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Head of works purchasing

Métropole de Saint-Étienne · Local government

En français : Responsable achats de travaux

This job in plain words

This category A job is about meeting the needs for maintenance and routine upkeep work on buildings. It is based in Saint-Étienne, in the Purchasing department, which has 18 staff.

Open to non-civil servants

Can you apply?

Civil servants and contract staff. Posts open to the grades of attaché, attaché principal, ingénieur and ingénieur principal. A contract worker may be hired if no civil servant application has succeeded.

Category
Category A (executive)
Diploma
Master's degree (bac+5) · Bac + 5 in a university track or engineering school, preferably construction, purchasing, public law or real estate and construction law
Experience
Not stated. A plus: experience in public contracts and buying building works
Contract
Civil servants and contract staff. If the selected candidate is not a civil servant, a 3-year fixed-term contract (CDD) may be offered

The profile they want:

  • Thorough knowledge of building trades
  • Mastery of purchasing and negotiation techniques
  • Good knowledge of public contracts and public purchasing procedures
  • Good computer skills, ideally Microsoft Office 365
  • Good people skills, persistence and persuasiveness

What you would do

  • Meet the needs for building maintenance work
  • Ensure routine upkeep of buildings
  • Centralise requests from departments
  • Manage works purchasing procedures
  • Support departments in optimising their needs

How to apply

Apply on the employer’s site, using the « Apply on employer site » button on the official offer page. Civil servants can submit their application directly online.

Documents to send:

  • CV
  • Cover letter stating the job title in the subject line
  • For civil servants: the latest arrêté de situation

Good to know:

  • Post vacant from 15/11/2026
  • Category A (managerial) job
  • A 3-year fixed-term contract may be offered to a contract worker

We wrote this summary automatically from the official offer. Only the offer published on Choisir le Service Public counts: read it before you apply. Source: Choisir le Service Public (DGAFP), Etalab 2.0 licence.

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