Company

Vynova is a leading European manufacturer of chlor-alkali products and PVC resins. With production sites in five countries and more than 1,250 committed employees, they generate annual sales of 830 million euros. Although they are a young company, they can build upon decades of experience operating under the umbrella of major international chemical companies. At Vynova, they foster a respectful, rewarding work environment and promote a culture of continuous improvement and personal development.

For more information, visit www.vynova-group.com

Role purpose

You are responsible & accountable for all indirect procurement matters with a focus on Capex, site services, contractor services, technical equipment, MRO and spare parts for the sites of Tessenderlo (BE), Beek (NL) and Mazingarbe (FR).You manage a purchase spend of approx. € 110 million.

Key responsibilities

You take full responsibility over Source to Contract (S2C) and Purchase to Pay (P2P) process for Tessenderlo and Beek sites, together with strategic and tactical buyers
You make sure these processes are executed in line with Vynova procurement strategy & policy and identify ways for process consolidation and standardization across all three sites
You support Mazingarbe team in S2C process of their Capex projects and on important procurement matters
As member of Vynova Group Procurement Team, you act as Category Manager for your dedicated categories and lead further implementation (along with transformation project teams) and improvement of category management across three sites. You act as Category Management Coordinator across all Vynova sites for your dedicated spend categories or suppliers
You take up the role as BPO (business process owner) for P2P process. You interact with other process owners, IT/SAP functional leads and own team to continue to work on implementation of best practices and use SAP in most optimal way
You actively contribute to “Indirect Procurement Transformation Project” and oversee and manage sub-projects for your sites. You use this project to develop procurement into valuable business partner for its internal stakeholders, implement pro-active way of working and increase level of cooperation with internal stakeholders
You manage your team of strategic and tactical buyers, taking into account objectives and business needs defined. You are the main point of contact for your internal stakeholders and ensure sufficient support to them as well as overall visibility of your team and their service to internal stakeholders
You support internal stakeholders (mainly maintenance, engineering & production but also HR, IT, HSEQ, …) in their budgeting and project planning activities to be able to define procurement plan, strategy, priorities and support to internal stakeholders. You are the first point of contact, together with your team for supplier related matters, vendor rating, complaint management, relationship management
You achieve cost savings and improvements, in line with defined targets. You contribute to Vynova group projects, initiatives and targets. You provide weekly and monthly reports
You actively participate in indirect procurement sourcing boards and team meetings as well in site related and Vynova Group meetings to represent procurement for your dedicated sites
You manage projects through participating in or managing cross-functional teams
You are responsible for compliance with guidelines and rules regarding SHE and ISO (ISO 500001, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, …) commercial compliance, GDPR, etc. You are member of ISO steering group
You report to Group Procurement Manager

Profile

You have a Master’s Degree (or equal by experience) in Engineering or Applied Economics
You have at least eight to ten years’ relevant procurement experience in strong technically oriented manufacturing environment and purchasing context (e.g. chemical, pharmaceutical, nuclear, construction automotive industry, etc.)
You have extensive experience on strategic sourcing level and contract negotiation
You are a strong negotiator and problem solver
You have excellent knowledge of contract law
You have strong people management and influencing skills
You can facilitate processes and projects with all levels in organization. You have a hands-on mentality and an “end to end” process approach
You have a pragmatic and result oriented approach
You are an experienced change manager with strong will to improve
You are a Dutch native speaker, with excellent knowledge of English and sufficient knowledge of French to hold conversations and negotiations in French
You have good knowledge of SAP (MM/PM) and MS Office
Knowledge of the lean six sigma methodology is a big plus
You are willing to travel to different sites and visit suppliers in accordance with business needs (mainly Europe)