Your responsibilities and tasks:
- Lead Professional Services, HR Travel Fleet category strategy implementation in APA.
- Leadership to manage cross-functional team and engage key stakeholders across region.
- Category procurement contains like consulting, legal, marketing, financial services, outsources services, HR, Travel, Fleet.
- Functional report and collaborate with Global Category Manager in executing the agreed category procurement strategies.
- Act as a link between Local and Regional Category Area.
- Focus on the total spend and the entire supply chain on category level to achieve best cost structures.
- Identify and realize cost saving potential, manage savings pipeline for the relevant categories in region.
- Leads major supplier negotiations, supplier management, own procurement area as regional category manager.
- Continuously optimize procurement processes and related key figures.
- Develop and implement mid- and long-term procurement strategies for specific categories in region.
- Ensure appropriate portfolio of suppliers in region.
- Implement digital procurement solutions for the area with excellence team and IT.
Your profile and qualifications:
Educational Background
- University, Bachelor’s degree or above, Major in Economics or Business is preferred
Professional Knowledge and Experiences. - 10+ years of experience in procurement processes.
- Profound know how of international contract management (min. 5 years of experience).
- Cultural Awareness.
- Experience with implementation of corporate procurement.
- Work experience both in complex matrix and centralized organizations.
- Profound project management skills.
- Negotiation experience across the global supplier markets.
- Indirect category manager experience and knowledge including Professional Services category is essential.
- Professional services category market and industry knowledge.
- Systems, Ariba, S2P experience is an advantage.
Other Skills & Competencies
- English (fluent).
- Ability to lead internationally and/or culturally diverse teams.
- Ability to network and build relationships.
- Deep understanding of business on a broad international scale.
- Very good analytical capabilities, problem-solving skills and ability to think strategically.
- Can do attitude and open mind to embrace change.
- Takes ownership of the work, successes and mistakes.
- Very good communication skills.