Job Description

Hello, candidate! At Air Liquide, we value inclusion and diversity, so we are pleased to inform you that you are participating in an anonymous selection process, meaning that no personal information will be available. Your assessment will be based on your technical skills and, later, in your behavioral interview. Please fill out all fields of your application with as much detail as possible, remembering that this is essential for your assessment in the anonymous selection process.

About Air Liquide

Through the passion and diversity of its people, Air Liquide leverages the energy and environmental transition, healthcare changes and digitalization, and delivers greater value to all its shareholders.

Join us for a stimulating experience: you will find a world of learning and development opportunities where creativity is at the heart of what we do, in an open, collaborative and respectful environment.

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

Provide dedicated professional sourcing and other value creation services to assigned business units or operating zone to support and achieve safety, efficiency, compliance and savings initiatives and objectives. Specific activities include competitive bidding, proposal analysis, negotiation of price and commercial terms, vendor management and asset sales.

● Coordinate bidding and sourcing activities for all purchases by assigned zone or business unit (BU):

• Guide all contact between Air Liquide and bidders.
• Assist in developing technical specifications and/or scopes of work with internal customers. o Assess, qualify and recommend bidders.
• Develop and issue formal requests for quotes (RFQ's).
• Facilitate job walks and bid clarification meetings with internal customers.
• Issue clarifications or amendments to the specification or work scope to all bidders.
• Complete commercial bid tabulations.
• Complete technical bid tabulations including collaborative analysis with internal customers.
• Nurture and finalize price and commercial terms. o Make sourcing recommendations to internal customers.
• o Author and execute materials and services contracts as required.

● Support commercial risk for all purchases by assigned zone or business unit:

• Identify and address business risks during the bidding and sourcing process.
• Verify that all contractors are appropriately pre-screened for safety, and initiate the contractor pre-screening process for new contractors as required.
• Verify that hold harmless and indemnification documentation is in place as well as a current certificate of insurance is on file with all contractors. Build alignment and negotiate hold harmless and indemnification documentation for new contractors as required.
• Verify that critical suppliers are on the approved supplier list, and initiate the critical supplier qualification process for new suppliers as required.

● Proactively support sourcing activity for all major capital, maintenance and plant turnarounds (TAR):

• Attend and actively participate in budget planning meetings for assigned BU or zone.
• Actively participate in TAR planning meetings.
• Coordinate TAR procurement planning process and pre-TAR supplier site visits. o Maintain TAR activity tracking sheet for each major TAR.
• Maintain current listing of active and upcoming tactical (capital and expense) sourcing initiatives.
• Develop business plan strategies / opportunities for BU or zone spend in unmanaged categories

● Provide timely and accurate reporting and documentation on sourcing activities:

• Document and report all cost savings associated with sourcing activities.
• Provide supporting documentation on sourcing activities as backup to purchase orders.
• Maintain current listing of contractors utilized in assigned BU or zone.

● Support Americas Procurement Center and LATAM Procurement initiatives and programs:

• Promote and encourage the use of managed suppliers (frame agreements).
• Report events of non-compliance (leakage) of frame agreements to the appropriate category manager to foster alignment.
• Identify opportunities for creation of frame agreements.
• Participate in relevant supplier relationship management meetings.

● Provide other related value creation services to internal customer:

• Foster understanding and resolve quality or performance issues with non-managed suppliers.
• Provide on-site sourcing support during major plant turnarounds (TARS).
• Facilitate the sale of surplus assets.
• Provide support and shared purchasing practices to field buyers within assigned BU or zone.

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Do you have these requirements?

• We are looking for candidates who bring a college degree combined with purchasing experience supporting operations or manufacturing, or sourcing experience in a Supply Chain Management organization.
• Advanced English (reading and conversation).

Your differences drive our performance

At Air Liquide, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, which means that, regardless of your gender identity, sexual orientation, color, age, religion, nationality or disability, we value a work environment made up of true stories, built by true people.
Our processes reflect this, being diverse and free from any prejudice, therefore, we do not collect information such as date of birth, gender, marital status or full address in our selection stages. If this information is sent, it will be disregarded.

We strongly believe that a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively, and helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.
Here you can be you!!