Responsibilities:​ ​ • Manage buyers, ensure staff availability and grow the competence within the designated scope (Commodity/Panels), improve engagement of the team​ • Be responsible for supplier relationship management: ​ • Lead supplier performance reviews and foster improvement of suppliers' performance (e.g. supplier development)​ • Manage designated suppliers' contract, accountable for compliance​ • Own capacity for his commodity and supports RCCP process, validate corrective action plan and negotiate capacity increases​ • Support of major operational issues with GBE Manager (according to escalation process)​ • Responsible for the definition and execution of the strategy panels, and own AOP and STRAP results for his commodity ​ • Ensure execution of AOP objectives on the sub-commodity:​ • Delivers productivity for his sub-commodity (Negotiation, VE, Resourcing…) in alignment with the Global Commodity he belongs to.​ • Generate & consolidate VAVE – Resourcing ideas, collect ideas from suppliers. Build Business cases when required​ • Ensure accurate MATEX performance reporting​ • Animate the extended commodity network (including GBE Buyers) to ensure AOP objectives are met​ • Define corrective action plans in case of deviation from AOP objectives​ • Define yearly negotiations objectives, conduct negotiations with suppliers or assign supplier accountabilities to GBE/Commodity Buyer​ • Validate negotiations results and conclude commercial agreements with suppliers​ • Optimize cash, payment terms and consignment stock Contractual obligations, secure planning and execution of Capex.​ • Own sub-commodity strategy ​ • Interface with rest of organizations to adequately develop commodity strategy and serve business needs (GBE, engineering, sales, manufacturing, quality):​ • Build Supplier Panel for the GBE operational & strategic requirements (project & production) and refresh them on a yearly basis​ • Contribute to commercial & industrial market expertise of the designated scope including scouting for new suppliers​ • Manage panel evolution with technology and market changes​ • Contribute to a strong connection with Engineering teams responsible for the technical roadmaps​ • Ensure appropriate Source Selection:​ • Panel setting meeting commodity healthiness requirements ​ • Fully integration to Sourcing process (sourcing plans, sourcing committee...) and own the sourcing selection​ • Secure execution within procurement is in line with the Panel Strategy​