Procurement Category Specialist

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?Member of the Category Management team providing support for all assigned business units, responsible for proactively managing the spend.Main responsibilities:Develop and present business plans to key stakeholders for spend categories under areas of responsibility.Work collaboratively within Supply Chain Operations Support, Purchasing Services, Strategic Initiatives, KeyStakeholders, Americas Clusters and Global Procurement Group.Manage end-to-end sourcing and contracting process (including RFPs) for assigned commodities and services.Evaluate existing contract relationships to identify savings realised, new savings opportunities, risk mitigationstrategies, and other commercial terms enhancements.Negotiate commercial terms for significant or aggregated project-based spend associated with managed categories.Demonstrate competency in negotiating legal terms and conditions.Implement multiple strategies leveraging Total Cost of Ownership, Lease vs. Buy and Economic Value models.___________________Are you a MATCH?Experience required: More than 3 years of experience in supply chain, procurement, or other business related fields. Procurement Experience.Education: Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Economy, Foreign Commerce, Supply Chain or Engineering.Languages: Advanced English levelOur Differences make our PerformanceAt Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.