VIE - Global Junior Buyer Real Estate

About Atos

Atos is a global leader in digital transformation with over 110,000 employees in 73 countries and annual revenue of over € 11 billion. European number one in Cloud, Cybersecurity and High-Performance Computing, the Group provides end-to-end Orchestrated Hybrid Cloud, Big Data, Business Applications and Digital Workplace solutions. The group is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic & Paralympic Games and operates under the brands Atos, Atos Syntel, and Unify. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), listed on the CAC40 Paris stock index.

The purpose of Atos is to help design the future of the information technology space. Its expertise and services support the development of knowledge, education as well as multicultural and pluralistic approaches to research that contribute to scientific and technological excellence. Across the world, the group enables its customers, employees and collaborators, and members of societies at large to live, work and develop sustainably and confidently in the information technology space.

1.      MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

The Global Junior Buyer is responsible within his/her segment(s) for bringing to GBU P & L entity a step change in savings/value (e.g., quality, service, total vendor value) of 3-5% ongoing annual savings improvement or value contribution by working together with the Category Managers and Lead Buyers and GBU operations for Global actions and by realizing the GBU based actions. He/she is responsible within segment(s) to assure that savings realization is achieved. For local actions, he/she helps users in the writing of specifications, runs tenders, negotiates, formalizes contracts, monitors supplier performance, drives continuous improvement and innovation of the suppliers, and measures internal customer satisfaction. The internal customers should be kept satisfied in terms of: cost, quality, lead-times and service level of suppliers. He/she drives simplification of processes, for instance, through annual or multi-year contracts and reduction of the number of suppliers.

Furthermore, he/she will support, participate and potentially lead cross-GBU / cross-category initiatives to capture maximum of savings or value for the Group.

To achieve the goals stated above, the Buyer will:

1. Together with the Category Managers, Lead Buyers and the GBU Purchasing Director, identify, integrate and realize global and local actions for the segment(s)
2. Ensure integration of purchasing activities of the segment (s) with other functions and operations in GBU
3. Contribute to the Global purchasing network by participating in or leading purchasing teams and actions within segment(s). Share and integrate best practises for the segment(s)
4. Define local purchasing strategies and actions for segment(s) and ensure compliance to achieve TCO savings and value creation inside GBU

2.      RESPONSIBILITIES :

To support the Global Real Estate teams in a number of different projects across all of the Atos Business Units. These include but are not limited to Office and Data Centre projects, Energy and Green Energy Projects, Logistics and Facility Management Service. You will be expected to input into RFP’s and RFI’s. You will also need to support the local and global teams in providing supplier spend and analyzing of this information to enable the Business units to make informed decisions on projects that they are under taking act as a conduit for global deals into GBU and for low cost sourcing deals back to the Global category managers and lead buyers (if applicable)

Spend and Tools (i.e., Spend, Budgets, headcount etc.):

3.      SIGNIFICANT INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS (i.e., Departments, Locations, Functions, etc.)

Internal Relationships:

• GBU:

• GBU Operatins, functions and key users concerned by the segment and the actions
• GBU Bid supprt
• Ats GBU Purchasing Director
• Other Senir/Junior Buyers, order desk agents, assistants
• GBU legal cunsel

• Global:
• Categry Managers
• Lead Buyers
• Other Senir Buyers in country teams
• Other key stakehlders and functions according to involvement in global projects

External context: 

• Suppliers

Other companies (benchmarking)

4.      MAIN ACTIVITIES

 

1. Identify business needs and requirements for the segment within GBU. Develop together with the Lead Buyers, Category Managers and the GBU Purchasing Director the GBU strategy and action plan for segment(s), including Global and local actions. Execute and implement the plan.
2. Manage local contracts within the segment(s)
3. For the segment(s), actively collaborate with Global Purchasing, especially with the Category Managers and Lead Buyers to integrate the maximum of savings and value from the global actions into GBU. Support and lead both local and global process changes. Communicate GBU operational facts into Category Managers and Lead Buyers so that eventual constrains or additional value can be integrated into the global actions.
4. Support local sales projects and implement project related purchases if done at the local level or as requested by the Category Manager.
5. Manage post contract supplier relationships for all local suppliers and assure the local supplier relationships in coordination with the Lead Buyers and Category Managers for Global Key Suppliers.
6. Communicate via the Atos GBU Purchasing Manager on the purchasing contribution of the segment(s) to the P&L of GBU.
7. Network with other buyers, either to get information or to provide best practices. Participate in or lead purchasing segment teams for specific actions.
8. Prepare weekly and month spend reports
9. Help to develop information on all the contracts that are coming to either an end, or that have break clause coming up within the next 6 months. Then suggest actions that could be taken to improve Atos current positions
10. Support in RFP’s and RFI’s where required

5.     END RESULTS ACHIEVED

1. Annual TCO savings improvements of 3-5% for the segment(s). GBU strategy and action plan for the segment(s), including fact base, TCO analysis, supply market analysis, etc. Local negotiation & contracting and other local actions in TCO concluded. Implementation of Global actions carried out.
2. Global purchasing initiatives deployed, and results achieved for the segment(s) in GBU. Global organization enriched with the local operation facts.
3. Best value obtained in sales projects.  Optimized resources and knowledge sharing among GBU and country teams
4. Savings, quality, value achieved; scorecards used to track and report performance.
5. Communication activities carried out.
6. Regular interactions with peers in other countries & activities. Contribution to the Global actions and projects

6.  SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Proficient in the following (proficient meaning “a detailed knowledge and understanding of required tasks, together with accompanying processes. Capable of operating in normal environments without supervision and unaided)

• Must have a good knowledge of Microsoft applications

• Good written and verbal skills
• Second European language would be a benefit, but not a requirement

• Selfstarter who is happy to work on their own
• Not afraid to challenge the current ways of working
• Supplier Performance Management
• Basic understanding of how contracts work.
• Cross functional teamwork
• Fluent in English

Your Application

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