Director, Global Purchasing

Reporting to the DVP BU Manager, the Global Purchasing Manager defines and leads the global purchasing strategy for CAMECA. The role has worldwide responsibility for procurement activities covering the three production sites in the United States and France, ensuring cost competitiveness, supply continuity, quality, and risk mitigation in support of business objectives.

Responsibilities:

The Global Purchasing Director will:

• Global Purchasing Strategy & Governance
  
  
  
  • Defining, formalizing, and deploying a global purchasing strategy aligned with CAMECA strategic objectives, growth roadmap, and operational priorities.
  
  
  • Establishing a clear purchasing governance model (decision rights, escalation, global vs. local responsibilities).
  
  
  • Driving standardization of purchasing policies, procedures, tools, and KPIs across all manufacturing sites.
  
  
  
  


•  Procurement Operations & Spend Management
  
  
  
  • Overseeing all procurement activities for the US and French production sites, covering direct materials, components, equipment, and selected indirect spend as defined in scope.
  
  
  • Consolidating volumes and leveraging global sourcing opportunities to optimize total cost of ownership (TCO)
  
  
  • Ensuring sourcing strategies are robust, competitive, and aligned with production and engineering needs.
  
  
  
  


• Supplier Management & Performance
  
  
  
  • Leading supplier sourcing, qualification, negotiation, and contracting at a global level.
  
  
  • Defining and managing the global supplier panel, including strategic, critical, and risk-exposed suppliers.
  
  
  • Driving supplier performance management through clear KPIs (QCD, innovation, sustainability).
  
  
  • Developing long-term partnerships with strategic suppliers to support innovation, capacity, and reliability.
  
  
  
  


• Cost, Value Creation & Risk Management
  
  
  
  • Leading continuous cost reduction and value creation initiatives, including should-cost analysis and productivity actions.
  
  
  • Anticipating and managing supply chain risks (single sourcing, geopolitical exposure, capacity constraints, financial health of suppliers).
  
  
  • Securing supply continuity for critical materials and technologies.
  
  
  
  


• Cross-functional Collaboration & Business Support
  
  
  
  • Working closely with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, Finance, and EHS to ensure purchasing decisions support business and industrial objectives.
  
  
  • Supporting make-or-buy analyses, industrial footprint decisions, and new product introductions.
  
  
  • Acting as a key contributor to operational excellence and transformation initiatives.
  
  
  
  


• Compliance & Ethics
  
  
  
  • Ensuring full compliance with CAMECA and AMETEK purchasing policies, ethical standards, and contractual requirements.
  
  
  • Promoting responsible purchasing practices, including sustainability, ESG considerations, and supplier code of conduct adherence.
  
  
  
  

Requirements:

• Education & experience:
  
  
  
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    • Master’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Purchasing, or Business.
    
    
    • Minimum 10 years of experience in purchasing/procurement in an industrial, international environment.
    
    
    • Proven experience managing global suppliers and multi-site procurement. Professionnal knowledge & abilities:
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Professionnal knowledge & abilities:
  
  
  
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    • Strong negotiation and contract management skills.
    
    
    • Solid understanding of manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain constraints.
    
    
    • Ability to build and deploy global strategies.
    
    
    • Strong leadership and influence skills in a matrix organization. • Excellent communication skills in English (French is a strong plus). • Data-driven, structured, and results-oriented mindset.
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

Business Unit:

• CAMECA is a world leading supplier of microanalytical and metrology instrumentation for research and process control. Our instruments measure elemental and isotopic composition in materials down to atomic resolution and equip government and university labs as well as high-tech industrial companies around the world.


• Learn how we address challenging characterization needs in diverse markets: semiconductor, nanotechnology and novel materials, nuclear science, energy, biology, environment, mining, geology.


• CAMECA is also at the forefront of ion and electron source technology with TES - Polygon Physics, the most compact ECR source in the world. Discover ECR source applications.