Job Description

As a global player and buyer of goods and services, EPO leverages technical excellence to develop best Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) solutions to our internal clients, commonly called "users," to secure ArcelorMittal's supply chain. We negotiate the purchases of contracts and products and services for the group mills worldwide, designing and implementing relevant strategies to anticipate market evolutions and establish transformation programs to optimize the purchasing processes and performances.

About the role

• Buyer for logistics platforms
• Co-develop and co-implement the purchasing strategy for the sub-category Ports, Barging and Logistics Platforms for the logistics platforms' part.
• Ensure that all the sites (plants) requirements for the sub-category Ports, Barging and Logistics Platforms scope are covered in due time with the best solution (best value for money)
• Work closely with internal customers and CMO departments for sites across Europe to ensure effective strategic procurement and business continuity. Build and maintain strong relationships with mills to understand logistics needs and develop transport contract specifications.
• Lead development, changes and implementation of strategic priorities
• Collect and challenge business needs with internal customers
• Propose and select suppliers in coordination with HOSC.
• Analyze/estimate supplier P&Ls as one basis of negotiations
• Monitor supplier quality (also via the mills/CMOs as users of the service) of suppliers as another basis of negotiations
• Responsible for strategic sourcing with focus on TCO optimization from plants until end-customers. Benchmark operations and contracts to identify levers for negotiation.
• Deliver targeted savings and other subcategory KPI targets
• Define customer satisfaction KPIs and implement follow-up and corrective actions when required.
• Identify and manage risks, proposing effective solutions.
• Define supplier performance improvement actions and be accountable for realizing supplier performance optimization
• Participate in cross-functional teams to identify the best solutions to put in place
• Be accountable for deployment of global / regional contracts/agreements
• Supplier management at European level
• Perform spot buying when required
• Ensure business continuity, audits support/execution and SOX compliance
• Participate (or delegate) in transversal working groups focused on back-office process standardization, and establishment of procedures / compliance

We are looking for a person

• You hold a master's degree in Procurement, Supply Chain or scientific education.
• You have a successful track record in procurement with about 5-7 years of relevant procurement experience and people management experience.
• As a genuine buyer, you have problem-solving and analytical skills and good ease-facing numbers.
• You have a good technical knowledge of contracts' drafting but also in project management and negotiation.
• You can discuss technical topics as well as implement and manage the change.
• You combine a strong personality/leadership and communication skills
• You are socially engaged, make easily contact with colleagues in an international context and can develop a network within the Organisation.
• You can discuss technical topics with users and are able to technically evaluate suppliers' services
• You have an appetite for finding information on innovative solutions and for market analysis.
• You are result- and customer-oriented, can work under deadline pressure and manage the change
• Fluent in English; German and French will be highly valued additions

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About Us

ArcelorMittal is the world's leading steel and mining company, with a presence in 60 countries and primary steelmaking facilities in 15 countries. Our material is part of the fabric of life. What we produce makes a difference - to individuals, communities, businesses and society. At ArcelorMittal, the safety, health, and wellbeing of our employees are our top priorities. We believe that every accident is avoidable, and it is essential for every employee, from the shop floor to the management committee, to hold this belief.

Our purpose is to produce ever smarter steels that have a positive benefit for people and planet. Steels made using innovative processes which use less energy, emit significantly less carbon and reduce costs. Steels that are cleaner, stronger and reusable. Steels for electric vehicles and renewable energy infrastructure that will support societies as they transform through this century. With steel at our core, our inventive people and an entrepreneurial culture at heart, we will support the world in making that change. This is what we believe it takes to be the steel company of the future.

About the Team

Do you want to make an impact? We're looking for talented people to join a global community. ArcelorMittal is the world's leading steel company. Our material is part of the fabric of life. Our purpose - and the reason why we exist - is to create smarter steels for people and planet. Help us develop the material that tomorrow's world will be made of. In return, we offer endless career opportunities, international experiences in a diverse, multi-cultural organisation, working with leading experts, and lifelong learning through the ArcelorMittal University.

As a global player and buyer of goods and services, EPO leverages technical excellence to develop best Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) solutions to our internal clients, commonly called "users," to secure ArcelorMittal's supply chain. We negotiate the purchases of contracts and products and services for the group mills worldwide, designing and implementing relevant strategies to anticipate market evolutions and establish transformation programs to optimize the purchasing processes and performances.

Part of ArcelorMittal Europe Flat Products, the European Procurement Organization (EPO) was established in November 2015 following a re-organization of the European Purchasing Platform (EPP) and site-based local purchasing teams. A combined procurement organization was created, connecting global- and hub-based categories, which are more geared towards local needs.

As a group and across EPO, we are driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for excellence. We reward boldness, value curiosity and see the opportunities in challenges. Never content to stand still, we are on a journey that aims to push the boundaries of possibility in our industry.

In EPO, we are on a mission to become a best-in-class procurement organization in support the group's journey towards "Smarter steels for people and planet".