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Procurement - Senior Professional

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Schneider Electric

Procurement - Senior Professional

Bilbays, Egypt

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This position is responsible for providing Field Services operational inputs to supply chain design & operations. Ensuring process alignment and improvement between Field Services Operations team and Supply Chain teams

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Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Commodity Strategy:
  • Ensure the application of the commodity strategy and align on the key supplier panel.
  • Propose productivity actions (negotiations, change of suppliers, quality value engineering) within the designated perimeter, consistent with the commodity strategy.
  • Identify modern technologies and suppliers and characterize gaps between needs and the current supplier panel.
  • Provide local market intelligence and new product launch requirements to build sourcing strategies.
  • Share key choices with commodity managers and cross-functional teams.
  • Supplier Management:
  • Manage supplier consultation and selection according to the commodity strategy.
  • Manage supply qualification; negotiate and manage contracts/agreements with suppliers (price, delivery, terms and conditions).
  • Monitor and ensure competitive material costs to meet product target costs (design/redesign to cost).
  • Obtain and analyze supplier quotes.
  • Act as the first escalation level for supplier crisis management.
  • Address and resolve supplier quality of service and business continuity issues.
  • Support the Plant Procurement Manager and Procurement Group Manager on Supplier Relationship Management strategy (sponsorship, connect to partner, business reviews).

Cost and Quality Management:
  • Participate in cost estimation.
  • Implement quality and cost reduction objectives related to action plans and productivity programs.
  • Contribute to the procurement database update by providing necessary information to commodity managers, supplier leaders, and plants.
  • Sourcing and Development:
  • Develop new products at suppliers.
  • Scout for new suppliers be added to the approved suppliers list.
  • Develop existing suppliers to improve their capabilities and increase their bandwidth.
  • Lead localization and effective regionalization projects.

Qualifications: •
  • Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.
  • Minimum 3 to 7 years Direct Procurement experience•
  • Experience in costing and has a proven record for cost saving projects is a plus•
  • Experience in procuring fabricated components (sheet metal parts, machining parts, forging, and casted material) is a plus.
  • Excellent command of the English language.
  • Proficient user of MS Office.
  • Ability to collaborate with a team.
  • Adherence to principles and values.
  • Learning and researching skills.
  • Adaptability and responsiveness to change.


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Client-provided location(s): Badr City, Badr, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Job ID: Schneider_Electric-https://careers.se.com/jobs/94607?lang=en-us
Employment Type: Other