Strategic Purchasing Manager - Americas

Job details
Domain
Programs / Customer Relations
Job field / Job profile
Purchasing - Management of purchasing domains
Job title
Strategic Purchasing Manager - Americas
Employment type
Permanent
Professional category
Professional, Engineer & Manager
Part time / Full time
Full-time
Job description
Lead the Strategic Purchasing team for non-production goods and services across the Unit
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ed States, Canada, and Mexico. The role develops and executes regional purchasing strategies, leads the purchasing team, and partners with business functions to deliver measurable value through cost optimization, contractual coverage, supplier performance, risk management, customer service, compliance, and procurement transformation in alignment with Safran Group objectives and policies.
Key Accountabilities
Strategy and Business Impact
• Develop and implement regional indirect purchasing strategies for non-production goods and services across the Americas.
• Lead the team's contribution to key company objectives, including accelerating digitalization, expanding automation, strengthening strategic purchasing capabilities, increasing contractual coverage, and continuing to develop a best-in-class preferred supplier panel.
• Create and execute commodity roadmaps aligned with business objectives and corporate purchasing strategies.
• Identify and deliver sustainable cost reduction opportunities while maintaining quality, service, and supplier performance standards.
• Analyze market trends, supplier capabilities, and industry developments to support informed sourcing decisions.
• Drive procurement excellence initiatives, standardization efforts, and continuous process improvements across the region.
People and Organizational Leadership
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Commodity Managers and purchasing professionals.
• Establish team objectives, monitor performance, and support professional development initiatives.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Allocate resources effectively to ensure successful execution of regional procurement priorities.
Sourcing, Contracting, and Supplier Management
• Lead complex sourcing activities, negotiations, supplier selection processes, and contract management initiatives.
• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with key suppliers.
• Monitor supplier performance and implement corrective actions when necessary.
• Support risk mitigation initiatives through supplier diversification and contingency planning.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate supplier, supply continuity, financial, regulatory, and geopolitical risks affecting the non-production supply base.
Measures of Success
• Expected savings and sustainable value delivery.
• Contractual coverage and preferred-supplier adoption.
• Supplier performance, continuity, and risk mitigation.
• Customer service levels and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Internal control, policy, and ethical purchasing compliance.
• Delivery of digitalization, automation, standardization, and broader transformation objectives.
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Stakeholder Influence and Governance
• Partner with business leaders across the Americas to understand current and future procurement requirements.
• Present sourcing strategies, savings initiatives, market insights, and performance metrics to senior leadership.
• Collaborate closely with Safran Group purchasing organizations to leverage global synergies and best practices.
• Promote purchasing governance and ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Ensure sourcing and contracting activities comply with applicable laws, company policies, delegated authorities, confidentiality requirements, and ethical purchasing standards.
Operational Excellence and Transformation
• Develop reporting tools, dashboards, and performance metrics to measure procurement effectiveness.
• Support standardization of procurement processes, templates, and contractua

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