Responisbilities and tasks

• Leading the competitiveness program of his/her plants related to his/her scope and following up the YTD/YEO results
• Supports the definition of the category strategy/Business Units, in line with the vision of the group, their Business Unit, and ensure the alignment of group practices/BU/sites
• Establishing the purchasing savings budget to reach the Business Group/Group objectives
• Implement the execution plan at its scope in its Business Group
• Coordinates the execution and deployment of purchasing action plans
• Fully implement the purchase process and ensure that it is applied to team level
• Close link with BPO position to support stakeholder needs
• Contribute to the identification and reduction of risks related to purchases
• Challenge the expression of the needs (recasting of the cost, functional analysis, standardization ...)
• Consolidate needs at the appropriate level (global, local)
• Support the definition of a functional specification (decision matrix for information request / quote, etc.)
• Define the panel of suppliers for consultation
• Perform information / quote requests
• Lead negotiations to select the best supplier
• Manage contracts and their follow-up (customization, deployment, performance evaluation)
• Contribute to the mitigation of claims
• Contribute to supplier market analysis by providing information on local suppliers
• Analyze market trends and establish market benchmarks (customers, competitors, suppliers)
• Establish the cost structure of the solution
• Identify and propose alternative solutions in the panel supplier
• Design and deploy a dashboard to monitor expenses, unit cost, volume by entity

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor degree within relevant fields
• Minimum 5 years of purchasing experience
• Good negotiation & communication skills
• Fluent in English, both verbal and written
• Competitive and positive mindset
• Very good Excel analysis skills
• Federate, and focus his/her team
• Results oriented
• SAP & Ariba skills

Why work with us

• Professional and personal development opportunities
• Interesting and varied work in an international, dynamic and multidisciplinary environment
• Competitive terms and working conditions
• Good pension scheme and insurance agreements
• Company cottages

Workplace: Halden

Information/application:

For more information please contact Guillaume Deschamps at +33 608 813 993 or Linda Nyegaard at 915 16 116.

Application deadline: 01.11.2019

Nexans Norway is part of the Nexans Group which has industrial presence in 40 countries and commercial activities worldwide and has nearly 1,600 employees. The head office is located in Oslo and we have manufacturing plants in Rognan, Langhus and Halden. Nexans’ Norwegian activity is divided into three business groups: Submarine & Land Systems (SLS), Building & Territories and Telecom (B&T&T) and Telecom and Data (T&D).

At Nexans, we bring energy to life through an extensive range of cables and cabling solutions that transmit power and information to millions of people, communities and industries worldwide. For over 120 years, we have been shaping the world's evolution providing critical connectivity to households, businesses, infrastructure and all means of transport. Today we are committed to facilitating energy transition and supporting exponential growth of data.

We constantly help our customers meet the challenges they face in the fields of energy infrastructure, energy resources, transport, buildings, telecom and data. We are providing them with solutions and services for the most complex cable applications in the most demanding environments.

At the heart of our company are the people that make us who we are. Our future is shaped by your creativity, inspiration, aspirations and motivation. We employ more than 27,000 people with industrial footprint in 34 countries and commercial activities worldwide. In 2018, the Group generated 6.5 billion euros in sales.Committed to energy access for all, the Nexans Foundation supports initiatives that help bring electrical power to disadvantaged communities. We focus on promoting awareness about energy poverty and the importance of developing access to energy, in line with the UN aim of ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.

Boosted by a clear talent development strategy, you can go a long way if you are motivated, mobile and driven by the same values as us. We build people that build business.

Careers in cables. Amazing, actually!

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