The VP - Regional Procurement (North America - NAM) will report into Veolia WTS Chief
Procurement Officer and will be responsible to oversee a team of 60-70 FTEs who are accountable for $1.0BN + of Veolia WTS spend across the NAM Region. In partnership with internal, functional stakeholders and business partners, this role will be responsible for leading overall procurement activities in the NAM region comprising the P&Ls of Projects, Products, Services, Chemicals as well as Direct and Indirect Procurement, P2P and Fulfillment. The person will be accountable for all procurement related deliverables in the overall region. This role will influence and collaborate with global internal stakeholders, regional leadership and supply base to develop/deploy a holistic
regional procurement strategy.
As we are working to shape and implement a global procurement function for the Water Tech Zone (WTS + VWT), NAM is the biggest region for WTS and VP NAM Regional Procurement will play an instrumental role in this process, helping shape the global organization adapted to support our ambition to increase the strategic impact of the procurement and support the WT growth . She / He will lead the implementation for NAM.
Key Characteristics
● Strategic thinking with multi-disciplinary collaboration
● Analytical with problem-solving skills
● People management and communication skills
Specific responsibilities:
Deliver financial results, manage and reduce risk
● Develop and implement regional procurement strategies and tactical processes to support the competitiveness of the NAM businesses and drive sustainable year on year structural cost reductions to improve variable margin.
● Working capital: Drive improvements in supplier payment terms & consignment.
● Responsible for conducting exceptionally difficult negotiations with all levels of U.S. and
global supplier management.
● Systematically reduce supply risk and eliminate single sources.
Build Competitive Advantage
● Develop and maintain in-depth regional and global knowledge of the markets and the
supplier base for the entire raw materials and energy portfolio. Understand and anticipate
market trends.
● Advise businesses of key market trends, risks & opportunities. Monitor strategic activity of key suppliers & competitors.
● Prioritize and support internal customers through business planning and development of
customized procurement strategies.
● Develop and execute creative sourcing strategies and purchase agreements to secure supply and build value and sustainable competitive advantage for VWTS.
● Ensure regional strategies are aligned with BU needs and with global purchasing strategies for materials and suppliers and ensure strong ongoing communication with peers outside from other regions.
● Actively support the Multifacet Performance Plan for NAM.
Supplier and Customer Relationships
● Build strong relationships with stakeholders. Ensure team has deep engagement and clear understanding of BU strategies and plans for growth, innovation and variable cost/margin improvement. Ensure that raw material & packaging strategies are well aligned with these plans. Support global purchasing framework for BU coordination.
● Develop and support all internal reporting requirements as required (functional, BU and
corporate).
● Build good working relationships with all functional partners (Supply Chain, Legal,
Operations, Finance).
● Build high, wide and deep relationships with key suppliers.
● Support and align with global Procurement transverse processes.
● Monitor supplier performance and quality.
People and organization
● Recruit, develop, manage, recognize and reward staff. Plan organizational evolution to adapt to internal/external context and design/implement succession paths for individuals in the function/company.
● Build and maintain an organizational environment that cultivates the broad development of a best in class, engaged and effective regional procurement team.
● Serve as an active contributor to Management Team and Procurement Leadership Team as well as other regional and global teams as assigned or requested.
Improve Systems and Processes
● Ensure the function’s compliance with code of conduct and global regulatory frameworks.
● Drive & support Veolia’s Sustenability’s Initiatives for NAM.
● Own the regional wing to wing procurement execution, with strong capacity to analyze
existing situations, identify failures and gaps and lead improvement plan
● Contribute expertise to special projects as necessary (acquisitions and divestitures,
purchasing digitization, ERP integrations).
● Drive and enable continuous improvement of digital tools.