Senior Manager - Purchase

 

Since our founding, IDEMIA has been on a mission to unlock the world and make it safer through our cutting-edge identity technologies. Our technology leadership makes us the partner of choice for hundreds of governments and thousands of enterprises in over 180 countries, including some of the biggest and most influential brands in the world. In applying our unique expertise in biometrics and cryptography, we enable our clients to unlock simpler and safer ways to pay, connect, access, identify, travel and protect public places – at scale and in total security.

 

Our teams work from 5 continents and speak 100+ different languages. We strongly believe that our diversity is a key driver of innovation and performance.

 

Key Missions

Ensures complete understanding of the Business strategy, objectives, and needs

Collaborates with key stakeholders to ensure alignment between the procurement activity and the Business objectives

May Support the Pre-Sales team in quotations through costing and suppliers selection

Develops or supports category strategies that enhance innovation and quality, reduce costs and improve service to internal stakeholders

May source suppliers and work with internal customers on the supplier selection

May conduct in-depth analyses to advise on the make/buy strategy

Ensures deep and continuous relationships with suppliers to ensure smooth contract implementation, identify further business opportunities and anticipate risks

Challenges needs, conducts RFI/RFQ, negotiates cost-effective agreements with suppliers that result in delivering the agreed budget and providing a competitive advantage for IDEMIA

May contribute to the Design To Cost activity and cooperates with Research and Development to realize supplier-enabled innovation

Ensures the effective implementation of the contracts and is the main escalation point toward suppliers and internal stakeholders

Manages the settlement of escalations, drives or supports continuous improvement in Supplier performance

Delivers proper reports of the KPIs to the Business stakeholders and to the Purchasing Management team

Defines the Purchasing strategy for a large, strategic and complex scope

Leads the purchasing strategy implementation for his/her scope

Leads and manages a team of purchasing managers and professionals

Is the Procurement expert and Business partner to C-Level

Purpose

This role maximizes operational and financial value from IDEMIA's supplies, supporting business partner needs adequately

Profile & Other Information

 

By choosing to work at IDEMIA, you will join a unique tech company, offering a wide range of growth opportunities. You will contribute to a safer world, collaborating with an international and global community. We value the diversity of our teams and welcome people from all walks of life, regardless of how they look, where they come from, who they love, or what they think.

 

We deliver cutting edge, future proof innovation that reach the highest technological standards and we’re transforming, fast, to stay a leader in a world that’s changing fast, too.

 

At IDEMIA, people can develop their expertise and feel a sense of ownership and empowerment, in a global environment, as part of a company with the ambition and the ability to change the world.

 

Visit our website to know more about the leader in Identity Technologies

www.idemia.com

Experience Level

Senior Level