Local and transversal approaches are combined by the definition of the Annual Project Portfolio built by the Lead Buyer for his hub in close cooperation with the Subcategory Management and other Lead Buyers.

The Lead Buyer ensures that all requirements of the hub for the subcategory are fulfilled by the Buyers in due time with the best solution. The Lead Buyer also monitors key steps of projects conducted in other hubs for the specific activity they oversees.

In this role the Lead Buyer is responsible for:

• Deploying Health & Safety local policies and procedures.


• Managing his/her teams (daily management, GEDP process, salary evolution, evaluation…).


• Participating to HR processes (career committee - succession planning …) at his/her own cluster level.


• Ensuring communications with cluster stakeholders at his/her own cluster level.


• Defining list of projects to be done by his/her buyers f...