Procurement Engineer CDI Casablanca

As a Purchasing Engineer, you play a strategic and operational role in the management and execution of Elum's operational purchases. You are responsible for and guarantee the management of strategic supplier relationships (SRM), the execution of purchasing operations, and the deployment of the strategy. You actively contribute to the performance of the supply chain by ensuring the alignment of supplier objectives and contracts with the company's priorities.

Purchasing management and optimization

• Manage and execute all stages of the purchasing process to ensure alignment with cost, quality, and delivery objectives.
• Implement appropriate purchasing strategies, including needs planning and contract negotiation
• Anticipate long-term needs and identify new sources of supply, in line with the company's growth strategy.
• Use digital tools (ERP) to track orders, analyze costs and manage supplier data

Supplier relationship management

• Develop and manage strong relationships with strategic suppliers, including compliance audits.
• Implement proactive risk management related to critical suppliers, with contingency plans.
• Managing performance indicators (costs, time, quality)

Strategic Sourcing

• Identify and select new, competitive and innovative suppliers in local and international markets by managing calls for tenders.
• Monitoring market trends to integrate technological and sustainable solutions
• Participate in defining internal needs for the product catalog and the development of new products
• Negotiate and establish purchase/service contracts, and monitor their execution (cost, quality, deadlines, payments, disputes)

Optimizing subcontracting

• Establish framework contracts and annual agreements with strategic subcontractors (FAT/SAT projects, cabinet manufacturing)
• Manage and monitor the performance of subcontractors

Risk management and securing supplies

• Identify critical suppliers and equipment, analyze associated risks, and develop risk reduction strategies (diversification, dual sourcing).
• Maintain active market monitoring

Continuous improvement

• Optimize purchasing and supply processes
• Collaborating with the technical, logistics and financial departments
• Create regular reports (KPIs) and monitoring dashboards

Desired Candidate Profile

At least 5 years of experience in purchasing, ideally in an industrial environment

Engineering degree or Master's degree (Bac+5) with a specialization in Purchasing and Supply Chain

Fluent French and English; Spanish or Italian are a plus

And ideally, you are:

• An inspiring leader, capable of uniting a team around common goals.
• An excellent communicator, comfortable working both internally and with suppliers and strategic partners.
• Collaborative, autonomous and rigorous, with a true spirit of initiative
• Possesses strong analytical skills and is comfortable in negotiation.
• Curious, capable of solving problems and taking calculated risks on a daily basis