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Edenred

Digital payments platform for employee benefits

Indirect Commodities Buyer

Procurement & SourcingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeIssy-les-Moulineaux, FranceNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • International purchasing knowledge.
  • Negotiation skills.
  • A minimum of 5 years of sourcing experience in procurement in a multinational company.
  • Fluency in French and English.

Responsibilities

  • Lead indirect commodity coordination at the group level with all subsidiaries, including Cars, Communication & Marketing, and Buildings.
  • Define indirect commodity strategy, group targets, and sourcing strategy per segment with the Group Purchasing Director.
  • Manage tenders through all phases, from the request for information to the contract, in collaboration with stakeholders.
  • Consolidate and control implementation of the indirect commodity strategy.
  • Follow up on and consolidate supplier scorecards and manage resulting actions.
  • Share and communicate with the Edenred buyers community.
  • Develop and manage company knowledge of segments, including consolidating needs (volume, technologies, trends, constraints, and local specificities); process flow and cost breakdown by added value and cost type; market segmentation, market constraints, risks, and trends; and supplier market analysis and portfolio assessment.
  • Define and update commodity strategy per segment at group level and across subsidiaries.
  • Quantify expected improvements in savings, quality, on-time delivery, and other areas at group level and per subsidiary.
  • Develop improvement plans and obtain subsidiary validation.
  • Confirm supplier-panel alignment with defined strategy and subsidiary requirements for projects and production, covering professional services without IT and recruitment agencies.
  • Plan supplier phase-outs where relevant to support subsidiaries.
  • Control and approve new business awards in line with the defined strategy.
  • Organize and lead coordination meetings with subsidiaries, promote best-practice sharing, and plan supplier reviews.
  • Collect and challenge needs from internal clients.
  • Communicate commodity strategy and secure buy-in from interfaced organizations, including Business Lines, HR, Legal, Marketing, Finance, and the buyers community.
  • Lead change management.
  • Identify supplier innovations and promote them to the group and subsidiaries.
  • Communicate achievements to all subsidiaries.
  • Provide expertise and operational support when requested by subsidiaries.
  • Support escalation of major operational issues.
  • Manage reporting.
  • Operate as travel manager on Egencia.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of the Ivalua platform.
  • Knowledge of legal aspects of procurement.

About the Company

Edenred

Digital payments platform for employee benefits

Edenred provides a digital services and payments platform for the working world, connecting 60+ million users, 2+ million merchants, and nearly 1 million corporate clients across 45 countries. Its offerings cover employee benefits (like Ticket Restaurant), mobility services, employee engagement tools, and corporate payment instruments, all delivered through a digital platform and apps that often integrate with mobile wallets and partner services. It differentiates itself by its global scale, broad range of benefits and payments solutions, and a track record of France-specific innovations (virtual Ticket Restaurant, braille restaurant cards, Edenred Télétravail, and Edenred+). Its goal is to simplify daily life for employees, improve well-being, attract talent, and boost company performance by making benefits and payments seamless.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Founded
1983

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