Has a leadership role and is responsible for overseeing and optimizing Procurement Delivery overall. Required to develop and execute Procurement Excellence initiatives as per agreed roadmap. Ensure overall procurement service competitiveness through developing and optimizing the Procurement Service overall. Provides effective leadership to the procurement teams, sets clear expectations, and elevates a culture of excellence. Provides inputs to Procurement Excellence delivery roadmap. Manages team of experts.

Role Overview:Guides and oversees Procurement Excellence Teams of experts, ensuring effective projects deliveryManages complex project delivery, promoting effective and cooperative problem solving, alignment and result oriented deliveryDrives innovation, analyzes market trends, explores and obtains best practices and technology market trendsEstablishes and reports performance metrics and projects status and updatesDemonstrates and promotes organizational vision and valuesEngages and influences cross function key stakeholdersConcentrates on increasing competitive advantage of procurement service deliveryEnsures procurement activities comply with laws, regulations and sustainability commitments Continuously looks for possible improvements to the procurement processesGeneral Responsibilities or Accountabilities:Leads Procurement Excellence professionals in dispersed or complex environments, acting as a people manager to foster a collaborative and high performing teamServes as a coach and mentor to Procurement Excellence team members, fostering personal development and supporting career aspirationsManages and monitors Procurement Excellence projects delivery according to the agreed scopeManages capacity regarding number of initiatives and internal team workloadDesigns, plans, and delivers projects per agreed scope and objectives, while developing strategies to execute tasks and projects in the most efficient wayCooperates with cross functional management teams to ensure right solution alignmentDesigns and drives the adoption of procurement solutions to ensure these are well received by stakeholdersBuilds and leverages relationships with internal within Procurement and external Stakeholders to align them towards new Procurement solutionManages change impact quantitative evaluation to increase organization awareness of Procurement solution impactAddresses service delivery teams feedback, regarding Procurement solution adoption and manages action plan if requiredHandles implemented solutions escalations and leads corrective action plan if neededDrives compliance and ESG related initiatives, ensuring adherence to regulations and lawsDemonstrates knowledge of new industry trends in ProcurementLeads all required updates to procurement policiesActs as a partner for Stakeholders to improve Clients satisfaction