As IT Procurement Lead at Amadeus, you’ll be at the heart of a system that powers 150 airlines, hundreds of websites, tens of airports, and thousands of hotel properties. You’ll drive the development of global category practices, manage end-to-end sourcing processes, and play a pivotal role in defining category strategies on a global scale .
In this role, you will be responsible for the infrastructure category, which covers hardware, security, hosting, datacomms, and personal equipment for the full Amadeus scope. In addition to these responsibilities, you’ll also lead a team of three category buyers, dedicated to covering all regions worldwide and also cooperate with regional buyers for APAC, NORAM, LATAM, and MEA regions. You'll be fostering their professional growth while coordinating efforts to achieve strategic goals. This leadership role adds a significant dimension to your impact, extending your influence across multiple regions.
Responsibilities:
1. Execute Global categories, lead sourcing projects, contract implementation & drive contract compliance.
2. Manage end-to-end sourcing processes from negotiation to contract.
3. Establish measures and controls for the Category practice to ensure and track successful implementation.
4. Coordinate contract implementation tasks with Regional Buyers and users.
5. Interact with Legal and Finance teams when required in relation to purchasing scope.
6. Ensure that any goods or services required by the company are selected, ordered and delivered in a timely manner, at best cost and in accordance with purchasing policy.
7. Responsible for Risk & Regulation management, identifying and monitoring closely Vendor Risk, Regulation, and Vendor Performance.
8. Define Initiatives, KPIs and Scorecard related to Risk, Regulation and Performance, in relation with Data & Analytics owner, Category teams, Risk and Compliance Area, Security, Legal, Finance & Business departments.
9. Ensure Amadeus includes all the appropriate measures and requirements in our third parties relationship to maintain safely our asset and customer ones.
10. Stay current with evolving industry and regulatory changes impacting supplier risk management.
Manage the procurement strategy definition and implementation:
1. Analyze and set category spend baseline and category profile, including risk assessment, SRM and P2P strategy.
2. On behalf of Cluster Lead, develop specific Category strategies with the support of the Category Lead buyers.
3. Support the Cluster Lead in the definition of a priority list of categories suitable for strategic sourcing initiatives.
4. Lead internal and external analysis (industry and supplier) as a member of a cross-functional sourcing team.
Manage supplier relationships for Global categories:
1. Support the classification and categorization of suppliers.
2. Continuously track supplier performance and lead supplier development activities.
3. Identify potential contract improvement opportunities & re-negotiations.
Manage internal customer relationships for global categories:
1. Develop and manage the relationship with internal customers.
2. Proactively organize sessions with internal customers to identify further TCO/TVO reduction opportunities.
3. Improve and reinforce procurement’s profile and recognition within the internal customer community.
Contribute to the Public cloud journey for Purchasing organization:
1. Together with Public Cloud Lead Buyer, define the category strategy.
2. Define future Purchasing operating model in the context of movement to Public cloud.
Lead the team of Category buyers:
1. Manage and coordinate team activity.
What our employees value most:
1. Play a decisive role in shaping an agile, international company supported by open-minded colleagues.
2. Impact millions of travelers from all around the globe.
3. Competitive salary package with an extensive range of corporate benefits.
4. Support for work-life balance with hybrid working model and workation.
5. Various learning and development opportunities for career development.
Who are we looking for?
1. Over 5 years’ experience within a strategic procurement environment or relevant background in Engineering or Sales.
2. Strong technical acumen to understand complex technical discussions related to hardware and infrastructure.
3. Familiarity with public cloud services and their corresponding supply chain.
4. Skills in procurement analysis, including understanding and challenging specifications and requirements.
5. Knowledge of products/services related to the specific category under job responsibility.
6. Experience in managing Strategic Sourcing Projects.
7. Knowledge to develop and follow-up on the supplier screening and selection process through RFx tools.
8. Proficiency in negotiating Contractual Legal Frameworks.
9. Proficiency in English, other languages are a plus.
Do I need to meet all the requirements to apply?
We highly encourage everyone to apply and give us a chance to evaluate your skills and experience. We are all learning on the job, and although the listing above has been carefully compiled, we are open-minded and interested to hear about the value you may bring to the role and Amadeus.
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