Business Services Project Manager (Procurement, ERP) for NATO with security clearance

WLG; Brussel Hoofdstad; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Work Life Group is seeking a senior procurement transformation lead for a Brussels-based, multinational defence headquarters project. The role focuses on steering a broad business services transformation with a strong procurement stream and ERP integration.

You will coordinate harmonisation across numerous entities, manage cross-functional dependencies, and provide senior-level briefings and options analyses to shape strategic procurement decisions. English proficiency is essential.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years in digital transformation of business services with deep procurement experience.
• Proven track record leading procurement transformation and ERP programmes in large international organisations.
• Hands-on procurement process design and harmonisation.
• Solid programme and project management in complex, multi-stakeholder settings.

Responsibilities

• Leading the procurement stream of a wider business services transformation programme.
• Running a procurement process harmonisation exercise across many entities.
• Managing dependencies with ERP, cloud migration, data, finance and HR initiatives.
• Preparing options analyses, briefings and recommendations for senior decisions.
• Keeping risk and issue registers, plans and documentation in order.
• Advising on ERP, cloud-based procurement solutions and leading market practice.

Skills

Procurement transformation

Stakeholder management

Programme management

English writing

Education

PM cert (PRINCE2/PMP)

Tools

ERP systems

Cloud platforms

BI / analytics tools

Job description

Bring dozens of organisations onto one way of buying, and make it stick.

A multinational defence headquarters in Brussels is modernising how its business services work acrossdozens of civil and military bodies, and procurement is one of the main streams. This role leads it.

What you would be doing

• Leading the procurement stream of a wider business services transformation programme
• Running a procurement process harmonisation exercise across many entities
• Managing dependencies with ERP, cloud migration, data, finance and HR initiatives
• Preparing options analyses, briefings and recommendations for senior decisions
• Keeping risk and issue registers, plans and documentation in order
• Advising on ERP, cloud-based procurement solutions and leading market practice

What you would bring

• At least 8 years in digital transformation of business services, with deep procurement experience
• A track record leading procurement transformation and ERP programmes in large international organisations
• Hands-on procurement process design and harmonisation
• Solid programme and project management in complex, multi-stakeholder settings
• The presence to work with and influence senior executives, and excellent written English
• A plus: PRINCE2 or PMP, TOGAF, COBIT or ITIL, cloud platforms, international or defence experience

Why this one is worth a look

You get to shape how a large international organisation buys what it needs.