Davidson
Purchasing consultant (M/F)
Job Location
Grenoble, France
Job Description
Joining Davidson not only means joining a group of 3,000 consultants in 6 countries and 2 continents, but also joining a company that has been voted a Great Place To Work France and Europe by its employees for no less than 4 years, as well as one of the largest B Corps in France, named Best in the World in the employees" category in 2022! (B Corps" form a community of companies that have decided not to be the best in the world but the best FOR the world).
Because our development is based on strong principles:
Mission / Profile
Do you have the soul of a negotiator? Are you a consistently efficient, careful buyer? If so, the role of buyer is perfect for you!
Obviously, we aren't talking about buying trainers online, but playing a crucial and decisive role in a company's strategy and longevity.
Our projects will give you the opportunity to operate in various different purchasing categories/families/projects: equipment, intellectual services, works contracts...
If you still don't get our drift: piping, scaffolding, thermal insulation, civil engineering, metal frameworks, electrical works, sub-contracting... as well as equipment such as pumps (no, we still don't mean shoes), valves, exchangers, taps, pipework, etc.
Your objectives:
Location: Grenoble, FR
Posted Date: 9/19/2024
Because our development is based on strong principles:
- Deep respect for all our stakeholders: consultants, customers and suppliers. Because if work can't buy you happiness", it can however cause unhappiness. Therefore, we are committed to listening and acting honestly.
- Equal opportunities in the processing of our applications and in the career management of our employees. We believe in a workplace where gender equality, inclusion and diversity are the norm.
- A minimal environmental impact and a maximum societal impact. That's why, beyond the work you'll be carrying out, you'll also be able to contribute to projects that Davidson supports: international solidarity work (with Planète Urgence), volunteering with charities (each Davidsonian has 3 days a year to work with them), supporting students from underprivileged backgrounds (with Article 1), investing in startups developing innovative solutions, collective and individual actions to reduce our carbon footprint, etc.
- Adhocratic management based on the implementation of the principles of horizontal company" and tribal management". One important detail on this last point: well-being at work is a luxury that we must be able to grant ourselves by being a solid" company. For Davidsonians, this means combining initiative, commitment and professionalism. Because talent without work is nothing". And it encourages us to recruit .. who are better than us...
Mission / Profile
Do you have the soul of a negotiator? Are you a consistently efficient, careful buyer? If so, the role of buyer is perfect for you!
Obviously, we aren't talking about buying trainers online, but playing a crucial and decisive role in a company's strategy and longevity.
Our projects will give you the opportunity to operate in various different purchasing categories/families/projects: equipment, intellectual services, works contracts...
If you still don't get our drift: piping, scaffolding, thermal insulation, civil engineering, metal frameworks, electrical works, sub-contracting... as well as equipment such as pumps (no, we still don't mean shoes), valves, exchangers, taps, pipework, etc.
Your objectives:
- Ensure that Purchasing is involved and represented in projects at the earliest opportunity, and play an active role in creating specifications with the project teams
- Seek out and identify new suppliers able to satisfy the various specifications
- Draw up and launch invitations to tender
- Conduct comparative studies and audits to identify suppliers with whom long-term partnerships could be forged
- Liaise between suppliers and project teams, ensuring that the best technical solution is chosen at the best price
- Conduct negotiations to ensure that the required product characteristics, prices/deadlines and quality levels are achieved
- Guide teams through all project milestones involving suppliers
- Produce contracts / place orders on the customer's ERP
- Check expediting
- Manage complaints / additional work
- Report regularly on these tasks to the purchasing manager and project managers
- Almost Shakespearean levels of English
- Strong Office suite skills (and even VBA)
- An ERP (SAP or something less labyrinthine)
- Good listener
- Persuasive
- Thorough
Location: Grenoble, FR
Posted Date: 9/19/2024
Contact Information
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