Strategic buyer

Be visionary

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense factory automation air and water quality environmental monitoring electronics design and development oceanographic research deepwater oil and gas exploration and production medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Job Description

About us

You may not realize it but Teledyne enables many of the products and services you use every day. Teledyne provides enabling technologies to sense transmit and analyze information for industrial growth markets including aerospace and defense factory automation air and water quality environmental monitoring electronics design and development oceanographic research energy medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.

Teledyne e2v Semiconductors SAS located in Saint-Egrève (near Grenoble) has been a semiconductor specialist since 1955.
Our 400employee site brings together research and development teams production workshops and support functions for two main business areas:

• Machine Vision Sensors (MVS) for image sensors dental sensors and cameras.

• Semiconductors for microprocessors and highspeed data converters.

Job Description

The strategic buyer will join a procurement team of five people including supplier quality engineers and both direct and indirect material buyers and will report directly to the procurement manager.

This recruitment is to replace a departing team member and it is also a great opportunity to rethink our team organization to strengthen our positive impact within the Teledyne organization.

We produce semiconductor products for several industries including space aerospace and defense. These are highreliability products with demanding constraints.

In this position you will be involved in new projects and work closely with our R&D and marketing teams. It is essential to understand the business environment and customer requirements to ensure that all constraints are properly communicated to our partners.

We must maintain strong relationships with our key partners to provide the right solutions to our customers. Close collaboration with the sales team is also crucial.

What Youll Do

Search for select and manage suppliers in line with the purchasing strategy developed by the company in an international context

Maintain supplier service levels that meet the companys needs in terms of cost lead times quality and innovation.

Main activities

Sourcing & Supplier Management

• Gather customer requirements identify and select suppliers that meet the companys service/product needs

• Negotiate contractual terms enabling the execution of service/product offerings

• Conduct technology watch to ensure alignment between technical proposals and the companys needs

• Lead strategic negotiations with significant impact on the company

• Analyze anticipate and manage risks related to the macroeconomic and geopolitical environment that may affect supplier performance

• Carry out Make or Buy Total Cost of Ownership and Design to Cost analyses in collaboration with the relevant service teams to support the organizations strategic decision-making

Execution

• Carry out purchasing process operations: gather and define requirements contribute to drafting specifications select suppliers negotiate place and monitor orders

• Initiate and develop interfaces with Supply Chain Engineering Production Legal and Finance teams to optimize overall information flows and the companys operational efficiency

• Manage supplier crises (delays shortages)

Continuous Improvement

• Measure performance and implement continuous improvement plans with suppliers

• Plan and co-lead supplier audits in collaboration with Supplier Quality Engineers

• Propose alternative solutions that can meet the needs of internal customers

• Support advice and contribution to the training of Level 1 Buyers

• Actively participate in the definition and steering of the purchasing strategy in alignment with strategic management.

What You Need:

You are fluent in English open to occasional travel and bring prior experience in procurementpreferably within a highconstraint or highly regulated industrial environment.

Knowledge of SAP and strong proficiency in Microsoft Office tools is an asset.

What We Offer:

At Teledyne e2v you join a team where innovation human values and worklife balance come together:

• Work on cuttingedge technological projects with high impact

• Join an innovationdriven environment in the Grenoble ecosystem awarded 2026 European Capital of Innovation

• Evolve within a humanscale site where your contribution truly matters

• Enjoy a structured onboarding program with a dedicated mentor

• Work in an attractive and flexible environment: teleworking agreement and real worklife balance

• Join a company deeply committed to QHSE/CSR goals (): 40 by 40 carbon plan Goldlevel Pro Vélo certification support to Handisport and Adapted Sport leagues

• Be part of a culture built on respect integrity responsibility and citizenship

• Evolve in a company committed to gender equality (score: 93/100)

• Live in a unique Alpine environment combining technological excellence with excellent quality of life.

For more information about Teledyne Technologies - EverywhereyoulookTeledyne e2v Semiconductors SAS visit: and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws regulations rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

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