Global Purchasing Commodity Professional

GLOBAL PURCHASING COMMODITY PROFESSIONAL - SOFTWARE

**Hungry for challenges?** Join a group with innovation at its heart and contribute to the automotive revolution
- OPmobility is a world leader in sustainable mobility and a technology partner to mobility players worldwide. Driven by innovation since its creation in 1946, the Group is today composed of complementary business groups that enable it to offer its customers a wide range of solutions: exterior and lighting systems, complex modules, energy storage systems and battery and hydrogen electrification solutions. OPmobility also offers its customers an activity dedicated to the development of software, OP’nSoft. With economic revenue of **11.6 billion euros in 2024 and a global network of 150 plants and 40 R&D centers**, OPmobility relies on its **38,900 employees**.

**Business Group**: Group
**Localisation**: Nanterre

**Reporting directly to the Global Indirect Purchasing Manager Software**

**The**Global Commodity Buyer -**Software**
- Is in charge of the purchasing strategies for his suppliers range, identifying the market opportunities (economical, technological and geographical), managing his suppliers list & the cost reduction programs.
- Is responsible for the sourcing process according to the plant & project needs in observation of the deontology rules and in the objectives set in terms of quality, cost and delivery
- Manages if necessary any crisis with the suppliers. Productivity, supply base management, debt management, right first time invoicing, sourcing in compliance with target
- With the following perimeter: Software, embedded software and Intelligence artificial.

**Main responsibilities include**:

- Proposes the commodity strategy and manages the supply base accordingly
- His/her responsible for his market analysis (benchmark, professional fairs, market trends, innovation...)
- Manages the suppliers’ relationships according to PO purchasing policy
- Follows and reports the supplier’s performance
- Leads the suppliers sourcing process in the respect of the procedures
- Leads negotiation with the suppliers and internal customers
- He/she is in charge of contractualization with suppliers
- Is responsible for his commodity in terms of Q, C, T
- Promotes the technical savings proposed by the suppliers
- Takes part or leads internal working groups for technical savings identification or problem solving
- Leads each time necessary the problem-solving process
- He’s responsible for the risk management of his commodity (financial health of suppliers, M&A, dependence ratio )
- Commits & manages his portfolio in line with budget
- He/she is committed to the respect of legal & environmental rules applicable on its markets

**Additional**:

- Respects fully legal & company requirements
- Respects the environmental legislation.

**Required profile**:

- At least 5 years in an IT purchasing department
- Mechanical or Plastic Engineering Degree or business background with specialty in purchasing management.
- Depending of the commodity a previous experience as a commodity buyer could be required in an IS/IT & international environment

**Prederred personal skills**:

- Purchasing knowledge/ Commodity strategy management
- Technical negotiations
- Companies & commercial laws
- Project management
- Finance & cash management
- Logistics (consignment, VMI incoterms)
- English fluent
- Good ability for communication
- Leadership
- Team playing
- Customer oriented
- Rigor & result oriented
- Multi task abilities
- Medium & long term vision ability

**Benefits**:

- Company savings plan
- Meal vouchers
- CSE: preferential rates on a wide range of services (cinemas, gift vouchers, etc.)
- 2 days of remote work per week

**Date**:Jun 27, 2025

**Location**:Levallois

**Custom Field 5**:383078