Procurement Partner Job Description
Procurement partner
provides functional support to Regional Procurement Manager EU GSF/AMZL with all aspects of EU Procurement Projects.
Procurement Partner Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Support special projects and ad hoc analysis, as required
Appraise any business process changes for IT impact and working closely with Enterprise Architecture and IT Strategy & Commercial Planning develops the change impact analysis for the Business
Business partner with the KEU SC Finance Team, Procurement Category Managers and other key stakeholders to provide visibility of significant procurement variances from budgeted/forecasted spends and identify risk mitigation plans
Drive Indirect savings delivery and pipeline through to the P&L to support Fuel for Growth initiatives
Bring commercial insight into Indirect spend data and savings ideation identification which will support Category strategies
Analyse variances to plan and identify opportunities to help deliver the overall budget commitments, both P&L savings & cost avoidance
Owns the Financial Strategic Planning for European Procurement on Overheads and Anaplan input
Compliance process controller & S404 testing for Procurement, Delegation of Authority, SADS, remediation planning and implementation
Work closely with Procurement Senior Manager to support all reporting requirements (monthly results, monthly forecasts, annual budgets and business planning) and develop presentations for Supply Chain leadership
Lead continuous improvements - standardize, simplify processes & promote best in class Finance Business partnering practices
Procurement Partner Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Procurement Partner
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: PMP, CPA, CA, MBA, CIPS, CPIM, C.P.M, C.P.S.M, CPM
Education for Procurement Partner
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the procurement partner job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Business, Finance, Technical, Engineering, Business/Administration, MBA, Supply Chain Management, Education, Management, Accounting
Skills for Procurement Partner
Desired skills for procurement partner include:
EU procurement legislation
Electronic Purchase Order Systems and ecommerce
MS Office
Facilities Management outsource partners and how to handle SLAs/KPIs in an outsourced relationship
Ariba
Delivering procurement projects and working in a procurement team
EU procurement rules
Original Equipment Manufacturer channel marketplaces
Specific service needs and cost drivers within assigned franchises
Analysis
Desired experience for procurement partner includes:
Develop Global pricing strategies – offshore, partner pricing, global rate cards
Support in the development of Financial Strategies for Global Offshoring Plan
Represent procurement in the business management team
Be responsible for developing and implementing the procurement strategy to fulfill the business requirements
Lead a team of procurement engineers who liaise with commodity managers to deliver procurement expertise and deliverables to the product development teams on a daily basis
Drive value in the Product Design Process with early engagement and supplier involvement
Procurement Partner Examples
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Procurement Partner Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a procurement partner. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for procurement partner
- Understand business requirements and challenges
- Own and measure cost improvement targets and projects
- Direct supervision of Procurement Support Specialists (PSS) as required
- Owns the relationship between IT and the Procurement function and be the trusted advisor to the business function leads
- Accountable for the overall performance of IT within the Procurement function
- Shapes and scopes business demand into tangible requirements in line with the Project delivery Lifecycle
- Responsible for the development of a robust business case for business demand in collaboration with the business stakeholders
- Negotiates, sets and manages expectations for demand and solution delivery into the Procurement function
- Proactively engage with business leads from Procurement Team to harness business opportunities arising from new technologies
- Demonstrate IT value for money to business and showcase the capability and flexibility of IT to deliver at the pace that the business requires
Qualifications for procurement partner
- Acumen in Software Procurement and/or connected device industries
- Strategic sourcing or category management with a history of successful implementation
- Supplier value management, supplier development and continuous improvement
- Strategic agility, business acumen and managing complexity
- Working and influencing within a highly matrixed organization
- Develops partnerships
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Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of procurement partner. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for procurement partner
- Support the Procurement function during the deployment of new solutions to maximise solution penetration and uptake
- Facilitate the alignment of the IT strategy and priorities with changing business priorities
- Be the procurement representative and first point of contact for the business
- Lead implementation of sourcing strategies at business level
- Participate in key meetings / senior interactions with suppliers where needed as part of the Supplier Relationship Management program
- Ensure early involvement of procurement in new product development and innovation
- Provide procurement insights to help budgeting
- Manage and develop a small team of procurement support specialists
- To act as commercial advocate for the customer and initiate commercial opportunities in line with customer requirements and expectations
- Develops and delivers formal, complex financial presentations
Qualifications for procurement partner
- Experience in high-tech industry working with emerging technologies
- Broad business knowledge and acumen
- A proven track record of developing programs and collaborating with others to reach mutual outcomes
- Adept at leading and working in diverse environments
- Knowledge of CAPEX sourcing
- Good understanding of Category Management approaches and techniques, incl
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of procurement partner. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for procurement partner
- Meet all BG related Procurement Objectives/KPI’s
- Achieves product cost reduction through value engineering/DfX and supply chain optimization in the BG
- Responsible for acting as interface to the Commodity Cluster Leaders
- Ensures BG relevant spend volume will be managed through the DfX concept
- Responsible for talent management of the procurement Engineering function across Categories / GBU's in the BG
- Ensures that BG Procurement Engineering related risks (cost, quality, availability) are controlled and mitigated
- Builds and secures manufacturing capabilities and capacity at 3rd party (incl
- Defines requirements and business drivers for supply strategy for in/outsourcing and components
- Consolidates and defines BG requirements for procurement strategy
- Ensures early supplier involvement in Product Design Process
Qualifications for procurement partner
- Ability to establish and manage relationships with internal clients Strong ability to influence peers and indirectly managed teams
- German and English Language and Communication Skills (Written and Oral)
- Annual Employee Engagement Survey
- Establishing a strong, proactive and flexible business relationship with all managers and employees to maximize their engagement, enablement and retention understanding their issues and challenges, and support them in their professional development
- Identifying opportunities for improvement and/or HR risks to which managers are exposed while helping them deal with these in a responsible and strategic manner while supporting their leadership application and development
- Ensuring the continuous improvement and/or harmonization of the HR programs, policies and procedures the working conditions
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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of procurement partner. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for procurement partner
- Selection and development of Procurement Business Partner - right person for the right job at the right time ensuring personal development plans are in place for each direct report
- Contribute to the maintenance of supplier catalogues and other sources of information which will assist procurement
- Accountable and responsible for aligning with IT & ITSMO by building effective relationships with IT stakeholders in relevant IT Functions across Divisions
- Accountable and responsible to build and maintain the transaction and productivity pipeline with IT stakeholders in relevant IT Functions across Divisions
- Accountable for implementing transactions on a timely basis
- Accountable for a specific productivity target delivery
- Accountable for capturing, validating and reporting benefits to IT stakeholders in relevant IT Functions across Divisions
- Accountable for ensuring issues in relevant IT Functions across Divisions are addressed and resolved in a timely manner
- Promotes and demonstrates the full value proposition of procurement across their stakeholder community
- Accountable for Procurement process compliance and risk management in relevant IT Functions across Divisions
Qualifications for procurement partner
- Monitoring HR metrics
- Representing the function and the business segment in several committees, mandates and special projects and implementing the resulting initiatives
- Developing strong, trust-based partnerships with your colleagues in the other business segments at Aerospace and Transportation
- Prepare, edit and review all necessary PPV, expense and capital budget Strat Plan data for UK AME and Procurement area
- Bachelor's degree in technical/commercial direction
- Experience in applying organizational standards when developing requests for proposals, negotiating financial terms and drafting contracts
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Our growing company is looking to fill the role of procurement partner. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for procurement partner
- Responsible for supporting global category strategy development by translating IT needs and plans
- Provide support to implement global category strategy and projects
- Provides input into supplier segmentation as relevant
- Supports the management of Global supplier relationships as determined by supplier segmentation
- Leads Procurement Engineering in the Site/Development Center
- Achieves product cost reduction through value engineering/DfX and supply chain optimization in the Site/Development Center
- Acts as interface to the relevant Commodity Leaders
- Acts as Category Site/Development Center member, provide Leadership and vision to support the organizational Site/Development Center objectives (short & long term)
- Ensures that the Site/Development Center Procurement Engineering related risks are controlled and mitigated
- Executes Site/Development Center requirements for procurement strategy
Qualifications for procurement partner
- The buying role will be based on a particular site but be expected to cover various sub-categories at a level of countries in responsibility
- Minimum 3 years sourcing, purchasing and/or material management, technical/manufacturing experience and/or or equivalent experience required
- CPM Certification a plus
- Basic understanding of Purchasing, Finance and/or Information Systems
- Some Computer Science or IT related courses - familiarity with enterprise software market or similar business-to-business programs or activities are a plus
- Ability to assimilate complex ideas and detailed information into professional written, spoken and visual communications