Membrane Category Manager for Water Activities H/F

The Category Manager manages at global level the Membrane category for Water Activities to maximize its contribution to performance (TCO, risk management, operational performance, innovation, etc.), business development (innovation, differentiation, regional anchoring) and supply chain sustainability. He/she acts as business partner with internal stakeholders.He/she defines, executes and steers the Membrane category strategy to capture sustainable value for SUEZ.

He/she is very operational, by being on daily /regular contact with E C and Operations to lead and manage directly Purchasing Contracts and Orders with supply solutions to maximize performance based on TCO in close coordination with Engineering, searchers, proposal and execution teams. Defining and steering a category strategy Develop and maintain category expertise and market watch including competitors, suppliers market, market trends innovations, in connection with technical experts.

Understand and challenge current and future business needs including demand management in accordance with BU procurement teams to be aligned with BU category strategy. Build steer category core team globally (including O M Category leader, Project Buyer, key BU and DU stakeholders, etc.). Global approach for BUs and DUs: Co-design global category strategy with category core team (using appropriate levers: contractual negotiation, contract implementation and compliance, standardization, demand management, TCO, TVO, etc.) Participate to commercial bid and add value and differentiation.

Risk management and mitigation plan anticipation. Organise Business Review with strategic suppliers (with Feedback (REX), current projects/works, coming projects/works…). Lead RFQ for strategic projects. Validate supplier short-list and lead negotiation for strategic lots for Bus/DUs and delegate lo local buyers according to defined threshold. Participate to supplier choices with E C on strategic sourcing before projects and at execution stage.

Supplier Relationship Management and optimization Negotiate, execute and monitor global agreements (KPIs, continuous improvement, customer/supplier balance, etc.). Manage or support contractual or business litigations (escalation process). Support BUs and DUs in Global/local supplier or contract negotiations. Support CSR initiatives related to category. Category performance steering Track report category performance globally (KPIs, reporting, etc.) to procurement/management/business.

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