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The Job

As a Procurement Senior Contract Specialist for EMEA, you'll be responsible for overseeing the agreement lifecycle for different categories. In this role, you'll work in cross-functional collaboration with key stakeholders within AVEVA, to develop best-in-class practices for negotiation, compliance, supplier management, responsible sourcing and relationship-building. Reporting upstream to Finance, our team has a strong focus on controls and compliance, aiming to deliver value across the business and supply chain.

Roles And Responsibilities

• Interact with key stakeholders in identifying business needs, building relationships and selling the features and benefits of early procurement involvement.
• Develop detailed sourcing and category plans to maximize effectiveness and efficiency.
• Manage preparation, implementation and execution of procurement processes.
• Implement procurement processes to ensure efficiency, cost savings and best practices.
• Work with finance team throughout the procurement cycle to assist with forecasting and budgeting.
• Perform sourcing, liaising and negotiating with new and existing suppliers to improve business.
• Re-negotiate contracts with suppliers to produce better savings and further value for spend.
• Review supplies, works and services to ensure compliance with company procedures and best procurement practice.
• Provide updates about procurement related progress and potential delays to internal customers / functional stakeholders.
• Maintain positive working relationships with strategic suppliers to assure cost, quality, and delivery targets are met.
• Analyze market and delivery trends to develop procurement technologies and processes that support those trends.
• Manage all communication and negotiate with suppliers on price and delivery terms to reduce supply shortfalls, excess and costs.
• Provide analysis on detail cost comparison.
• Develop, process and authorize all purchase orders and ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Monitor all Purchase Orders and maintain effective relationship with suppliers and procurement peers.
• Develop and maintain relationship with new suppliers and manage items information, and update purchasing data in ERP.
• Perform troubleshoot on all invoices and price issues along with delivery related problems.
• Evaluate performance of all carriers, suppliers and goods delivery and make recommendations to improve processes for international buying process.
• Maintain effective communication with internal customers / functional stakeholders
• Monitor service delivery progress and take necessary actions to ensure timely availability of services to minimize impact on business.
• Evaluate all bids, contracts and suppliers' agreements and ensure accuracy and price to be the same on Purchase Orders.
  
  

• The role will report to Procurement Manager EMEA
• Key relationships will include:
• Members of Global Procurement unit
• Members of Finance, Legal & Commercial Operations units
• Global Process Owner – Procure to Pay (GPO P2P)
• Senior members from other business units
  
  

• Experience of process standardisation within a large, multi-layered, global organisation
• Experience of working with diversified pool of suppliers
• Experience of transformational programmes beneficial
• Familiar with Procure-To-Pay process within ERP system
• Positive attitude and comfortable managing ambiguity
• An ability to think innovatively and creatively when faced with difficult situations
• Challenging style, able to deal confidently with objections and difficulties
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Excellent communication, both written and verbal
• Strong personal resilience
• Experience of Oracle Fusion, Vendor Master Data, Trade Automation, Readsoft or Concur beneficial
• Analytical, results-orientated
• Understanding of IT interaction between process and related systems
• A strong procurement background with additional supply chain experience
• University Degree
  
  

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Purchasing and Supply Chain

• Industries

  Software Development

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