Site Purchasing Manager/Director

Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

• Member of the Site Management Committee

• Manages purchasing team, ensures staff availability and grow the competence in line with the region Division organization

• Drives project purchasing to reach project purchasing KPI and systematically liaise with RBGPD and PG/PL for global platform sourcing strategy

• Defines and implements site purchasing performance in line with budget for technical/re-sourcing materials productivities and reservoir

• Leads the material productivities in front of the site MSC

• Leverage the commodity organization (Segment Leaders) to support the site negotiation objectives and ensures sites specific requirements are covered by commodity strategy

• Warrants implementation of materials WW PG/PL standards in the site (s)

• Manage the site budget process together with the RBGPD/PDPO

• Pilot supplier relationship role as KAP, when not covered by Group Commodity

• Reduce site exposure to supplier base risk

• Ensure coverage of logistics protocols for all bought out parts

• Warrants the application and the progress of the SI axis within the site (internal referentials, certifications, procedures, purchasing tools)

• Ensure strict follow up and compliance of supplier operational data (pricing, charge back, litigations)

• First interface in front of supplier crisis (quality, delivery, commercial)

KPIs :

• Site Purchasing Index

• Project Purchasing Index

• So Co Metrics

• Productivity Reservoir

• Unqualified Initial Samples

Job:

Purchasing Manager
Organization:

Region BG/PG Purchasing
Schedule:

Full time
Employee Status:

Regular
Job Type:

Individual employment contract - permanent
Job Posting Date:

2026-02-04
Join Us !
Being part of our team, you will join:

• one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
• a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
• more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
• a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development

More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com