Regional Category Manager, Professional Services Sourcing

Get to know the Role:

• Category Strategy Development
  • Assess opportunities, shape and develop category sourcing strategies and/or execute defined category strategies for Corporate (Consultants, Security, Legal) and HR (Contingent Labour) Services
  • Develop business case, cost/benefit analyses to support Optimisation/Efficiency opportunities.
  • Present complex category and commodity operational/financial data to stakeholders/executives
• Stakeholder Management and Business Partnering
  • Collaborate with business stakeholders and seek proactive measures to improve agency/supplier performance through effective contracts, performance evaluation, and active mediation in resolution of issues
  • Build relationships with key business stakeholders in order to gather category requirements and specifications from departments, category, and subject matter experts
  • Partner effectively with business stakeholders in rationalizing the supply base and developing preferred roster of suppliers. Actively benchmark, negotiate costs and drive best in class SLAs
  • Partner effectively with legal teams in reviewing and approving contracts/agreements
• Procurement Discipline Mastery
  • Champion procurement policies, processes and procedures in day-to-day work with strong sense of integrity.
  • Own the process for supplier management from sourcing, selection, evaluation, pricing, contract management, contract compliance and audit inquiries for Corporate & HR Services
  • Possess keen eye and attention to detail in drafting & reviewing commercial documents (RFPs, RFQs, RFIs, Contracts)
  • Analyze, implement and develop or follow thru cost savings initiatives; Knowledge in spend analysis, demand forecasting
  • Develop and deploy change management practices relating to assigned categories
• Internally driven, externally inspired
  • Maintain strong awareness of the category thru investigation of new supply markets and assess capabilities

The must haves:

• Ability to work independently, take initiative, and possess strong prioritization skills to manage multiple projects simultaneously;
• Strong team player and able to lead or participate on cross functional teams
• Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization, and professionally with external partners;
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities and work effectively under pressure.
• Team player with clear focus on delivering
• Degree in any Supply Chain, Business Management or any relevant study.
• Prior procurement experience in leading or managing within Corporate and Professional Services categories
• Prior experience in working with cross-functional teams, and possess cross cultural competency