Leads the delivery of customer focused procurement services and continuously strives to improve them. Participates in meeting service KPIs executing high quality sourcing strategies to ensure that the company operational needs are met, considering price, quality and time of delivery. Develops business intimacy with local Stakeholders.

Role Overview:Drives sourcing, negotiation, contracting and supplier relationship processes as per Category/ local strategyManages across local BUs the identification of procurement initiatives, gets visibility on bids/projects (requiring 3rd party involvement) and leads procurement contributionParticipates in analyzing supplier performancesShares the country category action plan with the operational stakeholdersOwns specific savings initiatives and associated savings or other targets / objectives Monitors process adherence across work perimeter and escalates as needed Has deeper knowledge in the P2P processes Identifies and reports process improvementsCoordinates/supports junior professionals in process adherence and problem solvingGeneral Responsibilities / Accountabilities:Provides services according to the scope assigned by the Category to meet specific KPIsDrives small spend RFxExecutes sourcing strategies to obtain quotations to meet internal Stakeholders requirements Ensures correlation between contract, quotes and Purchase Requisition during the validation processResponsive to local Stakeholders in solving day-to-day sourcing activitiesMaintains relationship with Stakeholders across functions Negotiates best price for spot buyContracts on local templates Contributes to the supplier maintenance process and identifies potential preferred suppliers / updates prefers supplier list (PSL)Coordinates and manages supplier claimsAccountable for process compliance within the work perimeterProactively contributes to Global Strategy compliance Proactively contributes with local input to global categories strategiesProactively contributes to Category Sourcing strategy including forecasting, identification, delivery and reporting of savingsActs to overall procurement policies and processesSupports junior professionals in day-to-day activities