Procurement Category & Sourcing Manager - Travel Subject Matter Expert

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Obowiązki

•     Work as Travel Subject Matter Advisor to develop and implement client specific category planning and management for the Travel categories.
•     Develop and maintain category-specific knowledge assets and market intelligence that capture expertise / best practices 
•     Provide strategic sourcing oversight and category knowledge in support of the Sourcing Project Management function on projects within categories of expertise 
•     Infuse market insights into the sourcing process on projects within categories of expertise  
•     In collaboration with Sourcing Project Management and/or Procurement Practice Advisory, engage with customers senior management team members to provide perspective on current market trends to inform client strategic decisions/sourcing initiatives in line with business goals and objectives 
•     Leverage category expertise to support new sales and drive significant client business value 
•     Establish, grow, and leverage network of suppliers, industry practitioners, and procurement professionals within categories of expertise 
•     Work collaboratively with suppliers and customer stakeholders to identify continuous cost and performance improvement strategies 
•     Provide educational and learning opportunities to internal colleagues and external clients (ex. Webinar, Spend Trends publications) on industry trends, supplier landscape changes, and market intel within categories of expertise 
•     Coach and develop sourcing project managers in their professional development and pursuit of building category knowledge within area of expertise 

Wymagania

•     Bachelors Degree or equivalent work experience  
•     Minimum of 7 years of procurement/consulting or category-related industry or supplier experience 
•     Minimum of 3 years of strategic sourcing, category management, and/or professional industry experience related to a range of the following sub-categories:  Corporate Travel (including Airlines (Alliances & individual carriers), Hotels, TMCs, Meetings & Events plus Corporate T&E card solutions
• Additional knowledge of Fleet and other CPS sub-categories an advantage but not mandatory

Oferujemy

•      Thorough understanding of the supplier landscape and interpretation of market trends within the identified categories listed above. 
•      Demonstrated success with key clients or stakeholders  
•      Ability to develop and frequently refresh category market intelligence and insight tools to support internal sourcing teams and educate external client stakeholders  
•      Ability to apply insights to customer s situation for meaningful impact 
•      Ability to influence and persuade senior level client stakeholders 
•      Ability to adapt to the varied corporate cultures and organizational structures of our customers 
•      Ability to interface with customers and suppliers via strong written and verbal communications skills  
•      Existing positive relationships within industries related to the identified categories listed above. 
•      Strong sourcing knowledge to be able to translate category to sourcing strategy 
•      Well developed, solution oriented selling skills 
•      Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem solving environment 
•      Ability to drive transformational change 
•      Solid multi phase project management skills 
•      Strong ability to effectively manage in a matrix organizational structure working with multiple internal stakeholders 
•      Ambition to drive the category forwards, innovating internally and with ecosystem partners to drive incremental value for client
•      Ability to effectively lead strategic sourcing efforts related to Travel   Fleet categories within the context of integrated Plan, Source, Make and Deliver supply chain processes.

Źródło: Accenture/Praca