WHO IS LAFARGE?

As a member of Holcim Group, a global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions, Lafarge is enabling greener cities, smarter infrastructure, and improved living standards all over Egypt. With sustainability at the core of our strategy, we are becoming a net-zero company, thriving with our people and communities. Lafarge Egypt launched one of the largest cement plants in the MENA region which is located in Ain Al-Sokhna, with a plant capacity of 9.5 MT and 5 state-of-the-art production lines. Through its established business operations in Cement, Ready-Mix concrete, Lafarge Egypt has demonstrated its commitment to the provision of sustainable building materials. Lafarge Egypt continuously seeks to meet the needs of a wide range of customers including but not limited to individual homebuilders, large construction companies, architects, or local artisans, powered by 1500 passionate employees.

Overview

• Implement sales & marketing strategies to showcase Egyptian qualified goods to Holcim countries.
• Manage the operational and transactional procurement, Logistics, Sales, Legal, Reporting & performance for Lafarge
• Import & export, covering all global sourcing requests to get the highest cost benefit deals for LCE and cost-savings for countries interested in Egyptian goods..

Responsibilities:

1-Health & Safety:

• Adhere to and enforce relevant legislation and policies and ensure that the highest degree of safety and safe working practices are maintained.

2-Functional:

• Manage Procurement activities of the company in accordance with the sourcing strategy, as well as applicable policies, procedures and specifications to deliver benefits to the company and reduce total cost.
• Creating and using fruitful procurement and sourcing strategies.
• Manage selected category spends elements with close collaboration with the category manager and the requesters cross-functionally.
• Manage the day to day P2P operation in a state of the art mode, to ensure compliance and the highest level of controls.
• Perform risk management for supply contracts and agreements.
• On time performance of the P2P tasks, in line with the internal control requirements.
• Provide and Manage reports and analysis in a country level within Lafarge import & export requirements.
• Identify the initiatives, projects and sales opportunities that support the sales annual targets, to ensure creation of stakeholder’s value.
• Plan Lafarge import & export Sales & marketing strategy.
• Manage Lafarge Import & export daily sales activities & plan implementation
• Define margins for each (to be sold) item for all AMEA countries.
• Benchmark global logistics costs to define Egypt’s cost advantage for each deal.
• Manage outbound logistics ensuring on time safe delivery of products to customers.
• Manage Legal activities needed with the legal team.
• Manage SAP implementation activities & coordination with Finance, Procurement, Sales, Tax & Regional IT team.
• Introduce new potential suppliers/contractors in the market with efficient alternatives.
• Align internal & external decision makers through focused communication.
• Managing & developing the Global Sourcing team members.

Qualifications

Education and Work Experience:

Education:

• Bachelor of Engineering.

Skills:

• Technical buyer, Exporting, ERP systems, Excel, reporting tools developer, advanced communication skills, advanced negotiation skills, good management skills.

Experience:

• 5 years in a technically related job preferably to be as procurement.

WHO ARE LAFARGE PEOPLE?

Lafarge people are passionate about finding better ways to build. They embrace innovation and improvement with a pioneering spirit. They work as trusted partners, creating better solutions and experiences for their customers, communities, and colleagues.

YOUR LAFARGE EXPERIENCE

At Lafarge, there is endless opportunity for you to play your part. Whether you’re in a technical, managerial, or frontline role, you can shape a career that works for you. With us you’ll have the chance to embrace the passion we share for our planet. You’ll be encouraged to seek out diverse perspectives, share your ideas, and build the skills and connections you need to perform at your best. Because it’s only when we work together in a culture where everyone thrives, that we can build the world we all want to live in.