Program Purchasing leader
Since our founding, IDEMIA has been on a mission to unlock the world and make it safer through our cutting-edge identity technologies. Our technology leadership makes us the partner of choice for hundreds of governments and thousands of enterprises in over 180 countries, including some of the biggest and most influential brands in the world. In applying our unique expertise in biometrics and cryptography, we enable our clients to unlock simpler and safer ways to pay, connect, access, identify, travel and protect public places – at scale and in total security.
Our teams work from 5 continents and speak 100+ different languages. We strongly believe that our diversity is a key driver of innovation and performance.
Purpose
Reporting to the Head of Travel &Transport Purchasing, the Program Purchasing leader is responsible for strategic and tactical purchasing activities for Travel & Transport Programs across regions.
As program / Project purchasing leader you will be able to navigate in a high technology environment (in Hardware and Software) with expert team in Idemia and in suppliers. You will have the opportunity to work in a very international environment (customer, suppliers and Idemia have global footprints).
In this role, you will be the key-interface between category purchasers, suppliers, R&D, SQA, pre-sales and program teams. You can also play a strong role in category management when specialization would be required (Gate, kiosk, enrollment solutions..)
Key Missions
- Ensures complete understanding of the Projects / Programs strategy, objectives, and needs
- Collaborates with key stakeholders to ensure alignment between the Procurement activity and the Projects / Programs objectives
- Supports the Pre-Sales team in quotations through costing and negotiate back-to-back terms
- Develops or supports category strategies that enhance innovation and quality, reduce costs and improve service to internal stakeholders
- Source suppliers and work with internal customers on the supplier selection
- Conduct in-depth analyses to advise on the make/buy strategy (TCO approach)
- Ensures deep and continuous relationships with suppliers to ensure smooth contract implementation, identify further business opportunities and anticipate risks
- Challenges needs, conducts RFI/RFQ, negotiates cost-effective agreements with suppliers that result in delivering the agreed budget and providing a competitive advantage for IDEMIA
- Contributes to the Design To Cost activity and cooperates with R&D to realize supplier-enabled innovation
- Negotiates and ensures the effective execution of the contracts
By choosing to work at IDEMIA, you will join a unique tech company, offering a wide range of growth opportunities. You will contribute to a safer world, collaborating with an international and global community. We value the diversity of our teams and welcome people from all walks of life, regardless of how they look, where they come from, who they love, or what they think.
We deliver cutting edge, future proof innovation that reach the highest technological standards and we’re transforming, fast, to stay a leader in a world that’s changing fast, too.
At IDEMIA, people can develop their expertise and feel a sense of ownership and empowerment, in a global environment, as part of a company with the ambition and the ability to change the world.
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