Senior Manager Procurement for Affiliates

Company Description
**BESIX Group** is a leading multidisciplinary Belgian Group, operating in construction, construction, real estate development and concessions. BESIX Group was founded in 1909, and has grown impressively over the years. BESIX Group operates in Northern and Eastern Europe, North and Central Africa and the Middle East through its subsidiary BESIX Construct, as well as in Canada and Australia. The group stands out in its sector by having its own internal Engineering Department, with wide-ranging expertise in geotechnical engineering, concrete technology, methods, planning, and BIM, System Engineering and similar tools.

In 2021, the Group achieved a turnover of EUR 2.9 billion. BESIX has about 11,000 employees active in 25+ countries with more than 80 different nationalities.

**Job Description**:
The **Senior Manager Procurement for Affiliates** will be the key contact for the affiliates Procurement teams to find best practices, opportunity of synergies and bring guidance on tools aligned with the Group procurement strategy.

**Core tasks**:

- Being SPOC for Affiliates Procurement and being animator of the affiliates network across Procurement community;
- Coach and train affiliates on templates and tools;
- Look for best practices and synergies to reduce projects cost;
- Being Intra Group activity ‘One-Stop shop’ advocate within Procurement from tendering to Execution;
- Support market survey and negotiation on ad-hoc.

**Mission and responsibilities**:

- Identify Procurement activity and workload;
- Ensure Procurement support to stakeholders for Procurement activities;
- Coordinate Category managers activities around affiliates needs when it makes sense;
- Ensure Procurement people development;
- Co-create and support local Procurement objectives achievements of affiliates.

**Qualifications**:

- Master’s degree - MBA is a plus.
- Procurement certification/ degree is a plus.
- 10 years business experience as Manager or Director.
- 5 years supply-chain experience.
- 5 years’ experience in Project oriented business.
- Management skills in Matrix Environment.
- Active listening and empathy.
- Problem solving / Convincing and influencing.
- Business acumen.
- Professional knowledge of French and Dutch.
- Negotiation skills.
- Relevant experience within construction industry is a plus.

Additional Information

A career at BESIX is a lot more than just a job, it's about being part of our changing and innovative world. Your skills, ambition and passion will contribute to the development of our different businesses and allow us to succeed in the challenges of the coming years.

Working for the BESIX group allows you to be a part of a dynamic, creative and entrepreneurial company. It gives you a safe and collaborative working environment with ambitious and innovative goals for the world of tomorrow, but also for your career and personal development.

We are looking for different kinds of personalities, mindsets, backgrounds and genders to build the iconic and sustainable projects of tomorrow.

Are you ready to make an impact and leave a positive legacy for years to come? If you are passionate about our purpose to _Excel_ _in creating sustainable solutions for a better world_, come and join our caring BESIX family. Together we will co-create our future.

Working at BESIX brings a lot of great benefits including:

- An attractive remuneration package including a salary in line with the market and a range of employee benefits such as flexible mobility advantages, extra-legal pension, medical care insurance, work-life balance program (such as teleworking, child care, flexible work schedule, mobile working), Health Management (sport, health check-up program,);
- Career development programs that serve not only to ensure that you are constantly learning and improving but also that give you the possibility to expand your career horizon;
- A dynamic, creative and safe working environment with innovative colleagues supporting your endeavors (ideas, projects, goals, ambitions);
- Possibility to work on complex projects within both a local and international environment;
- The choice to remain locally anchored for the coming years or to seek an exciting international career opportunity within the group.