EMEA Indirect Procurement Lead – Prof. Services & IT

Eaton Corporation; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Promotional opportunities

Learning & development

Employee well-being

Global exposure

Job summary

Eaton Corporation in Dubai seeks an experienced Indirect Procurement Category Manager EMEA - Professional Services & IT to lead designated categories, drive value and build regional supplier strategies.

Reporting to the Procurement Lead, you will manage ~80m USD spend, optimize total cost of ownership, and collaborate with business units across Europe, Middle East and Africa to deploy strategic sourcing and RFPs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Minimum 8–10 years of experience in Indirect Procurement and/or Supply Chain Management.
• Proven track record of Indirect Procurement of Professional Services & IT (e.g. HR, Office Products, IT, Finance, Legal) is a must.
• Regional experience in EMEA, especially in Europe.
• Experience in use of Procurement tools such as Spend Analysis, Contracts Database, Supplier Management Systems and Sourcing tools (e.g. Ariba)

Responsibilities

• Provide regional leadership, management and oversight for designated Professional Services & IT categories on the EMEA region.
• Under the leadership of the EMEA Professional Services & IT Procurement Lead, develop, align and deploy effective key Category strategies for the related categories, with accountability to positively impact associated annual category spend.
• Deliver an annual Cost Out into the businesses P&L and drive Cost Avoidance of inflationary and discretionary spending items (where appropriate), impacting Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for assigned categories, increasing leverage across a rationalized set of preferred supplier partners.
• Deliver Working Cost Improvement across the supply base on an annual basis (Total ~$80m spend).
• Responsible to define and document a Preferred Supplier List and contracts roadmap, working collaboratively with business units to convert spend to either ‘strategic’ or ‘approved’ supply base. With this approach, create and leverage a rationalized supply base that covers the majority of spend and is managed at a strategic level.
• Lead and occasionally support RFP/RFQ exercises on supported categories and sub-categories, including coordination with all the regions and project management until deployment is fully executed
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement, through deployment of common standards and best practice
• Request for Proposal/Request for Quote

Skills

SCM sourcing

Supplier management

Negotiation & contracting

Executive communication

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Spend Analysis

Contracts Database

Supplier Management Systems

Ariba

Job description

Eaton Corporation in Dubai seeks an experienced Indirect Procurement Category Manager EMEA - Professional Services & IT to lead designated categories, drive value and build regional supplier strategies.

Reporting to the Procurement Lead, you will manage ~80m USD spend, optimize total cost of ownership, and collaborate with business units across Europe, Middle East and Africa to deploy strategic sourcing and RFPs.