Global Procurement IT Category Manager

• Legal Entity: AECOM Infrastructure and Environment UK Limited
• Business Line:
  Geography OH
• Work Location Model:
  Hybrid
• Operating Group:
  Group Support
• Primary
  
  Location:
  
  CH - Geneva

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AECOM’s Global Procurement team is on an exciting journey; growing, evolving and maturing. We’ve created a new senior Procurement role at the core of our strategic sourcing function to manage AECOM’s 3rd party IT spend and shape the category to deliver maximum value to AECOM.

We’re looking for someone who has experience in managing a global IT category
, working on large‑scale change contracts, has a strategic view of procuring services and embraces a data‑driven approach to procurement. The role will suit someone who is results‑orientated and enjoys fostering strong working relationships with key stakeholders, including the IT executive leadership team, to partner on IT spend that carries the greatest impact. Working in teams across different countries and diverse backgrounds, the role will be expected to be hybrid, which means a mix of virtually working from home, with access to a local AECOM office.

In addition to a competitive salary and benefits, the successful candidate will join a global Procurement team that is sociable and supportive, a workplace that encourages growth, flexibility and creativity, as well as a company culture that champions inclusion, diversity and overall employee well‑being through programs supported by company leadership.

The role reports to the Global Head of Strategic Sourcing and is expected to have line management responsibility for another member of staff.

Key responsibilities of the role:

• Lead the development of IT category management across multiple countries, working with senior business stakeholders to identify a pipeline of sourcing projects to achieve cost savings and improve quality and service levels.
• Lead major strategic sourcing projects across the IT category, including analysis of demand and supply, development of the business strategy, management of the tender, negotiate commercial contract and supporting the Business Lead to implement.
• Manage Sourcing Managers working on category based sourcing projects.
• Support IT to enhance supplier relationship management with strategic suppliers, ensuring commercial management of strategic supplier contracts including the use of key performance indicators and escalation of performance issues where necessary.
• Utilise procurement technology and spend analytics to identify opportunities to deliver commercial value, cost savings, operational efficiency and improved service quality.
• Support the delivery of Procurement’s target operating model through deployment of fast, guided and strategic buy channels, working with adjacent operational procurement teams to ensure less strategic/low value/lower risk IT spend is managed effectively.
• Support Procurement policy and processes, for example, through the implementation of the no PO no pay policy and the use of catalogues.
• Develop change and project management plans to support new ways of working as a result of category-based sourcing initiatives undertaken.
• Support the development and capability of the global Procurement team by demonstrating high standard of delivery and sharing best practice.
• Consider and contribute to the review of end-to-end processes in IT spend to improve management of supplier base, channel management, contract management, enable and improve purchase order compliance and adoption, workflow and approvals, payment processes and data and analytics.

Specific technical knowledge/skills:

• Extensive experience (+6 years) in leading the procurement strategy for key sub-categories across indirect IT spend, partnering with senior business stakeholders and…