Has a strategic leadership role and is responsible for overseeing and optimizing the procurement strategy within categories. Is required to develop and execute category plans, leading a team of procurement professionals, and collaborating with stakeholders to achieve organizational goals. Leads the procurement function in a large part of the business, successfully managing supplier relationships and spend categories to forecast and deliver cost savings, complex cases of development, and make budgetary decisions.

Role Overview:Manages team of Procurement professionals Builds, reinforces and distributes sourcing strategies to fit internal key functionsLeads key contract negotiations, including completing costs analyses and negotiations on terms and conditionsDrives savings initiatives while maintaining quality standards Proactively manages supplier relationshipActs as a strategic Business Partner and enablerBuilds and maintains strong relationships with other Group StakeholdersMonitors and reports on KPIs related to the scope Stays informed about industry best practices and emerging trends Analyzes market trends and applies this knowledge to make insightful buying decisionsUnderstand end to end Procure to Pay P2P within the Category scopeEnsures procurement activities comply with laws and regulationsProvides support and mentorship to more junior procurement teamsSeeks continuously for procurement processes improvementsSupports transformation initiativesGeneral Responsibilities or Accountabilities:Directs and supervises procurement professionals, acting as a people manager to foster a collaborative and high performing team Drives complex RFx processImplements effective procurement strategies aligned with organizational goals Responsible for preferred supply base sourcing and deployment aligned with stakeholders Responsible for category related sourcing planning, aligned with stakeholdersResponsible for developing and maintaining cost savings initiatives and obtaining Finance validationSets up proper Preferred Supplier List PSL for the given category, securing effective supplier relationship management Formulates budget and forecast on spend categoryForecasts, identifies, reports cost savings, managing risk and opportunities across entitiesReports and monitors category profile information spend and opportunity assessment data, current order processes, supplier performance and other KPIsResponsible for contributing strategically on global strategic processes of sourcing, negotiating, contractingResponsible for developing and maintaining strong relationships with key StakeholdersEnsures correlation between contract, quotes and Purchase Requisition during the validation processDevelops a deep knowledge of the providers market in his category, their goods and services and associated risksEnforces all procurement policies and compliance processesProvides guidance to the procurement teams and promotes a collaborative working cultureContinually strives to simplify, standardize and improve procurement processes Actively involved in transformation projects activities acting as an category Subject Matter Experts