Dec 27, 2021
As the Head of Procurement, you're committed to establishing a robust strategy for all sourcing and buying activities. Your expertise is recognized and enables you to take the lead in projects from a Procurement perspective.
You are dedicated to making any new product introduction a success by leveraging your supplier management skills. The product life cycle doesn’t stop at the start of production, and therefore you keep striving for continuous improvement with any of our key suppliers until end of life.
One of your main goals is to develop a clear procurement strategy. You have the drive and ability to scale and professionalize our procurement function with the growth of our company. You are able to demonstrate the return on investment (ROI) of the function and you’re eager to build a small team of specialists to increase that ROI.
Hold overall accountability for the procurement strategy and responsible for the Bill of Material costs across all the vehicle platforms
Create and implement the purchasing vision including policies and processes to improve the business performance
Creation and management of short, mid and long term goals and objectives in the procurement department
Accountable for the selection of procurement systems
Develop and align the sourcing strategy to the product development process
Develop RFP/RFI, RFQ and supplier selection processes across the company
Ensures early involvement of suppliers for high risk components
Identification and realization of cost-saving and cost-reduction opportunities
Ensure proper standardisation of documents required per commodity (PPAP, FAI etc)
Ensure smooth ramp-up and launch at supplier side
Deploy a strategy for supplier rating
Develop strategies to support Dott’s growth, increasing margin and reducing costs
Supports standardisation of contracts and negotiations with suppliers
Supports the decision making process on supplier selection based on geographical area (taking in account quality and cost)
Develop and maintain strategic and strong relationship with suppliers and production lines (contract manufacturers)
Negotiate pricing, production capacity, payment and additional commercial terms with suppliers
Assess risk factors & market situation (geo-political, currency etc) and identification of opportunities
Provide leadership to the procurement team. You will act as a coach, mentor and will develop your direct reports
Set-up objectives and monitor the performance of your team.
Responsible for developing the appropriate organisational structure, resource plans and culture to fit our company
University degree (preferably Masters) in a relevant commercial or engineering discipline
Experience in managing a procurement function and team
You have experience in automotive, bicycle or other complex manufacturing companies
Demonstrable experience of leading a purchasing function with a proven track record in strategic purchasing leadership
Proven contract management and supplier experience
You master high level strategic negotiations
Experience in influencing and operating at a strategic level
Knowledge and technical understanding of automotive/bicycle processes and components
A certification such as CIPS, CPSM or NEVI II is considered a bonus
🌎 An international environment: over 55 nationalities across 10 countries: Brussels, Netherlands, France, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Finland and Norway.
🌿 Impact : An Opportunity to play your part working for a company that is actively addressing some of the current climate concerns worldwide, doing everything we can to be as sustainable as possible.
💡 Opportunities to learn : You will have an opportunity to learn from some of the best Engineers in the industry working on cutting edge technologies that did not exist a number of years ago.
❓Transparency: Weekly Q&A sessions with our leadership, honest discussions about how we are progressing and our
💜 People-first: We are here to support all of our employees, and have partnered with MindMatters to ensure our employees mental health is top of mind in these difficult times.
🏡 Tailor-made remote policy: Flexible working environment, do you want to work fully remote? Two days from the office? Or fully in the office? It's your choice, just let us know!
🪑 Assistance with a WFH station
💰 A fair and competitive salary package
🚀 Employee Stock/Equity plan
🌍 Relocation package and visa sponsorship available
👶 Parental policy