Global Indirect Procurement Operations Specialist

vor 3 Wochen

Geneva Switzerland FINDERS SA Vollzeit

Client:

From the USA to London, Asia to Geneva and everywhere in between, our client's success is rooted in a belief of different points of view. Strong core values as well as dynamism and a lot of humility One of the largest and most trusted financial companies in the world. Voted "Great place to work", this is the chance to be part of an employer of choice on the Geneva market, and work as part of a close-knit team, with global reach.

A company that Finders know very well, thus able to explain the culture and core values, to any potentially suitable applicant.

Position:

A superb career opportunity within a leading global, investment management company for an experienced procurement operations specialist. Our Client provides one of the best working environments in the world, as well as a structured career path. The chance to work with really nice people as part of a close-knit team.

As part of Global Institutional Operations, this subject matter expert role as an individual contributor, will be responsible for leading and overseeing Procurement Operations. You will be essentially making recommendations for Buying Channels based on analysis of contract and purchasing requirements at a strategic level, with impact on the Global Financial Services operations as well as the Business across Europe and Asia. As part of a small team of 3 in Geneva, working closely with a larger team in the US, you will independently lead end to end projects and initiatives with internal and external stakeholders. In summary, this role will involve a generalist procurement expertise across a range of procure-to-pay capabilities and technologies, including the review and renewal of contracts as well as oversight and guidance. Acting as a real business partner to upscale the procurement (goods and services) for Asia and Europe making it "state of the art".

Primary responsibilities, to include, but not limited to:

Procurement Operations

· Procures commodity products and services, on behalf of the Group

· Lead cross-functional operational procurement activities with complex elements such as dynamic customer bases, complex business requirements, complex contract terms and conditions, and/or high business priority

· Lead operational vendor master maintenance activities and continuous improvement of the same 

· Serve as subject matter expert and is independently accountable for the following processes - Procure-to-Pay, lead training activity for internal/external stakeholders in the use of digital procurement platform and business process as well as resolving issues of same, identify opportunities and considerations for P-card expansion and makes recommendations, lead catalog administration capability and complex supplier catalogs on the digital procure-to-pay platform

Provide leadership for Sourcing Operations Team Strategy

· As a Subject Matter Expert, you will develop, recommend, and champion continuous improvement efforts

· Provide expertise and mentors others

Reporting

· Provide thought leadership around operational reporting enhancements to develop reports and incorporate into day-to-day operational processes

For this position, you should be happy to be based out of Geneva, Switzerland as part of small, collaborative, busy team. This role will involve some occasional travel and is covering a huge "internal client base" with a very large spend, across Asia and Europe. Working closely with peers in the US office.

Regulatory

· Digital Operation Resilience Act - cyber protection and operational resiliency and its outlook going forward as regards procurement and supply chain - balancing that risk, scaling up, tooling up etc.

Profile:

· Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Finance or Business studies for example

· At least 5 years' experience within procurement operations - indirect procurement and sourcing

· Exposure to the financial services or asset management industry a plus but not a must 

· In-depth knowledge of processes such as Purchase Orders, Work Orders, Invoicing and Asset Creation

· High degree of proficiency in the utilization of SAP technology a must - Ariba Contracts, Procure-to-Pay and ECC

· Familiar with DORA and its outlook for 2024/2025 and beyond, as regards purchasing, sourcing, procurement and supply chain tools and technology

· Strong track record in managing projects within a team/department, within a high spend environment globally at a strategic level, across all categories of procurement as a generalist

· Used to acting as a true business partner with a sense of "stewardship" and able to coordinate, oversee and guide

· Strong experience in contract review for a very large amount of vendors across multiple countries (any exposure to Asia a plus, but not a must)

· Results-driven, able to manage complexity, persuade, influence, instill trust and take decisions

· A team player who is collaborative but also autonomous and a subject matter expert in the procurement, sourcing operations strategy field

· A dynamic, driven person who also has a lot of humility and EQ

· Fluent/bilingual English; other languages a plus such as French

· Highly proficient in MS suite of products

· Eligible to work in Geneva, from a work permit perspective, with compelling reasons to relocate if not already based in Switzerland ("frontalier" OK)

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