Procurement Services Manager

Requirements:

• Strong understanding of procurement processes, in particular Source-to-Contract, Purchase-to-Pay, Catalogue and Contract Management, Tailend Management Experience with relevant procurement systems and platforms, in particular: SAP MM, SRM, Wallmedien, procurement marketplaces (e.g. Meplato, amazon business)
• 5-10 years’ experience in leading Procurement operations/ processes for large global client as a Solution Architect, ideally also as Operations Manager
• Consulting experience will be an asset
• Proven track record of driving change in people and processes, with strong project management, implementation and process improvement skills
• Consultative skills and structured thought process, creative thinking/ innovative mindset
• Ability to engage senior client management on offerings, emerging issues in focus sectors, lead project scope discussions and provide insightful recommendations across the procurement spectrum
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, ability to build strong partnerships, works and communicates well with all levels of  leadership (both client & internal)
• Ability to work in matrix organization and cross functional teams
• Ability to travel to client locations as needed (average 30-40%)
• Excellent command of English
• German speaking (will be asset)

Responsibilities:

• Clarifies and translates business requirements into a standard solution offering deal approach, solution plan, proposal and cost estimate leveraging standard process methods, deliverables and the right collection of offerings
• Prepares the spend estimate, schedule, work plan, resource/ sourcing plan
• Represents the solution offering to the client business and aligns the solution with final terms. Collaborates with the Process and/ or Product Owners, operations and procurement organizations to plan and architect the overall delivery solutions and capabilities to support the service offerings
• Sponsors/ leads the initiatives to deploy new architecture & capabilities across the teams required for service offerings and stable and efficient operations
• Interfaces with the delivery organization/s to ensure effective transition, shape services, collaborate on clear solution assumptions, determine appropriate service delivery locations and related cost to deliver
• Ensures delivery architecture is implemented according to policies/ standards and solution is benchmarked externally
• Maintains a keen understanding of marketplace intelligence (trends, bestpractices etc.) in order to provide market leading perspectives, emerging trends, tools and techniques that can be effectively utilized to develop and promote business
• Benchmarks solutions with leading industry best practices and measurement systems to monitor efficiency of the solution teams and effectiveness of responses

We offer:

• Challenging work in an international environment under highest standards
• Attractive benefits and bonus system
• Friendly work environment
• Opportunity to work with people from different cultures and nations
• Job stability and flexible working time
• Mother friendly company