Senior Purchasing Consultants Packaging
BH-313175-1
Posted: 09/09/2025
Senior Purchasing Consultant Packaging
📍 Location: La Défense, Paris
📅 Planned Start Date: 01/10/2025
📄 Contract Duration: 6 months (with potential extension)
🌍 Travel: Up to 3 times per year within Europe
Project Context:
Join a dynamic procurement team supporting strategic packaging and accessories projects across Europe. As a Senior Purchasing Consultant Packaging, you will play a key role in organizing and executing calls for tenders, negotiating contracts, and supporting subsidiaries throughout the purchasing process.
You will collaborate closely with category managers, leading segments, and central specifiers to ensure efficient and compliant procurement operations.
Key Responsibilities🛠 Tender & Contract Management
With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.
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Senior Purchasing Consultant Packaging
📍 Location: La Défense, Paris
📅 Planned Start Date: 01/10/2025
📄 Contract Duration: 6 months (with potential extension)
🌍 Travel: Up to 3 times per year within Europe
Project Context:
Join a dynamic procurement team supporting strategic packaging and accessories projects across Europe. As a Senior Purchasing Consultant Packaging, you will play a key role in organizing and executing calls for tenders, negotiating contracts, and supporting subsidiaries throughout the purchasing process.
You will collaborate closely with category managers, leading segments, and central specifiers to ensure efficient and compliant procurement operations.
Key Responsibilities🛠 Tender & Contract Management
- Organize and conduct calls for tenders in collaboration with category managers and leading segments.
- Develop purchasing strategies and present them to the Category Board.
- Analyze supplier responses, lead negotiations, and finalize contracts.
- Draft and present RTAs (Recommendations to Award) and ensure contract signatures.
- Guide subsidiaries through the tender process from strategy to award.
- Assist in preparing submission files and support leading segments in tender construction.
- Prepare standard documents and ensure accurate data entry in Ariba.
- Monitor supplier and subsidiary participation throughout the tender process.
- Consolidate information and support meeting organization and follow-ups.
- Coordinate documentation and analysis during consultations and tenders.
- Assist in supplier database management, qualification, and reporting.
- Under supervision, manage end-to-end purchasing processes from consultation to contract finalization.
- Proven experience in contract negotiation and purchasing
- Strong project management capabilities
- Ability to adapt to change and work in a fast-paced environment
- Familiarity with procurement systems (e.g., Ariba)
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.