# Acheteur.se IT Senior - Spécialisé Achats Cloud

**Company**: Ubisoft
**Location**: Paris, IDF
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are seeking a Senior IT Buyer to join our Purchasing department, which is responsible for acquiring goods and services for the Ubisoft group. The successful candidate will focus on optimising long-term costs and managing risks for recurring IT purchasing categories, particularly Cloud and Hosting expenses.

The Senior IT Buyer's main responsibilities will include:

- Developing and implementing a Cloud/Hosting purchasing strategy aligned with the group's technological roadmap

- Managing strategic sourcing to identify opportunities for purchasing performance improvement

- Monitoring supplier performance and ensuring compliance with contracts

- Preparing reports on these activities using existing tools and processes

- Maintaining regular communication with key internal partners and actively developing relationships with key players

- Staying up-to-date with trends and best practices in purchasing

- Collaborating with the procurement team on supplier responsiveness issues, internal client feedback, and new contracts

- Implementing a medium- to long-term strategy for managing costs, risks, and quality with major IT suppliers

- Potentially managing the purchase of IT solutions related to game production or integrated into our games (Middleware)

Requirements:

- Significant operational experience as an IT buyer with expertise in Cloud and Hosting categories

- In-depth knowledge of Cloud economic models (IaaS, PaaS), hyperscale environments, and associated contractual models

- Strong negotiation skills in complex and multicultural contexts

- Excellent relationship management skills with executive-level stakeholders

- Ability to provide strategic recommendations and demonstrate assertiveness

- Strong networking skills with peers and suppliers

- Reactivity and rigour in managing dossiers

- Pragmatism and comfort with prioritising tasks

- Advanced Excel skills and a solid understanding of contract law would be beneficial

- Fluency in English, essential for this international role

## Skills

### Required
- Cloud purchasing
- Strategic sourcing
- Contract management
- Supplier performance monitoring
- Reporting
- Communication
- Negotiation
- Relationship management
- Assertiveness
- Networking
- Reactivity
- Pragmatism
- Prioritisation
- Excel
- Contract law

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