Purchasing Manager

**Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise is THE place to be, if you are interested in**:

- **Flexibility and hybrid work environment, offered on all our sites,** **which grants a work-life balance** **where you can work from home if needed**.
- Multicultural and international company, with **continuous learning opportunities** (access to all LinkedIN learning catalog) and **internal** **career opportunities**.
- Our 3 values**:Speed **& Agility, Customer Centricity and Reliability**. We believe that strong values are the cornerstone of our company's commitment.
- **Building a future where everything connects**: we have a wide range of initiatives that acknowledge our responsibilities to people and the planet such as GoGreen, ALE Impact (Positively impact our global community) and TogetHer (Gender Equality).

**What is my role?**:
**As a Purchaser for IS, IT and Sales, you are looking to join a dynamic, multi-cultural and multi-language team, located in France and the USA.**:
**Within the purchasing department, you will work with a multitude of internal customers (ex: BTQ, Sales, Accounting), juggling value creation (savings, ROI, TCO), internal customer satisfaction and SLA compliance.**:
**What am I responsible for?**:
Under the supervision of the Indirect Purchasing Director, you will be in charge of IS and IT purchases (e.g. Sofware solutions like OBS, SHI, SFDC, SAP, Microsoft, Mobile Phone) and Sales (e.g.: TASC, CONCENTRIX).

In this context, you will:

- participate in the elaboration of the specifications, launch the calls for tender and lead this process, from the analysis of the answers to the choice of the solution
- define the purchasing strategy, analyze the needs of internal prescribers, canvass suppliers, negotiate commercial and contractual terms and conditions (with the support of the Legal Department) in line with the cost and performance objectives of each project
- develop the relationship with the suppliers
- drive the purchasing cost reduction plan
- make a strong contribution to the evolution of our Purchasing and Process tools, for a maximization of our digitalization
- Demonstrate strong analytical skills

Your position is likely to evolve and integrate other missions in the framework of non-production purchasing.

**Am I the right person for this?**:
You have a minimum of 1 year experience in IS, IT or Sales experiences. Purchasing experience is optional.

You have good relational and commercial skills? You are dynamic and have a strong sense of initiative? You have good analytical and synthesis skills?

This position is for you

Above all, we are looking for a structured and positive person who can easily integrate with the existing team.
- Excellent level of English, read, written and spoken
- Good communication and listening skills
- Autonomy and ability to adapt to any type of multicultural environment
- Ability to convince

**What can make the difference?**
- Experience in project management
- Mastery of negotiation techniques and contract drafting in an international environment

This position is based in Illkirch or Colombes.

**Join a key player in digital innovation **

We are Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, our vision is to deliver the customized technology experiences our customers need. Our mission is to make everything connect by delivering
**digital age networking, communications **and
**cloud solutions** with services tailored to ensure our customers’ success. In the Cloud. On Premise. Hybrid. ALE is a trusted advisor to
**more than a million customers** all over the world and active in 50+ countries.

**If you recognize yourself in our company and this description, this job is for you