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Air Liquide

Industrial and medical gas provider

Category Manager Professional Services and Consulting

Procurement & SourcingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 7 years of progressive strategic procurement leadership, including at least 3–5 years managing complex Professional Services, Legal, Tax, or Intellectual Services portfolios in a regional or European matrix environment.
  • Demonstrated expertise in executive demand management, Master Services Agreement negotiation, performance-based pricing models, and governance frameworks aligned with group procedures and internal audit.
  • A proven track record scaling digital marketplaces and optimizing procurement technology stacks.
  • Ability to influence C-level stakeholders and navigate complex matrix organizations.
  • A Master's degree in Business, Law, Finance, or Supply Chain Management.
  • Professional fluency in English is mandatory; French or additional European languages are a strong plus.

Responsibilities

  • Define, deploy, and govern cohesive European multi-year category strategies to consolidate spend, reduce supplier fragmentation, and increase addressed spend coverage.
  • Lead the European rollout of the GP10 advisory governance framework, improve compliance toward group targets, and embed procurement oversight early into strategic transformation roadmaps.
  • Challenge internal requirements and ensure rigorous business case justification and clear deliverables before external consultancy mandates are initiated.
  • Lead the European expansion of digital platforms to streamline freelance, engineering, and advisory sourcing.
  • Collaborate with IT and Global Business Services to streamline platform integration, remove operational bottlenecks, and drive channel compliance.
  • Use artificial intelligence tools, business intelligence dashboards, and interactive chatbots to maximize spend visibility, automate buying processes, and improve the internal customer experience.
  • Negotiate complex Master Services Agreements, performance-based fee structures, and gain-share models with top-tier strategy firms and niche advisors.
  • Expand cross-border cash recovery initiatives across European entities.
  • Achieve recurring and one-off operating expense reductions while safeguarding enterprise risk related to intellectual property rights, data privacy, and co-employment frameworks.
  • Partner with legal, finance, tax, and human resources executives to align external consulting investments with group strategic priorities.
  • Partner with finance, management control, and internal audit to enforce compliance, validate financial performance, and execute group-wide cash recovery missions.
  • Mentor and guide country procurement buyers in Europe to maximize adoption of European strategies.
  • Build strategic C-level alliances with major consulting firms, specialist firms, and digital platform executives.

Desired Qualifications

  • French or additional European languages are a strong plus.

About the Company

Air Liquide

Industrial and medical gas provider

Air Liquide produces and supplies industrial and medical gases, such as oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, argon, and specialty gases, to manufacturers, healthcare providers, electronics, and energy companies. It operates through production plants, pipelines, cylinder networks, and on-site supply units, and it also designs and builds gas production and separation systems, including cryogenic air separation plants and large electrolyzers, via its engineering arm. Its Gas & Services business serves industry and healthcare and it is a major producer of hydrogen, investing in low-carbon hydrogen projects and electrolysis as part of industrial decarbonization. It serves the semiconductor industry and space programs as well. Its goal is to enable industrial decarbonization and the energy transition by providing reliable gases and engineering capabilities for large-scale gas production, hydrogen supply, and on-site services.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
1902

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