Project Buyer (M/F/D)

Job Description:

Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

Valeo is an automotive supplier and partner to automakers worldwide. As a technology company, we design innovative solutions for smart mobility, with a particular focus on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. The Group also provides and distributes spare parts for automakers and independent aftermarket operators.

Your challenges:
* Lead the sourcing process as a member of the project team
* Define sourcing strategy by region in alignment with the business plan
* Manage global BOM costs by region
* Participate in project meetings and activities such as project reviews, sourcing plans, Technical Steering Committee, and Project Management Committee
* Collaborate with the Segment Leader or Group Segment Director at appropriate stages to share project constraints and propose sourcing strategies compliant with the Group Segment Strategy
* Coordinate S-VRF definition and plan supplier design reviews to:
* Ensure suppliers fully understand requirements
* Capture improvement proposals
* Obtain supplier acceptance of Valeo requirements
* Enhance competition while maintaining equivalent scope
* Define and control communication flows and content between project teams and suppliers
* Monitor and forecast the project purchasing index and lead productivity improvement initiatives

Requirements:

* At least 2 years of experience in B2B purchasing and negotiations, preferably in a production company, ideally within the automotive sector
* Good communication skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
* Multitasking ability, teamwork spirit, and result-oriented mindset
* English language proficiency enabling fluent and effective communication

We can offer you:
* Employment in an international production company with high quality standards of work, a leading multinational hightech automotive supplier
* Attractive working conditions and benefits: possibility to work remotely, participation in internal and external trainings, subsidies for MyBenefit cafeteria (including Multisport card), additional health and life insurance, private medical care (Medicover), Employee Retirement Program (PPE) and other social benefits
Valeo works to promote diversity in all its forms (gender, disability, social and cultural, generational) through local policies and actions, mentoring and training programs, networks and partnerships
Job:Project Buyer
Organization:Advanced Projects Purchasing
Schedule:Full time
Employee Status:Regular
Job Type:Permanent contract
Job Posting Date:2026-03-06
Join Us !
Being part of our team, you will join:
- one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
- a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
- more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
- a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development

More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com