with continuous development opportunities, accredited procurement qualifications and international assignment opportunities within EPO and ArcelorMittal.
• Highly skilled and inspiring colleagues-business partners from different backgrounds.
• Strong personal development opportunities, knowledge exchanges, continuous improvement and teamwork
• High focus on technology and innovation, key pillars of ArcelorMittal’s values of Sustainability, Quality and Leadership