Buyer Ferro Alloys & Base Metals

As part of the Ferro Alloys & Base Metals team (+/- 3 Billions US$), the global buyer manages a portfolio of different products of about 40-60kt of supply (300 Mln$) for plants of AM group.

Main responsibilities are:

• Ensure safety of supply, of the right products and in the right time, through contractual commitments (volumes and flexibility) and proper contract management with suppliers.
• Management of dedicated suppliers portfolio (negotiation, contracting, deployment, assessment) in accordance with AMS business and validation rules, legal constrains and Sox compliances rules.
• Manage close coordination, formalized communication and collaborative relationships with stakeholders (Users’ plants, Business divisions, Overseas’ Segments …)
• Leverage group buying power and promote transversal best practices to generate savings.
• Organize and deliver on monthly base an objective measurement of Buying Performances (TPP / PMG) according to AMS defined standards.
• Focus on TCO optimization for finishing perimeter, according to final users objectives and involving all possible stakeholders (internal and external -> CTO, R&D, Suppliers, …).
• Continuously implement and contribute to development of purchasing processes towards best in class standards.
• Contribute to elaboration and implementation long term and short term strategy, mixing use of captive sources and external purchases.
• Contribute for managed perimeter to preparation of BAR (Business Area Review meetings) and other management presentations including Business Plan, KMP presentation, etc.

Profile requirements:

• Experience within the same area of expertise of min 3 years
• Ability to understand products, processes and their applications
• Able to feed strategic reflections related to managed perimeter
• Fluent in English is mandatory, any additional language (Portuguese, German, French, Spanish) is an advantage
• Masters degree in Engineering, Economics or other related field
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Good communication skills
• Keen commercial sense

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