Global Category Manager HR, Audit, Risk & Travel Category

Your role

The Global Category Manager HR, Audit, Risk and Travel is responsible for developing and driving the category strategies related to HR, Audit, Risk and Travel category. This includes the oversight of HR categories (including Learn and Development, Recruitment Process, Travel) and risk related activities (including Statutory Audit) ensuring significant year-on-year cost improvements while meeting financial and budget targets and provide financial market updates for forecasting and budget purposes.

Identify and implement demand, productivity and innovative improvements while maintaining quality and managing vendor service levels. Work closely with internal and external key stakeholders to develop effective cost reduction strategies and implementation plans.

• Provide and share category trends, developments, and risks for assigned sub-categories with Procurement colleagues and senior business stakeholders for either identifying opportunities or triggering awareness.
• Knowledge and extensive experience with top 10 strategic HR, Audit, Risk and Travel oriented services vendors. Leverage on expertise to successfully lead negotiations with global operating Payroll, Recruitment Process Outsourcing, Learning and Development service providers and Risk-Audit service providers including Statutory Audit firms.
• Proven experience in setting sourcing strategy and managing sourcing initiatives related to HR services particularly L&D, RPO services, executive search, Payroll, etc.
• Proven experience in managing Travel category (Hotel, Travel Agency, Corporate Airline) and implementing Travel policies.
• Proven experience in managing large and global complex deals related to Statutory Audit services.
• Proven experience in contracting frameworks, fee models and billing structures for the categories related to HR, Audit, Risk and Travel.
• Solid knowledge of statutory audit regulatory framework.

• Execute business partnering activities by establishing and managing business stakeholder relationships and align on business specific objectives targets. Establish, review and monitor governance policies with business stakeholders and provide training if necessary.
• Identify business innovation opportunities and understand stakeholders needs. Monitor and analyse stakeholder satisfaction. Gather market intelligence and assess supplier innovation opportunities and market innovation trends.
• Develop and execute forward looking category strategies and plans for the HR, Finance and Risk solutions category covering the input from team members managing strategic suppliers and contracts in this category. Establish KPI’s and manage category performance.
• Manage and conduct supplier segmentations and manage supplier performance and risk. Perform strategic activities around innovation management and developing and releasing new specifications with suppliers.
• Execute strategic sourcing activities, provide project level risk assessments and mitigation plans. Define project scope and objectives by developing sourcing approaches, sourcing strategies, conducting complex supplier negotiations and managing the supplier selection process.
• Build supplier relationships, prepare/validate negotiation strategies, conduct strategic/complex supplier negotiation sessions and manage escalations/conflicts. Give direction to the teams on the sourcing initiatives activities (RFX) and contract signings and approvals.
• Provide guidance to the contract management team for the contract creation and finalization process.
• Consult the Procurement Leadership team on the development of the procurement strategy by analysing market trends, communicating governance strategies and reviewing corporate strategy.
• Manage buying channel strategies.
• Function as an SME towards the business for the respective category.
• Develop and implement the global strategy and/or include local requirements where applicable.
• Drive contract and third-party risk compliance for a full area of responsibility.

• Lead the sourcing & category experts in their area of expertise and procurement generally by influencing.
• Coach category buyers on…