
Soumia LYAZID CHARA
Senior Purchasing Manager | Sustainability & Energy
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Languages
About me
Intro
Procurement & Sustainability Manager with 14+ years driving strategic purchasing portfolios worth €300M+ across energy, metals, and commodities. Expert in carbon neutrality initiatives, renewable energy PPAs, and sustainable sourcing strategies. I optimize costs while advancing ESG goals through data-driven market analysis and stakeholder management.
Work experience
Energy Purchaser & Carbon Neutrality Manager
STMicroelectronics
Oct 2024 - Mar 2025
6 months
Paris, France
• Monitoring the electricity and natural gas markets in Italy to formulate strategic purchasing recommendations. • Launching tenders for electricity and natural gas at the end of the year for the periods 2026-2027. • Leading the internal committee: Presenting and defending purchasing recommendations for annual, quarterly, and monthly market products to minimize exposure to spot price fluctuations. Validating decisions and executing purchases through suppliers. • Purchasing green energy certificates to ensure the renewable origin of the consumed energy. • Participating in carbon neutrality projects: Engaging in long-term renewable energy purchase agreements and carbon offset mechanisms. • Managing two Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) of 10 and 15 years starting from 2024 and 2025.
Metal Purchasing Manager
Le Bronze Alloys
May 2023 - Oct 2024
1 year 6 months
Paris, France
. Responsible for the purchase of Nickel, Copper, Tin, Aluminum, Zinc, Copper Alloys for the Le Bronze Alloys group, in order to reduce its carbon footprint, and to increase the share of recycled metals in its supplier panel. In charge of the 100 million purchasing portfolio, with international suppliers. . Strategic development of purchasing within a framework of compliance with constraints: CSR, site needs, WCR policy, credit coverage, invoicing management and volatility of the metals market. . Complete management of the purchasing process: Sourcing, supplier evaluation, selection and negotiation of contracts, . Expense optimization project management. . Competitive sourcing of supplies in compliance with: Cost, quality, payment terms, availability.
Change Project Management
AXA IM SELECT
Sep 2022 - Mar 2023
7 months
Paris, France
As part of my MBA in Financial market, i am supporting the Operational & Change team on the launch of new funds and any projects with significant operational impact at Architas : a dynamic Investment fund focused on managing funds of funds
Saint-Gobain
Jan 2011 - Mar 2021
10 years 3 months
La Defense
Raw Materials and Precious/Base Metals Category Purchasing Manager
May 2018 - Mar 2021
2 years 11 months
La Defense
1. In charge of purchasing of precious and basic metals, portfolio of M€ 50 worldwide • Leasing and purchasing gold, palladium platinum and rhodium according to the needs of the Group. • Providing analysis and evaluations to management. • Build relationships with internal stakeholders across trading, business management, market risk, and compliance • Negotiation of master agreements with banks and traders • Market analysis and monitoring. • Negotiation and realization of "big volume" purchases of tin • Coordination of tin purchasing and negotiation for big volume purchasing. • Simulation and optimization of financial hedging with the front office of Saint-Gobain 2. In charge of purchasing Alumina Minerals for national and international market (M€ 5.5) : Feldspar ( 2M€), Slag (1 M€) and Nepheline (2.5 M€) • Development of alternative local sources for imported raw materials which helps in cost saving. • Planning and budgeting of purchase functions, involving cost estimation, contract negotiations • Liaison with finance department for timely payment of bills • Contract negotiations with strong negotiation skills • Co-ordination with transportation
Energy Category Purchasing Manager
Jan 2011 - May 2018
7 years 5 months
Paris Area, France
Energy purchaser Saint-Gobain Achats portfolio of 130 M€ for natural gas and 30 M€ for HFO, I am also in charge of energy reporting group worldwide approximate spend 2100 M€ • Natural gas, HFO purchaser and Energy savings certificates: call for tender, contracts follow-up • World Energy Reporting • Subscription for firm or interruptible capacity of natural gas on the PRISMA European Capacity Platform. • Ensure the commercial relations with customers and sustain the internal customer • Simulation and optimization of the financial coverage • Optimize energy costs by optimizing plants production • Optimize commodity, transport and tax costs • Ensure physical delivery of energy to the plants • Risk management • Contracts legal review • Market following (Oil, gas and HFO) • Implementation of a new reporting tools
Education
Paris ESLSCA Business School
MBA Trading and Financial Market
2021 - 2022
1 year 1 month
Pierre and Marie Curie University
Master Degree
2007 - 2008
1 year 1 month
Ecole Nationale Polytechnique
Engineer
2002 - 2007
5 years 1 month
Licenses & certifications
Expert in financial markets and instruments
Issued: Jan 2023
Certification AMF
Issued: Nov 2021
Introduction to the LME
Issued: Jan 2019
KCM Capex training
Issued: Oct 2017
Trading in Gas Market, Oil Market
Issued: Jan 2012