Services and Solutions Procurement Manager

Schneider Electric is a global energy technology leader, driving efficiency and sustainability by electrifying, automating, and digitalizing industries, businesses, and homes.

Our technologies enable buildings, data centers, factories, infrastructure, and grids to operate as open, interconnected ecosystems, enhancing performance, resilience, and sustainability.

Our portfolio includes intelligent devices, software-defined architectures, AI-powered systems, digital services, and expert advisory.

With 160,000 employees and one million partners in over 100 countries, Schneider Electric is consistently ranked among the world's most sustainable companies.

What will you do?


* Procurement Manager for large and complex tenders / projects has the responsibility to contribute into the competitiveness of the opportunities as well as the safe and profitable execution by selecting the best suppliers and supply chain to deliver the project.


* The role is responsible for developing the skills, related to procurement of large and complex projects, of the regional procurement team.


* The role secures that each opportunity has the most optimal staffing from procurement and supply chain.


* The role has the operational authority to represent procurement and supply chain in the regional project delivery team and liaise with regional management.

Furthermore, the role main responsibility is centered around securing robust costing inputs associated with a transparent risk profile, coming from both external and internal suppliers in the tendering phase.


* In the execution phase the role is responsible for securing that the governance of contract negotiation, award, supplier qualification and supplier performance is followed with close coordination of SC country Leaders.

Role Responsibilities:


* Work in coordination with Country Procurement Leader to build a Solution Purchasing set-up for each large tender, leveraging a mutualized pool of Solution Purchasing & Supply Chain resources.


* Managing procurement for large tenders with the aim to secure robustness and competitiveness throughout the different stages of the opportunity.

(RFQ, Negotiations, Audit and qualification, Contract management, Value Engineering, pricing database, risk management).


* Tendering work packages related to installation, commissioning, electrical works, electrical equipment and transportation.


* Represent procurement and supply chain in the tender gates and established governance, with a key focus of making the risk profile and exposure transparent, accurate and up to date.


* Be responsible for awarding the internal and external supplier content within the agreed budget derived in the tenderingstage.


* Ensure Purchasing improvement action plans & initiatives are issued, developed, tracked and reported on monthly basis.


* Ensure performance improvement and recovery plans are developed, issued, tracked and reported in an efficient wa...