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Tarkett

Produces flooring and sports surfaces

Indirect Purchasing Manager - EMEA

Procurement & SourcingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeLa Défense, France

About the Job

Requirements

  • A higher-education qualification at Bac+5 level, such as an engineering school, business school, or specialized Master's in Purchasing or Supply Chain, is required.
  • Significant experience in indirect purchasing and Category Management, ideally in an international industrial group, is required.
  • Confirmed experience managing purchasing teams, both hierarchically and functionally, in matrix and multi-site organizations is required.
  • Mastery of strategic sourcing, complex negotiations, contracting, and strategic supplier management is required.
  • A strong understanding of industrial issues and major indirect purchasing categories, including technical purchasing, maintenance, transport, energy, and CAPEX, is required.
  • Experience with purchasing performance management, spend analysis, financial indicators, and reporting tools is required.
  • Proficiency with office tools, especially Excel and PowerPoint, and ERP environments is required.
  • Fluent English is essential for working across the EMEA scope.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and manage the EMEA indirect purchasing roadmap in line with industrial needs and group business priorities.
  • Identify purchasing consolidation and supplier-rationalization opportunities and develop synergies between sites.
  • Define sourcing strategies and category priorities, considering cost, quality, risk, and performance.
  • Oversee category purchasing strategies for Transport and Logistics, Energy, CAPEX, IT and Telecoms, and other indirect categories.
  • Support local teams with Maintenance/MRO, Facility Management, technical services, Marketing, HR, and professional services purchasing.
  • Lead strategic tenders, complex negotiations, and supplier contracting.
  • Develop cost-optimization levers and achieve targets for economic performance, service quality, and risk management.
  • Harmonize purchasing processes, methods, and good practices across EMEA while accounting for local needs.
  • Strengthen spend management, performance indicators, and continuous-improvement plans.
  • Structure strategic supplier management, monitor supplier performance, and anticipate related risks.
  • Work closely with Industry, Supply Chain, Finance, IT, HR, and other group functions.
  • Directly manage and develop the capabilities of three EMEA Purchasing Category Managers.
  • Functionally lead a network of approximately ten site Purchasing Managers, encouraging collaboration, good-practice sharing, and skills development.
  • Support teams through change management and implementation of purchasing initiatives.
  • Personally handle strategic negotiations, cross-functional projects, and complex supplier situations.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in indirect purchasing and Category Management within an international industrial group is preferred.
  • Knowledge of SAP, business intelligence tools, and artificial intelligence solutions is an advantage.
  • Fluency in French and other European languages is appreciated.

About the Company

Tarkett

Produces flooring and sports surfaces

Tarkett makes a wide range of flooring and sports surfaces, including vinyl, linoleum, carpet, rubber, wood, laminate, and synthetic turf for commercial, residential, and sports projects. It sells products through distributors and retailers and secures large projects via specification-led contracts, while also providing installation, maintenance, and recycling services. It operates a circular-economy program called ReStart that recycles end-of-life flooring into raw materials, aiming for 30% recycled content by 2030. Its goal is to combine people-friendly products with planet-friendly materials and to advance sustainable flooring practices, supported by recognitions from EcoVadis and CDP.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
1880

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