Global Category Specialist Technical (H/F)

Job description

Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients.

Want to help us make a difference?
Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients.
Each of our ingredients responds to unique and essential needs, and they enable healthier lifestyles.

To meet our challenges, we are looking for an Global Category Specialist Technical (H/F) to join our team. This position will be in Lestrem (near Lille).

Our team ?

The development and rentable growth policy of Roquette Group is supported by numerous investment projects (“CAPEX projects”), located around the world, which can be plants modifications, new plant building or existing plants capacity increases. These are the CAPEX projects.

Global Category Specialist CAPEX projects represents the purchasing function within one or more CAPEX project team and proposes and advises to the Global Category Manager a project sourcing policy.

Position Scope : Global

Your mission ?

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Use the market analysis performed by the purchasing organization, analyses the projects needs and constraints, proposes the most adequate suppliers, and conduts global negotiations on the projects contracts (or uses and adapts the existing ones). He promotes and let applied the global category sourcing policy on the project.

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Advises and provide direction to Country Buyers on suppliers, indexations, contracts, market evolutions and supports them to implement the category strategy on the local part of the project.

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Work in close connection with other Functions/Departments (Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, GBUs……) involved in the project, to fully integrate their needs, challenge them, support business development and optimize project budget.

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Enhance key suppliers relationship and performance management to ensure full compliance with Quality and Safety regulation, Roquette standards and customer needs.

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Follow and report about project’s purchasing KPIs and objectives achievement

Your experience and talents will make the difference to :

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Evaluate the project(s) portfolio and analyze the purchasing budget, contribute to ad hoc reporting (spends by commodities, ABC suppliers dashboard, contractual coverage, indexes and benchmarks  …)

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Develop, implement or research ad-hoc market and risk analysis, build the project purchasing plan with engineering department

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Insure guidance/advices to the project on market risks, contract structures, purchasing/sourcing process and suppliers management

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Build a proper sourcing strategy on his / her projects, and conduct global sourcing / negotiations on the main projects contracts, support country buyers on local deals when required, according to the global sourcing strategy defined by the category managers.

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Drive on a team mode the other buyers within the central and local organizations to address the project purchasing topics not directly linked to his / her specialty (consulting services, NPGS, …)

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Be part of the Projects Committees he/she is involved in.

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Insure respect of Quality and Safety regulation, Roquette standards and customer needs

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Interact with other Functions / Departments to grant priorities implementation and maximizes the purchasing added value on the project(s)

What will we love about you?

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Specialized expertise in CAPEX / industrial equipment, including regulations and suppliers market

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Synthesis and analytical skills

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Complex negotiations, international contracts and sourcing, TCO

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Strong international profile (Europe, USA, Asia)

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Used to SAP and Office environment

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Advanced English language

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Team work approach

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Be organized, motivated and show leadership

What will you love about us?

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Opportunities to learn and develop in an entrepreneurial environment that encourages innovation.

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Our internal mobility policy

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Benefits such as: RTT, Time Savings Account, Incentives

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The possibility of combining professional and personal life through organizational flexibility.

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And for all, access to an external platform of listening by professionals.

If you identify yourself in this position, please apply by uploading your resume and let's start the journey together !

Roquette is proud to be a global company where you can find personal and professional growth through multiple diverse experiences. 

Roquette believes Diversity, Equity and Inclusion must be woven into everything we do, from the products we make, through the relationships we build with our partners, and most importantly within the teams we create and how we interact together.

As we continue to grow, Roquette understands that to be successful we must always be inclusive in our approach, by creating a workforce that represents the world we live in, and the communities and customers we serve.

To find out more about our products, values and sustainable development ambitions visit us at www.roquette.com and at www.sustainability.roquette.com