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. Join Valeo teams’ commitment to reinvent mobility ! Valeo is an automotive supplier and partner to automakers worldwide. As a tech company, the Group designs innovative solutions that will be the foundation of tomorrow’s vehicle – a vehicle that is intuitive and connected, autonomous, energy efficient, accessible to all and respectful of the environment. Valeo’s Site located in Paris , 17th arrondissement (320 employees) is the Group’s Headquarters. It houses the general management of the Group's transversal functions. We are looking for a Group Segment Leader. Your responsibilities: As part of a central team, you will participate to the definition of the purchasing strategy for the IT segment, working closely with the Group IT Department. You will communicate this strategy to your country correspondents and ensure that it is properly implemented. You will initiate all your global tenders, ensuring that all the needs of the various countries or specifiers are taken into account, and will be responsible for governance throughout the purchasing process, right up to the implementation of the negotiations you have conducted. You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with the purchasing processes and supplier panel that you have defined in collaboration with your internal stakeholders, in accordance with Valeo’s standards and procedures. You prepare the annual budget for your scope. You monitor your actions and your suppliers using a number of indicators to measure and optimize the results of the policy deployed. You monitor developments in the market and solutions in your segments and markets. About you: You have a Master's degree in Purchasing. You are at least 3 years experienced as a Buyer in the IT/Telecom sector, in an international context. You have negotiating skills and have developed a customer and results-oriented approach. You are fluent in French and English. Employee Benefits: Employee shareholding plan, Action Logement Services (financial support for housing) Social and Economic Committee (CSE) : holidays, social and cultural activities Ability to work from home (up to 2 days per week) Company restaurant Why Valeo? To join a top tech company shaping tomorrow’s automotive industry To explore national and international career mobility opportunities To support the development of greener, safer and smarter mobility Valeo sees the diversity of its employees as a key asset across all of its businesses, in all its forms – including gender diversity, disability diversity, cultural diversity and intergenerational diversity. Job: Segment Leader Organization: Group Segment Schedule: Full time Employee Status: Regular Job Type: Undefined term Job Posting Date: 2026-04-13 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: