Raw Material Category Senior Manager

Raw Material Category Senior Manager (H/F)
- About Nexans- Nexans is a global player in energy transition. Our purpose: ELECTRIFY THE FUTURE. For over a century, Nexans has played a crucial role in the electrification of the planet. With around 25,000 people in 38 countries, the Group is leading the charge to the new world of electrification: safer, sustainable, renewable, decarbonized and accessible to everyone. In 2020, Nexans generated 5.7 billion euros in standard sales.-
**Position**:
**Raw Material Category Senior Manager (H/F)**

**Organization
- Function : Group Purchasing
- Location : Nexans European Site, ideally Paris
- Supervisor: Group Purchasing Portfolio VP
About Us:

Nexans manufactures copper and optical fiber cable products for the infrastructure, industrial and construction markets. We are the world's second largest manufacturer of cables.
We have a global industrial presence in 40 countries and commercial activities worldwide, employing close to 26,000 people and generating sales in 2019 of 6.7 billion Euros. Nexans’ teams are committed to a partnership approach that supports customers in four main business areas: Power transmission and distribution (submarine and land), Energy Resources (Oil & Gas, Mining and Renewables), Transportation (Road, Rail, Air, Sea) and Building (Commercial, Residential and Data Centers). Nexans’ strategy is founded on continuous innovation in products, solutions and services, employee development, customer training and the introduction of safe, low-environmental-impact industrial processes.
A global player in the infrastructure, industry, building and Local Area Network markets. With more than a hundred years of experience, and completely independent since our IPO in June 2001 (Euronext Paris, SBF 120), our company has gone through tremendous changes since then. It’s a real “success story”.

**Context**
A purchasing organization is set-up with the ambition to:

- strengthen the purchasing function performance aiming to a better alignment with the business needs
- support the Business Groups organization on the management of their Purchasing activities
This organization encompasses among other things, a team of Category Managers at Group and BG levels.

**Purpose**
Management of the Raw Materials Portfolio, both strategically and operationally, directly contributing to Group and BGs’ E3 (Economic, Environment, Engagement) objectives
Coordination of both Category Management and Supplier Relationship management for the Portfolio in order to have all Businesses properly supported and to reduce complexity and maximize synergies & value creation

**Area**
**s of responsibility**

**PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT**
- Define the Raw Materials Purchasing Company roadmap to meet business needs and E3 objectives, especially in term of security of supply, TCO competitiveness, cash, innovation and CSR
- Own the Raw Materials Purchasing strategies and action plans, mobilizing a team of category managers (at Group and BG levels), BU Purchasing Managers and multifunctional internal stakeholders
- Define the Portfolio objective and manage its activities in accordance with business needs and Group Purchasing objectives - Align targets and arbitrate priorities with BGs whenever needed
- Monitor purchasing standards and indicators adapted to its Portfolio of Categories (standard contractual models, performance dashboard,...)
- Supervise the purchasing risk analysis and mitigation plans implementation in the scope of his/her Portfolio
- Act as Category Manager for part of the scope, liaising with BGs/BUs, ensuring transactional as well as strategic management

**MARKET INTELLIGENCE**
- Analyzes market trends (products, suppliers and customers) and cost drivers globally
- Establishes market benchmarks (customers, competitors, suppliers)
- Ensure product cost structure analysis are built as part of Category Plans

**SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT**
- Secures a proper Supplier Panel is defined for the categories of the Portfolio covering all BGs
- Coordinate Supplier Relationship Management in order to leverage cross-BG synergies and common needs
- Supports and/or manages supplier relationships at proper level
- Promotes Suppliers engagement and deployment of framework or/and long-term agreements for the Portfolio
- Drives or/and supports Supplier negotiations as needed

**Expected results**
- P&L Savings contribution
- Cost avoidance (additional to P&L savings on TCO basis)
- Increased payment terms
- On-Time Delivery
- Cost of non-Quality
- Carbon footprint (tons of CO2)
- Recycled content
- Book of Innovation
- Formalized, approved and deployed Category Strategies through concrete action plan

**Position sizing**
- About 600 millions € of Spend per year
- At Nexans, we recognize the differences that make each employee valuable and unique. The diversity of experiences, origins, personalities, gender and disability are considered key to our global ambition to lead the world in energy tran