Job Summary:

• Formulate and deliver a set of strategies on how we procure key categories in the most optimal way in terms of quality, TCO and speed to market.
• Benchmark IWG against competitors to ensure we are leveraging scale to achieve industry-leading performance, whilst always beating local pricing.
• Identify and manage relationships with key suppliers, evaluate performance on a regular basis to ensure that we are getting value for money and supplier performance is in line with our expectations.
• Drive the strategy to control and audit Property Service Charges
• Drive complexity reduction and optimise the way IWG transacts with its supplier base by actively reducing the number of suppliers and number of transactions. 
• Drive automation in collaboration with IT and Shared Services.
• Actively pursue working capital improvements by driving compliance to the IWG payment terms policy
• Manage risk in collaboration with Legal, by negotiating the best contractual conditions and ensuring alignment with IWG Standard Terms.
• Help build a world-class procurement team with direct reports who are able to move into bigger and broader roles within the next 18-24 months. 
• Develop the team to ensure we are continually improving our performance.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues at the Group, Regional and Country level to ensure Procurement is supporting them to deliver against business plans.

Skills on Resume: 

• Strategy Formulation (Hard Skills)
• Competitive Benchmarking (Hard Skills)
• Supplier Management (Hard Skills)
• Cost Control (Hard Skills)
• Complexity Reduction (Hard Skills)
• Process Automation (Hard Skills)
• Risk Management (Hard Skills)
• Team Leadership (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Working in cross-functional teams across multiple continents. 
• Collaborate closely with Regional teams as to identify areas of improvement, market and suppliers’ knowledge, and follow up on key contracts.
• Develop Procurement policies and drive adherence to with all sourcing activities.
• Responsible for leading, developing, documenting, and executing a global procurement strategic plan which will drive cost-effective, efficient and quality material and services in support of Faro products and solutions.
• Develop and oversee an effective strategic sourcing and supplier management program with a strong emphasis on quality, cost, and supply availability with the supply base. 
• Work with the supply base on innovative approaches and partnerships.
• Develop and run the Partner Score Card process.
• Leads complex contract negotiations and manages contractual agreements.
• Drive continuous cost reduction initiatives.
• Build, develop, and motivate a global procurement team that help execute Faro strategic plans and potentially grow into future leaders

Skills on Resume: 

• Cross-Functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Regional Coordination (Soft Skills)
• Policy Development (Hard Skills)
• Strategic Planning (Hard Skills)
• Supplier Management (Hard Skills)
• Innovation Partnership (Soft Skills)
• Contract Negotiation (Hard Skills)
• Team Development (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Collaborate with key stakeholders including AMESA GP, Supply Chain, Engineering and Capital GP COE organization, design the category strategy (using 7 step strategic sourcing approach) based on changing market conditions and including internal demand analysis and external supplier and market analysis and implement the sourcing strategy, ensuring compliance is monitored and benefits are tracked (in close collaboration with the Transactional Procurement Team) in line with the procurement policy & practices.
• Lead cross-sector MRO initiatives including spare parts stock management programs, volume bundling between regions and material standardization programs, addressing Total Cost of Ownership
• Coordinate and work closely with AMESA Engineering and Project management team to deliver the best-in-class CAPEX procurement practices in the Sector
• Lead cross-sector Capital initiatives including Localization, Equipment Harmonization, Bundling, Best practices deployment
• Execute the global Capital strategy jointly with BU GP teams
• Manage MRO category at AMESA Sector level and enhance leverage from PepsiCo's scale in the region.
• Work closely with Sector & Global teams and coordinate the GP resources in Egypt, India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia & South Africa.
• Collaborate with SC to define renewable energy strategy and sourcing plan, where applicable
• Represent Global Procurement in the Horizontal Multi-functional teams for Manufacturing Optimization efforts
• Plan and deliver category Productivity / Savings (for the current year and over SBP)

Skills on Resume: 

• Stakeholder Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Category Strategy (Hard Skills)
• Cost Management (Hard Skills)
• Capital Procurement (Hard Skills)
• Global Execution (Hard Skills)
• Regional Coordination (Soft Skills)
• Energy Sourcing (Hard Skills)
• Productivity Planning (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Provides support to the Global Category AVP and Procurement SLT in developing a business listing of preferred suppliers for various HR commodities globally
• Establishes and maintains a needs-based segmented supply base
• Ensures that local sourcing practices and processes conform to overall procurement policies
• Ensures alignment to and understanding of purchasing policies and procedures in order that purchasing standards are upheld
• Suggests and works with the Category AVP/Procurement SLT on process improvements e.g. introduction of more efficient working methods
• Under the mentorship of the Category AVP/Procurement SLT implements systems to supervise supplier performance for key strategic providers
• Develop a team of buyers and sourcing leads to support all category activity
• Globalize category support and strategy to all key regions with a focus on EMEA & ASIA
• Identìy End user requirements, coordinate and supply service delivery
• Liaise closely with the end-users including the Executive Leadership team and third parties, on various HR Benefit plans and offerings for Cognizant employees

Skills on Resume: 

• Supplier Management (Hard Skills)
• Supply Segmentation (Hard Skills)
• Policy Compliance (Hard Skills)
• Process Alignment (Hard Skills)
• Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
• Performance Monitoring (Hard Skills)
• Team Development (Soft Skills)
• Stakeholder Liaison (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Resolving requirements so as to provide early input into the sourcing process
• Provide recommendations for Talent Acquisition sourcing initiatives based on fulfillment needs by region, volume, and skills required
• Negotiate local or regional contracts in conjunction with the legal teams.
• Ensures that end-user's requirements are sufficiently detailed in an appropriate format for various RFx activities
• Work with data analytics and research teams to resolve category strategy
• Tracking of execution against those project pipelines
• Analyses data related to macro environment, market sectors, suppliers and categories
• Reviews prices in market place and develops knowledge on industry characteristics and trends in order to optimize organizational expenditure (opex) spend
• Monitors changes/new developments/operating conditions/market capacity and quality issues
• Introduces new suppliers to the business as appropriate and proactively investigates opportunities to take advantage of developments within the supply market

Skills on Resume: 

• Requirement Analysis (Hard Skills)
• Sourcing Strategy (Hard Skills)
• Contract Negotiation (Hard Skills)
• RFx Preparation (Hard Skills)
• Data Collaboration (Hard Skills)
• Pipeline Tracking (Hard Skills)
• Market Analysis (Hard Skills)
• Supplier Introduction (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Internally pushing for further use of eSourcing tools across procurement to create additional value to the business through forward and reverse eAuctions
• Delivering Year-On-Year savings in designated spend area of 5% or more
• Providing leadership, training and development planning to team to ensure an effective growth trajectory in the business
• Develop and p artners with Global Planning, Global Quality and Global Operations leadership.
• Interface with remote general management and senior executives.
• Identifies potential contract items and liaises with the supply chain’s contract management function to ensure such items are added to existing contracts or appropriate contracts are established
• Recommends and implements strategies for negotiations with suppliers
• Promotes interaction between end-users and suppliers to ensure supplier development and appreciation of end-user requirements
• Monitors supplier delivery and quality performance for strategic providers and reports findings to the Category AVP/Procurement SLT
• Addresses performance issues with suppliers where appropriate
• Keeps the end-users advised regarding the latest issues involving requirements and the influences that external forces could have on situation
• Identifies benchmarking opportunities on a global scale

Skills on Resume: 

• eSourcing Promotion (Hard Skills)
• Cost Reduction (Hard Skills)
• Team Leadership (Soft Skills)
• Stakeholder Partnership (Soft Skills)
• Executive Interface (Soft Skills)
• Contract Management (Hard Skills)
• Negotiation Strategy (Hard Skills)
• Supplier Development (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Drive, lead, and execute procurement strategies for Nextiva
• Prioritize and execute an evolving portfolio of sourcing initiatives, in key spend areas, to deliver value/savings and support the objectives of the organization
• Structure analyses of third-party spend to enable informed decision-making with stakeholders
• Lead negotiations and implementation of contractual agreements in partnership with internal and external partners. 
• Manage business and supply risks with appropriate legal terms and conditions and ensure compliance with approved contract structures
• Design and implement the appropriate programs, systems, processes, teams, and controls to build robust procurement procedures
• Establish vendor partnerships by developing a vendor onboarding program
• Responsible for contract management, renewals and record keeping for all vendors
• Collaborate with stakeholders to secure competitive pricing and contract terms that drive savings and mitigate risk
• Negotiate annual contract renewals, new agreements, and purchases
• Analyze monthly spend reports to identify trends and opportunities for cost optimization
• Prepare and review contracts, quotes, proposals, and MSA vendor agreements for legal correctness, terms & conditions, and acceptability of items to specifications

Skills on Resume: 

• Procurement Strategy (Hard Skills)
• Sourcing Execution (Hard Skills)
• Spend Analysis (Hard Skills)
• Contract Negotiation (Hard Skills)
• Risk Management (Hard Skills)
• Process Implementation (Hard Skills)
• Vendor Onboarding (Hard Skills)
• Stakeholder Collaboration (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Accountable for Global Procurement’s Programs, internally focused such as L&D or cross-functional such as with Legal or Finance or Supply Chain including stakeholder’s relations and ensuring a cadence of relationship management activities such as quarterly reviews of in-flight and planned or proposed programs.
• Provide a single point of accountability for GP’s S2P programs.
• Developing and driving transformational S2P processes, oversee milestones and timelines and proactively secure execution in a timely manner.
• Collaborate with other Global Procurement teams and other functions to ensure a seamless linkage across the Source-to-Pay process.
• Developing and managing a comprehensive set of metrics and reporting capabilities that convey the success metrics of Global Procurement.
• Responsible for process mapping and root-cause analysis activities that lead to the identification of process “wastes”, structural inefficiencies and process improvement opportunities.
• Identifying and launching new Procurement Programs and initiatives to improve efficiency, effectiveness and drive results and compliance.
• Ensuring all programs and processes are documented (incl. RASCIs) and employees are trained.
• Responsible for ensuring that staffing and expenses remain within budget.
• Accountable to ensure that all the team's work is organized, synchronized, that staff is coached and has learning opportunities, for succession planning and recruiting and termination.

Skills on Resume: 

• Program Management (Hard Skills)
• Stakeholder Relations (Soft Skills)
• Process Transformation (Hard Skills)
• Cross-Functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Metrics Reporting (Hard Skills)
• Root-Cause Analysis (Hard Skills)
• Initiative Launching (Hard Skills)
• Team Coaching (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Establishes and drives the global Procurement strategy for $100M+ of supplier spend, ensuring alignment with the BU, Operations and the BU financial plan.
• Executes key strategic programs and projects to align with the needs of the business.
• Responsible for the Procurement aspects of New Product Introduction including supplier selection and bill of material costing with the objective of launching new products with the Right Cost and Right Supply Chain from the start of production.
• Identification and development of high performers within a team structure.
• Provide input to global processes, policies and procedures to enhance the management of the BU spend.
• Drive BU related cost reduction objectives with responsibility to deliver on the annual cost reduction plan.
• Participates and supports Make Vs. Buy decisions and sourcing strategy within a cross-functional team.
• Emphasis on the Total Cost of Ownership approach for the complete supply chain.
• Support the Procurement Operations team as they interface/direct the operations of suppliers and contract manufacturers.
• Understands how to build both business and product knowledge and how to use market trends to make sourcing decisions.
• Participates in the S&OP process for BU to maximize financial & service objectives 

Skills on Resume: 

• Procurement Strategy (Hard Skills)
• Project Execution (Hard Skills)
• NPI Procurement (Hard Skills)
• Talent Development (Soft Skills)
• Policy Input (Hard Skills)
• Cost Reduction (Hard Skills)
• Sourcing Strategy (Hard Skills)
• Market Insight (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Driving the implementation of Category Management across the business and providing guidance on the development of Category Strategies
• Establishing an effective Supplier Relationship Management system that fosters innovation and minimizes supply risk to the organization
• Establish the global cross-functional collaboration internally to provide lowest total cost solutions and leverage global scale on negotiations
• Work with myBuy team and POC on category cards, rate catalogs, supplier enablement and drive digitalization and simplification within the category
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives in the category spend from a procurement perspective.
• Lead negotiations to drive sustainable win-win solutions and manage the ongoing supplier relationship.
• Sell category strategy to business stakeholders including one focal point to represent "MRO & Capital" categories internally (peer level) and externally (suppliers)
• Ensure implementation of best-in-class sourcing tools, relevant to the category.
• Direct a procurement department of 13 people, including organisational development and talent development
• Direct a cross-functional category team, and together develop and deploy a strategy that supports the overall Vestas strategy and encompasses the needs of all functions
• Inspire with an extensive procurement toolbox and ensure continuous expansion of the toolbox

Skills on Resume: 

• Category Management (Hard Skills)
• Supplier Management (Hard Skills)
• Global Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Digital Enablement (Hard Skills)
• Continuous Improvement (Hard Skills)
• Strategic Negotiation (Hard Skills)
• Stakeholder Engagement (Soft Skills)
• Team Leadership (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Develop and lead global sourcing initiatives to satisfy production and customer demand.
• Interface with key suppliers to solve pricing, quality, and delivery matters.
• Direct the negotiations on sourcing and cost reduction initiatives and ensure favorable prices, terms, lead times, and continuous cost-out initiatives. 
• Facilitate the implementation of best practices with offshore and domestic suppliers.
• Develop risk management procedures to mitigate supply disruption
• Supervise a purchasing team and delegate tasks across departments.
• Work closely with legal counsel to make sure contracts and terms with suppliers and vendors are favorable.
• Communication with management regularly regarding the efficient flow of goods and services affecting production.
• Work with suppliers to maintain a safe stock and oversee RFP’s
• Enter into and oversee supply contracts with critical vendors.

Skills on Resume: 

• Sourcing Initiatives (Hard Skills)
• Supplier Interface (Soft Skills)
• Cost Negotiation (Hard Skills)
• Best Practices (Hard Skills)
• Risk Management (Hard Skills)
• Team Supervision (Soft Skills)
• Contract Review (Hard Skills)
• Production Communication (Soft Skills)