Sourcing Specialist

**Company presentation**
A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, Air Liquide is present in 78 countries with approximately 64,500 employees and serves more than 3.8 million customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen are essential small molecules for life, matter and energy. They embody Air Liquide’s scientific territory and have been at the core of the company’s activities since its creation in 1902

**Entity and activity description**
Air Liquide’s ambition is to be a leader in its industry, deliver long term performance and contribute to sustainability - with a strong commitment to climate change and energy transition at the heart of its strategy. The company’s customer-centric transformation strategy aims at profitable, regular and responsible growth over the long term. It relies on operational excellence, selective investments, open innovation and a network organization implemented by the Group worldwide.

Through the commitment and inventiveness of its people, Air Liquide leverages energy and environment transition, changes in healthcare and digitization, and delivers greater value to all its stakeholders.

Air Liquide’s revenue amounted to more than 20 billion euros in 2020. Air Liquide is listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange (compartment A) and belongs to the CAC 40, EURO STOXX 50 and FTSE4 Good indexes.

**Missions and Responsibilities**

Function:
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.

**ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS**:

- **Lead bidding and sourcing activities for all purchases by assigned zone or business unit (BU)**:
Manage all contact between Air Liquide and bidders.
Assist in developing technical specifications and/or scopes of work with internal customers.
Investigate, qualify and recommend bidders.
Develop and issue formal requests for quotes (RFQ's).
Lead 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 analysis with internal customers.
Negotiate final price and commercial terms.
Make sourcing recommendations to internal customers.
Author and execute materials and services contracts as required.
- **Manage 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. Initiate 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 manage 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.
Lead TAR procurement planning process and pre-TAR supplier site visits.
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 Corporate Supply Chain initiatives and programs**:
Champion use of managed suppliers (frame agreements).
Report events of non-compliance (leakage) of frame agreements to appropriate category manager.
Identify opportunities for creation of frame agreements.
Participate in relevant supplier relationship management meetings.
- **Provide other related value creation services to internal customer**:
Manage and resolve quality or performance issues with non-managed suppliers.
Provide on-site sourcing support during major plant turn arounds (TARS).
Facilitate the sale of surplus assets.
Provide support and best purchasing practices to field buyers within assigned BU or zone.
From time to time, handle emergency calls after hours and weekends and take timely required act