Global Indirect Procurement Senior Manager

Description The Global Indirect Procurement Senior Manager will manage the scope of the Spend Area priorities for a geographic region. This role will identify and partner with key stakeholder groups:
Regional and local RDDC, Affiliates, and as well as finance, legal, supply etc

Role Responsibilities:

Build the execution plan for temporary Fixtures & Print & Premiums in line with the Stores Value Chain strategy. It is critical this is a collaborative effort in close collaboration, reducing duplicates, waste and stream ling future vendor engagements.

Develop the pipeline of sourcing initiatives and opportunities for subcategories within region, according to the overall Spend Area strategy and priorities

Key Cost & Cash Targets: tracking and proactively managing throughout the year to ensure the achievement of the target , including payment terms.

Manage supplier relationships (SRM), for strategic relationships in collaboration with key stakeholders; this includes conducting bi-annual business reviews and evaluating opportunities & business satisfaction, in order to develop further the Spend Area.

Drive the agenda on Sustainability, Innovation, and Supplier Inclusion & Diversity principals and guidelines, in respect to the responsible sub-categories

Subject matter expert (SME):
Develop expertise in the categories in scope, leveraging external sources, understanding the market, ELC competition and industry best practice.

Support the development, implementation, and maintenance of procurement standards (SRM etc), processes, tools (and policies.

Strategy Implementation & Execution and New Sourcing Activities.

Execution of pipeline or identification of new projects sourcing projects as aligned with stakeholders ensuring business sponsorship

Regionally lead sourcing, and management of RFX activity.

Maintain and improve the preferred vendor list with a key focus to manage/reduce the tail of the supplier base Robust contract development and deployment ensuring visibility of final agreement for stakeholder adoption and roll out.

Participation / leading of Global RFX within overall Spend Area on an ad-hoc basis

Long Description Spend Area specific:

Responsible for data accuracy and benchmarking

Continuous evolution of the Print catalog

Demand management opportunities and execution

Stakeholder Management Actively participate and contribute to the continued development of our stakeholder partnership

Strong communication and collaboration to drive projects with clarity and engagement

Interpret stakeholder and business needs with an enterprise mindset in driving projects forward

Project & change management with excellence.

SRMSRM in respect to target suppliers, degree of SRM applied and cadence.

Continuous review of service delivery to have a positive impact on the quality and the improvement of the performances as well as to seek further value creations and cost optimizations

Key focus on business continuity, due diligence and market intelligence and trends. Ensuring supplier evolution and alternatives are assessed in collaboration with the business.continuous monitoring and improvement of the existing Rate Cards (price grids) / panel of preferred vendor list Ensure the implementation of contractual agreements (MSA /SOW) amendments and adoption by stakeholder groups

Cross functional/ individual

Introduce and r contribute to cross-functional projects.

Introduce and r participate in the continuous improvement of our processes and procurement performances.

Ensure the management of internal dashboards (KPI, savings etc) as required and identify the ‘upside’ opportunity and potential risk and blocking points

Where required, manage ad-hoc projects in cases of overcapacity/ risk elsewhere in GSM IPActively participate in training and continual professional development. Ensuring all mandatory trainings is completed.

Qualifications Procurement experience, ideally in Indirect Procurement particularly experience in Print, Premiums, GWP, Temporary Visual Merchandising,Procurement skills are a prerequisite for this role, strong experience and expertise in Spend Area Execution Excellent collaboration, team ethic and ability to coordinate in a matrix team environment within Spend Area and Affiliates in region.

Strategic thinking. This role contributes and supports the in the development and execution of the Spend Area strategy for the scope.

Strong stakeholder relationship management capability, including proficient communication and presentation skills. This role will be…