Procurement Business Partner

Colt provides network, voice and data centre services to thousands of businesses around the world, allowing them to focus on delivering their business goals instead of the underlying infrastructure.

Function:
Finance - Procurement

Reports to:

Head of Procurement Business Partner - Technology & Security

Location:

Spain, Portugal

Set up:
Hybrid

As a Procurement Business Partner, you will oversee the company’s supply portfolio, ensuring transparency in spending and driving cost efficiency. This role covers categories such as Software, Licensing, SaaS, SAM, Cloud, Physical Security, and IT Professional Services (F&M). You will be responsible for generating and implementing effective sourcing and category management strategies, analyzing procurement costs, and recommending methods to reduce expenditure.

Furthermore, you will manage end-to-end software licensing sourcing operations, continuously improving sourcing activities by analyzing company spend, supplier partnerships, and exploring new opportunities.

• Ensure the effective and timely procurement of products and services in an efficient manner.
• Develop and implement Category strategies to control costs and timelines, promote competition, safeguard supply capacity, and identify supplier consolidation opportunities, in alignment with Group objectives and targets.
• Engage and collaborate with internal stakeholders to review and align Category plans, savings initiatives, budget assumptions, terms, and processes, ensuring stakeholder expectations are met.
• Identify and establish partnerships with profitable, trustworthy, inclusive, and diverse suppliers.
• Negotiate with external vendors to secure advantageous terms using advanced strategic negotiation methodologies.
• Analyze procurement costs and recommend methods to reduce expenditure.
• Research and anticipate shifts in supplier negotiating power to maintain competitive advantage.
• Conduct cost and scenario analyses, benchmarking, and risk assessments; apply risk mitigation techniques.
• Support sustainable procurement practices in line with ISO 20400 guidelines.
• Build and maintain productive relationships with business stakeholders to achieve agreed objectives.
• Maximize the use of tools, processes, and policies to enforce compliance and support spend control in alignment with Category strategy.
• Manage tender processes (RFP) from specification to contract award, ensuring full business alignment.
• Lead contract negotiations post-award in collaboration with legal teams to ensure compliance and favorable outcomes.
• Ensure all sourcing documentation (RFPs, scoring tools, results, signature sheets, contracts, SoWs) is complete and stored in Ariba.
• Work with internal departments to expedite and resolve procurement or contractual issues, minimizing project risks.

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in Procurement Sourcing management
• Has delivered large, complex deals across Software and Platforms, including Software, SaaS, Licenses …
• Has led large, complex negotiations on software applications and implementation services with key Supplier’s such as of Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, SAP etc.
• Have a strong understanding of Supplier sourcing
• Proven work experience as a sourcing manager or procurement manager
• Familiarity with sourcing and vendor management and relevant software
• Understanding of industry trends to be shared with the business to get alignment for incumbent and future projects.
• Strong project management and leadership skills when driving projects
• Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships
• Comfortable with figures and in collecting, analyzing and interpreting data
• Solid judgement with ability to make good decisions
• High level of understanding on procurement tools (e.g. Ariba, SAP, Fieldglass …)
• BSc degree in procurement, supply chain management, logistics or business administration

Procurement Procedures

Procurement Knowledge

Cost Optimization

Budgeting

Supply Chain Management

Strategic Financial Planning

A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business Management or a relevant field

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