Mission: The Buyer is for the plants in the region the procurement responsible of the part numbers classified under the category F3/SO/etc.. He/she is accountable for its procurement performance by managing a set of category supplier while supporting the plants procurement execution. He/She leads either directly the supplier relationship and development In line with industrial strategy, He/She is accountable to execute the category strategy in the region by developing the regional APOP (Annual Procurement Operation Plan). Responsibilities: As the Procurement lead/accountable for the suppliers/category, his/her responsibilities include: ð Supplier managementHe/She manages the relationship between Schneider & the suppliers where he/she is the leader to:- Suppliers management meeting (BR, Nego,…)- Build yearly supplier business performance improvement plan (Productivity, SC & quality performance, …)- Suppliers negotiation in the regions included RFQ process- Contribute to supplier qualification with Supplier assessment- Management of supplier risk- Launch specific initiatives with the suppliers (Should Cost, ISO26000, DPO, Lean,…).- Contractualize supplier relationship (Supplier agreements, MSA…) ð Category APOPTaking the category strategies into account, he/she builds & drives the category APOPHe/She contributes to the definition of the Supplier Orientation Charts (SoC) and support deployment thru the PPMs in the Plants.