Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

• Manages project purchasing team, ensures staff availability and grow the competence in line with the region Division organization

• Drives project purchasing, pilot and forecast the project purchasing index & KPIs 

• Define and Implement standards by segment across the P1 purchasing network within the site

• Assess the required workload and supports the project buyer teams in the different activities

• Participate in the target setting of the P1 projects of the site

• Warrants CAA Purchasing validation for his site

• Represent Purchasing in the project process. 

• Participates to Project Meeting and Activities (Project Kick Off, Sourcing Plan, Technical Steering Committee, Project Management Committee) and participates to Pre-SoCo and SoCo decisions with project Buyers.

• Involves Segment Leader (or Group Segment Director) in appropriate timing to share project constraints and propose sourcing strategy compliant with Group Segment Strategy

• Liaise with Project and Segment organizations to identify Bundle opportunities

• Anticipates with Commodity Network,  segments evolution and liaise accordingly with  the PG

• Ensure consistency between projects and segments Pre-SoCo & SoCo milestones

• Ensure use and sharing of best practices to the P1Purchasing network throughout the  PG

• “Animate” and grow the P1 Purchasing network throughout the site

• Establish clear activity dashboards to report key activity to top Management of thePL/ Division

• Contribute to Working Groups to improve purchasing methodology

• Participate to Crisis war-room if necessary
   

KPIs :

• Specific

• Project Purchasing Index

• SoCo Metrics (Sourcing Ratio; LTA; Business Link)

• Project Milestones (PRAC, IS)

• Unqualified Initial Samples (UIS)
   

Shared

• Project inflation balance

• Project platform localization rate (must be in line or better than OEM project currency pass through) .

Job:

Purchasing Manager

Organization:

Site Purchasing

Schedule:

Full time

Employee Status:

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Job Type:

Permanent contract

Job Posting Date:

2025-10-10

Join Us !
Being part of our team, you will join:
- one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
- a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
- more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
- a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development

More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com