Job Description Summary
-To be responsible for one category in one country and support the implementation of Category Strategy and Annual Category Plan, deliver projects and initiatives, and execute Supplier Performance and Innovation; to support the Category leadership with the day-to-day activities of Category management.
Job Description
Sourcing activities
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Sourcing validation and analysis from business users, country procurement organization or category managers: Direct users on correct buying (content streams) channels if required.
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Engage category teams where defined thresholds are met. Activities scope and sourcing plan definition, opportunity analysis.
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Supplier selection, requested risk analysis performance verification and update. Supplier scoring criteria definition and documentation preparation for competitive bidding event.
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Inputs collection and sharing to category managers on overall category strategy. eSourcing event management and monitoring, supplier communication, supplier training, bidding analysis, pitch presentation organization.
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Document and communicate final award decision. Negotiations after the eSourcing event closure to reach the most competitive prices.
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Bids examination and sourcing summary sheet (outcome) completion. Recommendation to award and informing suppliers on competitive bidding results.
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Finding opportunities to improve and automate recurrent processes, thus allowing greater focus on value adding activities. Report productivity as per Procurement guidelines and support measurements / activities to improve. defined KPIs:
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Savings identification and achievement through competitive bidding process. Baseline and savings methodology definition for in-scope categories. Savings calculation and tracking.
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Identification and initiation of continuous improvement activities through analysis of historical events, performance and trends.
Contracting activities
Contract preparation:
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Contract drafting based on agreed templates. Full terms and conditions or contractual terms negotiation.
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Contract review and contract content approvals coordination, signature process initiation and monitoring (ink, electronic).
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Contract archiving in the global standard contract management system. Post signature contract management:
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Contracts search and reporting.Contracts check against defined procedures (e.g. amendments stored correctly).
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Monitoring and identification of expiring contracts, initiating process for contract extension or competitive bidding. Termination strategy definition and contracts termination management.
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Business support with unsolved delivery issues (escalation point). Suppliers’ performance review coordination for key local suppliers.
**Other activities: **
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Perform consistency checks and corrective actions (e.g. preferred vendors and related contract coverage).
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Supports the development of executive management reporting and business performance reviews, collaboration with SMEs to ensure transparency and consistency on various performance metrics.
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Support users with documentation required to submit purchase requests.
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Skills Desired
French Language