Purchasing and Procurement Officer – Public Buyer (M/F)
@French National Centre for Scientific Research posted 5 days agoJob Description
General information
Job title: Purchasing and procurement officer – public buyer (M/F)
Reference: MOY700-JUSMAL-010
Number of positions: 1
Work location: VILLEURBANNE
Publication date: Friday, June 6, 2025
Type of contract: IT fixed-term contract
Contract duration: 6 months
Expected hiring date: October 1, 2025
Workload: Full
Remuneration: from €2,641 gross monthly
Desired level of education: BAC+3/4
Desired experience: Indifferent
BAP: J – Management and Steering
Typical job: Purchasing and procurement officer
Missions
Join us as a Purchasing and Procurement Officer and shape the financial efficiency of our delegation in terms of purchasing!
Your role: Purchase goods, services, or works to meet quality needs on behalf of the district’s laboratories.
As a key player in the institution’s purchasing policy, you provide advice and methods.
Activities
– Support to laboratories in their purchasing procedures (advice, assistance in defining needs, raising awareness of regulations and their developments);
– Determination of the contractual approach, the purchasing strategy and the associated schedule;
– Drafting and publication of consultation documents;
– Management of the analysis of applications and offers in conjunction with prescribers;
– Participation in various activities related to procurement (sourcing, negotiations, etc.)
– Participation in updating the purchasing map via a database;
– Production of various spreadsheet queries and statistics;
– Monitoring of contract renewals and renewals
– Monitoring of the administrative and economic execution of contracts
SKILLS
Higher education (Bac +3/4/5) in law, economics or management.
– Knowledge of public procurement law;
– Knowledge of management control;
– Interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team;
– Good writing skills;
– Organizational skills, method and rigor;
– Ability to propose concrete operational solutions to problems in compliance with regulations and purchasing policy;
– Knowledge of purchasing techniques;
– Mastery of office tools, and more particularly of Excel spreadsheets.
Work context
Join the epicenter of research in the Rhône-Auvergne region, where the CNRS plays a leading role as a spearhead of scientific innovation. Our regional delegation, based in Villeurbanne, provides management, laboratory support, institutional representation, and leadership and coordination for the scientific community. It has 2,620 CNRS employees spread across Lyon, Saint-Étienne, and Clermont-Ferrand, and 125 research facilities.
You will join the delegation’s finance and accounting department, which handles and/or monitors all financial and accounting operations, including purchasing for the 120 research laboratories in the district that are affiliated with it. This department is made up of 32 employees spread across six divisions: expenditures, revenue, budget, accounting, purchasing, and audit.
If you are looking for an opportunity to contribute to the success of a major regional delegation, work within a strategic financial team, and support innovative research, this mission is for you. The public buyer mission is part of a pole composed of 6 people: Join us!
What we offer you:
– A stimulating working environment in contact with research staff
– 22 days of leave / RTT for a 6-month contract
– Excellent working conditions (flexible hours, teleworking)
– Adapted training to support you
– A company restaurant that allows you to have lunch at an attractive price.
– Partial reimbursement of transport tickets (75%) + sustainable mobility package of up to €300/year
– A site accessible by public transport + private parking for cars and bicycles
– Financial contribution to the cost of mutual insurance
