<p><strong>Publication date:</strong> Jul 23, 2025, 4:51PM</p><p><strong>Purpose of the job</strong></p> <p>Developing, implementing and overseeing the purchasing strategy and associated framework /management system/ policies and procedures that aligns with the achieving of the company business strategy.</p> <p><strong>Duties and responsibilities</strong></p> <ul><li>Build expertise on new domains of growth & innovation and contribute to company transformation program</li><li>Design and perform internal control on processes, activities and on accuracy of financial implications of them for the purchasing activities</li><li>Develop and sustain subject matter expertise regarding acceptable contractual terms, applicable regulatory compliance requirements, Service Level Agreements and supplier relationship measurements.</li><li>Ensure proper integration of Buy In procurement joint venture guidelines within OEG sourcing process and governance.</li><li>Establish and maintain highly effective relationships with all levels of the internal organization and with relevant external suppliers.</li><li>Support permanently the continuous change management for adapting purchasing processes/procedures to FT group/OEG strategic developments directions.</li><li>Provide overall leadership to the purchasing team and ensures that procurement policies and procedures are followed.</li><li>Lead a sourcing organization and/or activities related to a portfolio of global category(ies) and/or commodity(ies) within a sourcing domain.</li><li>Ensure vendor & sourcing projects consolidation, perform synergies with the objective of achieving additional savings.</li><li>Deal with top vendors representatives in the country /region through managing a business partnerships relations with them aiming to achieve volume discounts, bundle agreements and trade-in options realizing the best deals for Orange.</li><li>Act as advisor for different departments in the organization in tax treatments, logistics options, major related legal concepts related to purchasing.</li><li>Support the organization in realizing the best P&L through controlling the CAPEX cost, reducing the operational cost while maintaining the best network quality.</li><li>Develop and promote suppliers and competitors? market intelligence, analysis and specific sourcing expertise and know-how and formalize intellectual capital.</li><li>Innovate pricing model & strategies and negotiate techniques within technical procurement area to achieve best deliverables.</li><li>Set Purchasing Committee governance, align Purchasing Committee with TDC, TTM governance</li><li>Establish purchasing policy and procedures and define and review purchasing policy and procedures, in close collaboration with internal& external stakeholders, GSSC and Buyin.</li><li>Define yearly sourcing roadmap, propose to OEG officers validation and present it to GSSC and Buyin.</li></ul> <p><strong>People Management</strong></p> <ul><li>Provide coaching and request needed training for direct reports ensuring continuous individual development.</li><li>Ensure a healthy working environment for the department employees through focusing on team building and</li><li>Motivation initiatives.</li><li>Conduct regular performance and competency evaluations for direct reports while delivering constant constructive feedback for higher achievements and further development.</li><li>Hold regular meetings with the team members in order to strengthen their communications and ensure that same objectives are shared among all of them</li></ul> <p><strong>Job specification</strong></p> <p><strong style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem;">Education</strong></p> <ul><li>Bachelor degree in Business Administration/ Engineering / Economics</li><li>MBA or certificates in the field of Operation and Supply chain is an asset</li></ul> <p><strong>Experience</strong></p> <ul><li>minimum 10 years of experience in the same field, preferably telecom industry.</li></ul> <p><strong>Skills and abilities</strong></p> <ul><li>Very good English both spoken and written.</li><li>Very good computer skills.</li><li>Strong Customer Orientation.</li><li>Strong communication, listening & interpersonal skills.</li><li>Flexibility & ability to work in a team.</li><li>Self-confident with professional behavior & attitude.</li><li>High sense of time management.</li></ul><p style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size:20px !important; font-weight:bold!important; margin:0;"> Only your skills matter </p> <p style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size:16px!important; font-weight:normal !important; margin-top:8px;"> Regardless of your age, gender, origin, religion, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, disability, or appearance, we actively encourage diversity within our teams, as it is both a collective strength and a driver of innovation. Orange is a disability-friendly company: please feel free to let us know about any specific needs you may have. </p>