Procurement Strategic Initiatives Lead

PSD Group; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

PSD Group is seeking a Procurement Strategic Initiatives Lead in Barcelona. The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on delivery of high-value sourcing across IT/Indirect procurement, working with senior stakeholders and category leads to drive transformation.

You will manage one direct report, align initiatives with transformation projects and deliver tangible savings and value across global spends.

Qualifications

• 10+ years IT/Indirect procurement experience in a global environment.
• Leadership experience in procurement transformations.
• Strong business partnering and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven negotiation and contract drafting capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Identify strategic sourcing initiatives and build pipeline across categories and regions.
• Provide strategic leadership and hands-on delivery for high-value procurement projects.
• Manage one direct report and deliver on objectives, mitigating risk and delivering commercial benefit.

Skills

IT procurement

Leadership

Business partnering

Negotiation

Contract drafting

Team player

Curiosity/innovation

RFP/RFX/E Auctions

Education

Degree / MCIPs

Job description

Job Title:

Procurement Strategic Initiatives Lead

Location:

Barcelona

Summary / Background

The organisation is on an ambitious growth trajectory and to support this the Procurement team have been maturing and rolling out exciting new digital tools in tandem with working on major transformation initiatives.

As the team maturing relationships with key stakeholders and deploys a new category management model across the key global spends, we are now generating more proactive, strategic procurement activity that requires resource to own and progress.

Role Description

To provide strategic procurement leadership and hands on delivery ownership for higher $ value / materiality procurement sourcing activity.

Working with the Head of Group Procurement, stakeholders and category leads to identify strategic sourcing initiatives, triage, build pipeline and execute assigned initiatives.

Managing one direct report to deliver on objectives, mitigate risk and deliver commercial benefit for the organisation and its clients.

Key Duties

• Creation of strategic initiatives capability within the central procurement team with an ability to identify, triage and execute selected material procurement activities, across all categories and business units in collaboration with the category leads and regional teams (RFP`s, E Auctions, Outsourcing, Transformation Project Sourcing initiatives).


• Build pipeline of initiatives (tiered by priority & ROI)


• Ensure robust and timely execution for assigned / owned large strategic sourcing projects leveraging digital procurement tools to deliver savings, efficiencies and value add.


• Alignment with key transformation projects and activity to deliver key in scope procurement initiatives.


• Provision of timely MI and reporting on key savings, spend data and other measures.

Key Skills Required

• 10+ Years IT / Indirect procurement experience in a global environment


• Leadership skills and experience


• Business partnering & relationship building


• Negotiation


• Contract Drafting


• Team player but with ability to work on own initiative


• Inquisitive and innovative


• RFP / RFX / E Auctions

Qualifications

• Degree / MCIPs preferred but not essential