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Global Category Lead (Procurement), IT and Business Services
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- Strategic Category Management: Develop and execute long-term category strategies that address business needs, align with company goals, and deliver cost efficiencies.
- Business Partnering: Build strong relationships with stakeholders to align category strategies with organizational objectives and ensure effective collaboration.
- Supplier Management: Identify and manage strategic supplier partnerships, negotiating contracts to reduce risk and deliver mutual value.
- Spend Profiling & Analytics: Use data-driven insights to eliminate non-value-add spend and identify cost-saving opportunities.
- Digital Transformation: Drive procurement digitalization through tools like Oracle, or Coupa, streamlining source-to-contract and procure-to-pay processes.
- Innovation & Value Creation: Explore and implement innovative sourcing solutions to drive competitive advantage and long-term value.
- Risk Management: Ensure compliance with contracts, mitigate risks, and resolve issues proactively to avoid disruption.
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Procurement, Business, or a related field (Master's or MBA preferred).
- Experience: 10-12 years in procurement, with expertise in IT and business services categories, including IT, consulting, insurance, and benefits. Experience in global, complex environments is essential.
- Technical Skills: Proficient in procurement systems and digital tools, with strong knowledge of spend analytics, source-to-contract, and procure-to-pay processes.
- Communication Skills: Fluent in English (additional languages are an advantage), with strong cross-cultural communication and influencing abilities.
- Leadership: Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, manage stakeholder expectations, and drive change across a global organization.
- Resilient, self-driven, and adaptable with strong time management skills.
- Tech-savvy with a continuous improvement mindset and a bias for action.
- Collaborative and engaging, with a proven ability to thrive in dynamic, multi-faceted environments
- Strategic Category Management: Develop and execute long-term category strategies that address business needs, align with company goals, and deliver cost efficiencies.
- Business Partnering: Build strong relationships with stakeholders to align category strategies with organizational objectives and ensure effective collaboration.
- Supplier Management: Identify and manage strategic supplier partnerships, negotiating contracts to reduce risk and deliver mutual value.
- Spend Profiling & Analytics: Use data-driven insights to eliminate non-value-add spend and identify cost-saving opportunities.
- Digital Transformation: Drive procurement digitalization through tools like Oracle, or Coupa, streamlining source-to-contract and procure-to-pay processes.
- Innovation & Value Creation: Explore and implement innovative sourcing solutions to drive competitive advantage and long-term value.
- Risk Management: Ensure compliance with contracts, mitigate risks, and resolve issues proactively to avoid disruption.
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Procurement, Business, or a related field (Master's or MBA preferred).
- Experience: 10-12 years in procurement, with expertise in IT and business services categories, including IT, consulting, insurance, and benefits. Experience in global, complex environments is essential.
- Technical Skills: Proficient in procurement systems and digital tools, with strong knowledge of spend analytics, source-to-contract, and procure-to-pay processes.
- Communication Skills: Fluent in English (additional languages are an advantage), with strong cross-cultural communication and influencing abilities.
- Leadership: Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, manage stakeholder expectations, and drive change across a global organization.
- Resilient, self-driven, and adaptable with strong time management skills.
- Tech-savvy with a continuous improvement mindset and a bias for action.
- Collaborative and engaging, with a proven ability to thrive in dynamic, multi-faceted environments