Project Buyer Maintenance & Repairs - Spain

  • Gijón
  • Arcelormittal

ArcelorMittal the world’s leading steel and mining company, with around 199,000 employees in more than 60 countries is currently hiring for ArcelorMittal Spain.

We are looking for a Project Buyer to join our Maintenance & Repairs team in Spain.

About us

  • As a global player and buyer of goods and services, European Procurement Organization (EPO) leverages technical excellence to develop best TCO solutions to secure the ArcelorMittal’s supply chain. _Managing 28.5 $bn spend worldwide we are providing efficient and reliable services to internal customers.

Industrial Services & Spare Parts covers 10% of this spend being present at 8 sites (plants) in 6 countries (Spain, Germany, France, Poland, Belgium and Italy).

About the role

  • Actively participate in the strategic procurement activities for Maintenance & Repair Services subcategory within the spend of Spain.
  • Develop usage of Expert IT tools for productivity and reliability improvement of maintenance operations
  • Build transparency of subcategory spend in Spain and drive cost reduction
  • Work closely with internal customers and logistics people in sites to endure effective strategic procurement and business continuity across
  • Work closely with Lead Buyers and Maintenance expert people in conducting research on supply markets, price benchmarks, and supplier profiles

Key Responsibilities

  • Execute supplier selection, negotiation, and contracting for the mills/sites.

  • Develop data analysis tools to improve and take advantage of innovation and productivity gains

  • Develop and maintain supplier profiles: Manage Supplier relationship and monitor contract compliance

  • Deliver savings and subcategory KPI targets and assist Lead Buyer with necessary analyses:

  • Spend data analysis and basic financial analyses

  • Performance reporting

  • Category strategy development (e.g., supply market research, price benchmarks)

  • Supplier profile maintenance

  • Achieve effective procurement and business continuity by cooperation with internal customers across sites

  • Participate in transversal working groups and projects

Your profile

You hold a Master’s degree in Economics, Engineering or Supply Chain.

As a genuine buyer, you have problem-solving and analytical skills and a good ease facing numbers.

You have a good technical knowledge of contracts and targeted systems but also in project management and negotiation.

You are at ease with data analysis tools and their development

You combine a strong personality/leadership and communication skills with an appetite for finding information on innovative industry trends and for market analysis.

Result and Customer oriented, you can work under deadline pressure and to manage the change

On top of Spanish, you are fluent in English. Any additional European language is appreciated.

What do we offer?

An international and challenging workplace with focus on sustainability through our business.

An attractive 5-level career path with continuous development opportunities, accredited procurement qualifications and international assignment opportunities within EPO and ArcelorMittal.

Highly skilled and inspiring colleagues-business partners from different backgrounds and cultures.

Strong personal development opportunities, knowledge exchanges, continuous improvement and teamwork.

High focus on technology and innovation, key pillars of ArcelorMittal’s values of Sustainability, Quality and Leadership.