Global Purchasing Manager

Functional area: Purchasing

Country: Belgium

City: Antwerp

Company name: Atlas Copco Airpower N.V.

Date of posting: Aug 20, 2024

Our solutions are a key part of most industries - electronics, medical research, renewable energy, food production, infrastructure and many more. Working with us means working with the latest technologies and groundbreaking, sustainable innovations.
Join us on our journey for a better tomorrow.

Your Role

Are you ready to become a part of the exciting world of global purchasing? The Power Technique Service Division wants you to join as our new Global Purchasing Manager. Just a quick check if we have a match:


You know what you stand for and in the meantime, you are mindful of the needs and interests of others. You enjoy building bridges with different stakeholders to support sustainable collaboration. You get a kick out of process improvements and efficiency optimization. In short, you are more than eager to join our team and handle the diverse, challenging purchasing puzzles together.


The Power Technique Service purchasing departement involves multiple business partners. Next to managing suppliers, you will partner up with the Product Companies and other Atlas Copco service purchasing organizations.
You will be based in Antwerp, in the Power Technique Service Division. There, you will lead a global team of purchasers. You will report directly to the Vice President Supply Chain.


Regular presence in our distribution center in Hoeselt (BE) is a must. You will have team members in Belgium, Spain, Italy, USA, Brazil, India and China. Therefore, regular travel is required and desired.


Mission
In this exciting role you will:

• Develop our global purchasing organization in par with the Power Technique Service Strategy.
• Steer the regional purchasing team leads and support them in translating our global supply chain strategy in their region.
• Develop our supplier network and review our purchasing processes to create efficiency and improve our supply chain.
• Safeguard a reliable supply chain: securing the availability of our spare-parts in each phase of the life cycle of our machines at the right cost.
• Guide our supplier excellence program with our main suppliers to safeguard: quality, optimized total cost of ownership, short lead times, delivery performance, sustainability and compliance.
• Follow up our KPI’s to measure the success of our strategy and make changes where needed.
• Collaborate with logistics to improve the end-to-end supply chain and ensure we have a reliable escalation process with the suppliers.

A taste of your future projects and strategic cases:

• How to support new technologies which our Product Companies introduce to our market.
• Ensure we stay on top of the developments in a dynamic global supply chain in which we need to remain compliant.
• How to achieve our aspiring scientific based sustainability targets.
• Which organization and processes are needed to further develop our remanufacturing business?
• Define a strategy to manage supply chain risks and remain alert in the current unstable geopolitical world.
• Seize the opportunity to further improve our purchasing processes as our Product Companies are planning for an ERP change.
Lift our quality processes to the next level.

To succeed, you will need

Even if you don't meet all the points, but are ready for a challenge, click on "Apply" anyway. We love your spirit!

• You have 3+ years of experience in people management, for example in a similar business environment.
• You have an academic degree in engineering or economics; or can rely on an equally relevant work experience
• Familiarity with these domains or skills could be helpful:
  • Purchasing/Sourcing
  • Technical knowledge
  • Spare parts logistics
• You have change management skills and you have no trouble prioritizing.
• You are happy to deep-dive into existing processes to look for efficiency improvements
• Whenever needed, you are willing to step into an operational issue.
• Solid knowledge of English
• You enjoy working in a multicultural and international environment
Customer-minded and supportive

In return, we offer you

You will work in an international and diverse environment with specialists from different disciplines. Our culture is rooted in Swedish values, which includes a family feeling, respect and diversity. We invest in our employees' development and well-being, and we provide af flexible work-life balance. With our inclusive and caring environment, you get the support and inspiration you need to grow. Here, your ideas are embraced and you never stop learning.


You will have a comprehensive onboarding program, including guidance by your manager. You will have access to global job opportunities, as part of the Atlas Copco Group. We offer an interesting compensation and benefits package, including health insurance, paid leave and retirement benefits.


Job location


We are a global team, located in Wilrijk, Antwerp. We are working in a hybrid model, with a possibility to work from home. #Li-hybrid

Diverse by nature and inclusive by choice
Bright ideas come from all of us. The more unique perspectives we embrace, the more innovative we are. Together we build a culture where difference is valued and we share a deep sense of purpose and belonging.