Pgp Sourcing Manager

Linde Gas España

**PGP Sourcing Manager - Region South West (M/F/d)**

Any Linde site within Region South West can be considered. | req24613

**What you will enjoy doing**
- You will manage strategically sales and purchases of gases for competitors and intercompany, promoting sales to competitors balancing growth and margins to maximize Linde absolute benefit within a proper sourcing roadmap aligned with the sales organizations
- Develop and implement a make vs buy strategy for the key products and build/maintain the right purchasing contracts for this, proactively re-evaluate active contracts and maintain them, updating & trouble-shooting pricing competitors
- As well you should coordinate the Inter Company/Competitor transactions within the region and with other Regional Business Units
- You will manage crisis supply coordination during plant shutdowns, planned and unplanned, through alignment meetings, documenting all actions and quantifying economic impacts, discussing with competitors and multi-country inhouse alternatives
- You will lead the cylinder exchange between the business units to minimize capex spend and expand process to EMEA and giving support the capex planning process for PGP packages in Region South West (Iberia, France, Benelux, Switzerland, Italy, Algeria, Tunisia)
- Support the Business Units in Region South West controlling the invoicing of sales and purchases maximizing its accounting accuracy, generating the annual set of Shopping Cart and Purchase Orders and maintain them through the year for topics not managed at Regional South West Business Units Operational level
- Also you will support the BU Budget Process combining purchase, sale and transport, providing best Forecast to FICO
- You want to take on new challenges and actively contribute to the success of the company's digital transformation project
- As well you can effectively collect, interpret, and use data, driving digital transformation

**What makes you great**
- You own a university degree in Industrial Engineering and complemented with Suplly Chain education
- You have 5 years of experience in supply chain operations, ideally within the industrial sector, with proficiency in supply planning and optimization tools
- You master English at negotiation level and other local language in the region
- Your skill to analyse procurement data, quantify economic impacts, manage budgets, and ensure accurate cost allocation to support informed decision-making is a value
- You have knowledge in PGP Leadership & Change Management and proficiency in supply planning and optimization tools with good understanding of ERP tools
- You bring proven ability to lead business transformations, manage change effectively, and drive impactful projects with commercial acumen and strong execution under pressure
- Your ability in Communication and Influence is key for presentation, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills with a knack for influencing and working seamlessly across all levels of the organization
- You are a savvy person in deep understanding of business-to-business product marketing, coupled with financial skills and analytics to articulate investment value drivers
- Are you technical and analytical competence to grasp technical challenges, analyze complex scenarios, and optimize decisions with a focus on cost-saving and value creation
- You feel comfortable managing projects end-to-end, ensuring delivery of results, and consistent alignment with strategic business goalsYou can collect, interpret, and use data effectively, driving digital transformation

**Why you will love working with us**

At Linde we identify ourselves with our products - either working for the technical or medical gases business. Being a company with a long tradition in the gases business, we not only care about our customers and high quality products, but most importantly about our employees. While working with us, expect a safe workplace, high safety standards and a true commitment from our managers to safety.

**What we offer you**

At Linde, the sky is not the limit. If you’re looking to build a career where your work reaches beyond your job description and betters the people with whom you work, the communities we serve, and the world in which we all live, at Linde, your opportunities are limitless. Be Linde. Be Limitless.

**This role is a full time position based on an unlimited contract. The standard weekly working hours will be from 08:30 hrs till 17:30 hrs.**

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