Purchaser

Job description

For the fields of recovery, mail, CRM, HR and technical assistance, your principle job is to help improve purchasing performance in the Business Support Achats (BSA) department. Are concerned: the communication and customer relations' product families and domains, which comprises managing a purchasing volume of greater than €40M per annum. You will be reporting to the Head of Department for Belgium.

Your day as a Purchaser at ENGIE will consist out of the following activities:

Guided by ENGIE Group's purchasing policy and strategic directions, which are defined by the product family buyers, the CRM (Communication & Customer Relationship) Buyer manages and implements purchasing procedures for one or several purchasing sub-domains, including portfolios of an operational nature (purchase requests, budget availability, local sourcing) in order to meet the needs of our customer entities.

Main activities:
·  working independently (set up and steer purchasing processes related to purchase requests allocated to you by the head of the purchasing department, monitor contracts and contract execution and collect feedback, etc.)
·  provide reports to the head of the purchasing department on a regular basis concerning progress in your activities and/or action plans
·  manage the consultation process from start to finish
·  prepare and submit, in accordance with Group regulations, reports on earnings to follow up your actions. Using business reporting tools, create reports and document the earnings information, which is then validated by our customers
·  in your role as a buyer you are responsible for tracking and monitoring the execution of contracts that you have negotiated and for financial performance in your designated purchasing tasks

This position is in a friendly and energetic team. The purchasing categories will be related to communication activities (media agencies, etc.) and customer relations: recovery, mail, CRM, HR and technical assistance. Nonetheless, the categories in your portfolio may evolve based on changes in demand and organisation.

Responsibilities:
·  ensuring that internal customers are satisfied with quality and performance
·  help to improve the performance of the purchasing department (BSA)
·  conveying a positive image of the Group in its affairs and complying with the Group's ethical and professional codes of conduct

Are the following skills part of your professional DNA?

·  post-graduate university degree or equivalent (Masters) and at least three years' purchasing experience in a similar post
·  extensive experience in purchasing or B2C
·  familiar with ERP computing tools and understand the operating principles
·  inquisitive by nature with a good business sense and a strong preference for B2C activities
·  training in purchasing and supply processing methods with recognised analytical and negotiating skills
·  strong negotiating skills doing business with the market's leaders would be an advantage
·  motivated by strong team spirit, possessing excellent inter-personal skills and comfortable dealing with a variety of different people
·  someone who strives for excellence and wants to achieve satisfactory results and high work standards for their customers
·  independent, meticulous and a team player
·  some travel is required (Belgium and France)
·  proficiency in Dutch, French and English is essential

ENGIE is one of the world's leading energy companies, operating at every stage in the electricity and natural gas supply chains. It puts responsible growth at the heart of its business (energy, energy and environmental services) at a time when the energy sector is facing major challenges: meeting increasing energy needs, securing the energy supply, mitigating climate change and improving our use of resources.

Founded in July 2014, Global Business Support (GBS) has managerial authority and now employs almost 2000 people in several countries and entities working in a coordinated manner to provide first rate business support to the ENGIE 's BUs and Newcorp.

Today GBS comprises seven Business Support units: Purchasing, Consulting, Finance, Real Estate & Logistics, Human Resources, Information Systems and Legal.

The company’s goal is to be the leading operator of ENGIE's support activities and the trusted partner of the Group's operating entities.

Working at GBS, the Business Support Unit for purchasing (BSA in French), your main role is to process operational purchases for customers in the service sector (general and IT purchasing) in France and Belgium. For certain entities we also manage supply services.

Our principle roles are as follows:

·  transformation of purchasing needs into purchasing orders while applying the Group's supplier policies and associated framework contracts
·  measuring and improving supplier performance
·  helping to define/revise Group policies
·  providing support to our customers to optimising their expenditure
·  conducting internal controls for the department
·  reducing discrepancies in the purchasing/procurement management system


Join ENGIE and enjoy the following benefits:

·  a highly competitive salary & fringe benefits package
·  a wide range of training & development opportunities
·  a priority to internal mobility by first presenting new vacancies to our employees
·  a healthy work/life balance is considered as important
·  a wide range of formal and informal networks

Your HR contact: Camille Romain

Workplace: ENGIE Tower Brussels - Boulevard Simon Bolivarlaan 34-36

Additional Information
·  Posting Date: Jul 8, 2020