AESC is the world’s leading battery technology company and lithium-ion battery manufacturer with battery plants in Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and China. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of France's highest profile manufacturing plants as Envision AESC is building a new battery manufacturing plant in Douai, Hauts-de-France to support its business growth in Europe. This is a unique opportunity to join one of the most exciting, large-scale industrial developments in many years, where new and emerging technologies will be adopted in support of the rapidly growing electric vehicle marketplace.

AESC is looking for a passionate purchasing talent to join us in our mission to contribute to a more sustainable world. By joining us, you will be a key player in establishing and contributing to the European battery Ecosystem.

The work environment is fast-paced and very international. We are looking for individuals who can see the big picture but also dive into details and get things done. In this role, you will be working with different indirect commodities such as IT and IS; HR, Engineering services, auditing and consulting; and, Finance & leasing, EGA, Legal, and Taxes.

The candidate can be based at any of our legal entities in Europe: France (Paris or Douai), the UK (Sunderland), or Germany (Munich), but preferable in the UK - Sunderland.

Responsibilities:

• Managing the indirect services and commodities covering all European sites e.g. UK, France, Spain, Germany etc.
• Develop a market intelligence program across the region that benchmarks key industry indicators/market prices to ensure accurate price forecasting and risk mitigation.
• Build and maintain strong connections with Global Purchasing and Local Purchasing to support strategies and to develop suppliers both regionally and locally.
• Provide continuous operational improvement by ensuring contracted suppliers deliver required and committed service levels, acting as key escalation contact for EU sites operational issues managed by Local teams.
• Identify, and engage EU vendors; develop requests for information/quotations (RFI-RFQ); align plant functional needs (in coordination with Global leaders) to support TdC activities i.e. cost reduction YOY -5 to -15%, payment conditions improvements, catalog discounted rebates, … etc. and contractual finalization.
• Ensure timely implementation and communications resulting from EU negotiations to required business partners.
• Implement ISO-based processes to aid in streamlining daily activities and ensuring a path to continuous improvement.
• Assess and evaluate suppliers to undertake performance reviews driving improvement activities.
• Work cross-functionally to establish QCD targets, and objectives and monitor/report KPIs to local management, EU, and Global Leaders

Requirements:

• Degree University qualification is essential.
• CIPS or MCIPS is preferred for this role.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Power BI, SAP
• Travel will be required within the EU and sometimes Asia.
• Full driving licence.
• Language fluent in English is essential (C1 level).