Category Manager of Professional Services for Group Italian Entities

Generali; Milano; In loco; EUR 60.000 - 80.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A multinational insurance company in Milan seeks a Category Manager of Professional Services to oversee procurement for consulting and legal services. The role involves team leadership, strategic sourcing, and vendor negotiation. The ideal candidate has a university degree, experience in procurement, and consultative skills. This full-time position offers an opportunity to contribute to a dynamic organization focused on innovation and efficiency.

Competenze

• Experience with procurement of Professional Services.
• Ability to interact at senior level.
• Strong operational focus and ability to deliver results.

Mansioni

• Develop demand management plans with internal stakeholders.
• Conduct market intelligence to identify suppliers.
• Implement category strategy within the defined area.

Conoscenze

Procurement of Professional Services

Consultative skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Fluent English

Formazione

University degree or comparable

Descrizione del lavoro

Category Manager of Professional Services for Group Italian Entities

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Within the Procurement organization the Unit of Professional Services for Group Italian Entities has the scope to steer the negotiation with vendors for all Group Italian entities and with regards to all professional services categories (consulting, legal services, HR services, BPO…).

The Category manager in charge of the Unit will lead a team of Generali employees and externals reporting directly to the Head of Strategic Sourcing

The Category Manager of Professional Services for Group Italian Entities has the mandate and the responsibility for managing Professional Services Procurement (consulting, legal services, HR services, BPO) for the Generali Head Office and the Italian entities. The Category manager conceptualizes, organizes, implements and steers strategic pooling and sourcing activities. She / He develops partnerships with internal customers across the company. Objective of the activities is to achieve the best possible conditions for the whole Generali Group (optimal in the sense of quality, time to market and costs) and to ensure an optimal supplier base.

Key responsibilities

• Development of demand management plans together with the relevant internal stakeholders
• Continuous market intelligence / analyses to identify alternative suppliers, new developments and improved solutions, prediction of price developments as basis for improvement measures
• Identification of cost reduction and optimization levers for the defined sub-categories and active analysis of optimization levers in regard to demand volume and specifications
• Ensure application of state-of-the-art methods and tools (e.g. demand management, design-to-cost, TCO)
• Responsible for implementation of the category strategy within the defined area of responsibility
• Responsible for the achievement of savings target as aligned with Procurement Delivery and the respective Category Manager
• Accountable for target achievement and fulfillment of existing reporting requirements
• Helps establish group wide transparency and segmentation of the Professional Service spending.
• Responsible for development and alignment of the category strategies together with the relevant internal stakeholders,
• Finalization of frame contracts with suppliers

Key organizational relationships

The Category manager for Group Italian Entities is closely aligned with the respective Head of Strategic Sourcing

The Category manager will report directly to the Head of Strategic Sourcing that provides senior management sponsorship

Additionally, the Category manager for Group Italian Entities must constantly align the strategy with Italian country procurement departments as well as internal customers

Expected Target Achievements

Negotiate Group global contracts

Draft Global Category strategies and alignment with the countries and internal customers

Identify and establish partnership with his key stakeholders at Group and Country Level

Harmonized specifications and performance management program

Define savings levers and resulting measures as planned

Full spend transparency and segmentation across the group

Requirements

Functional (IT)

Highly desired : Experience with procurement of Professional Services

Consultative skills and ability to interact at senior level within Generali and within the industry

University level degree or comparable

Professional / Managerial

Problem-solving and analytical skillset

Communication skills and ability to manage a wide array of different stakeholders.

Strong operational focus, ability to drive topics and deliver results even under pressure and time constraints

Fluent English, another European language is a plus

Behavioral

An untarnished reputation for integrity

Proactivity, high energy and enthusiasm, with a “hands-on” approach. Resilient

Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to effectively influence, persuade across geographies, cultures, markets and levels of seniority

Embraces change and motivates, mobilizes all respective stakeholders

Company Profile

Generali is a major player in the global insurance industry – a strategic and highly important sector for the growth, development and welfare of modern societies. Over almost 200 years, we have built a multinational Group that is present in more than 60 countries, with 470 companies and nearly 80,000 employees.

GOSP - Generali Operations Service Platform is a joint-venture between Generali and Accenture and provides IT and Procurement services to Generali Group companies. Our purpose is to accelerate the Group's innovation and digitization strategy through the Cloud and shared platforms. Based in Italy it has 5 branches across Europe and employs about 1.000 people.

Seniority level

Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Job function

Business Development

Industries

Insurance

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