Verkor is a French industrial company aiming to pioneer low-carbon battery manufacturing in France. With the backing of prominent industrial companies such as Renault Group, Plastic Omnium and Schneider Electric, Verkor intends to electrify the future of European mobility.

With over 350 experts from 38 different countries, our endeavor is to unite exceptional global talent to bring this ambitious and innovative project to life. Our strong and agile international team continues to grow and adapt to new challenges. Based in Grenoble (France), we have recently started operations our Verkor Innovation Centre (R&D centre and 4.0 pilot line).

We now focus on building the world's most modern and efficient Gigafactory in Dunkirk (France). With this facility, our ambition is an initial annual production of 16 Gwh of lithium-ion batteries by 2025, thus powering 300,000 electric vehicles annually.

In joining us you will actively participate in this breathtaking industrial adventure to shape the future of European mobility.

As a Procurement Operation Analyst you contribute actively to our acquisition processes and particularly to the Purchase Orders Process (PR set up till PO emission) and manage execution including recurring/non recurring purchases and settlement processes for our future Giga factory.

Responsabilities

• Manage execution of buying activities for recurrent purchases (Procure to Pay, Source to Pay, Source to Contract): will cover both equipment (capex) and materials (non-capex) procurement operations execution. Large scope need coverage mainly focused on Indirect Procurement (out off articles in Bill of Material).
• Manage transactional buying activities for one off/ad-hoc purchases (including capex). SAP workflow PR to PO and guide the Requester in order to improve their practice.
• Check Process flow in SAP, sanity check on documents based on good knowledge of Procurement processes.
• Contribute in developing procurement processes and procedures to ensure continuity and consistency of work tasks.
• Contribute to manage supplier base in ERP (creation, modification account,..) linked to finance procedure.
• Contribute to manage vendors claim, investigate and propose solution linked to processes and propose process improvement. Propose escalation, with other Verkor departments.
• Capable to address PO portofolio and alert on delivery issues , interact directly with our suppliers.
• Capable to run basic negotiation with vendors.
• Contribute to manage vendors claim, investigate and propose solution linked to processes and propose process improvement. Propose escalation, with other Verkor departments.

Requirements

• Mini 2 years' experience in complete 'purchase cycle' and ERP systems : SAP
• Customers focus (internal -external), strong cooperation with Finance, Procurement, Logistic
• Attention to details
• Alert and escalate
• Capacity to work in team, collaborate with others
• Previous similar experience. Familiar with equipment (capex) and materials (non-capex) life-cycle procurement, typical documentation involved from procurement validation to execution and settlement
• Microsoft applications -Digitally aware
• Capable to handle tight deadlines
• Good written, verbal communication
• Flexible and willing to learn and work as a team

Why join us?

Strong company spirit and culture settle down around our 4 values:

Contribution

We promote personal initiative and give everyone the means to contribute to the company's success.

Communication

We're committed to transparent communication: we say what we think, and we mean what we say.

Team Spirit

Everyone, in their role, is an ambassador for the company. At Verkor, success is most definitely a team sport!

Commitment

We're all working towards a common goal: a sustainable future, which we're building one step at a time.

Attractive work conditions*

- Stimulating work environment: pleasant offices, multicultural and motivated team

- Lunch vouchers

- 50% of local transportation costs financed

- 5 weeks of holidays per year + 2 weeks of compensation time (RTT)* conditions may apply depending on type of contract

- Industry-leading healthcare

- Opportunities to network and connect with worldwide experts

For more info on the company, please visit us at www.verkor.com

*all positions are open to individuals possessing a Recognition of the Status of Disabled Worker (RQTH)

*conditions may apply depending on type of contract