Contract Administrator overseeing IT procurement strategies and compliance for public sector projects. Leading contracting processes and liaising with stakeholders for efficient procurement.
About the role
- IT Category Manager creating and managing purchasing strategy for IT categories at Trivium Packaging. Focused on strategic sourcing, supplier negotiation, and contract management.
Responsibilities
- Accountable for ensuring delivery against the overall and individual Procurement Targets defined for the organisation and the assigned category
- Accountable for consolidating supplier, market, category and internal business data and information to form the Category Strategy and run sourcing activities
- Accountable for developing and implementing a cohesive, business-aligned long-term Category Strategy at both the category and sub-category level
- Accountable for developing and communicating Category Plans for key areas of the category
- Responsible for the communication of the final Category Strategy and Category Plans to the relevant stakeholders
- Accountable for ensuring the resources, information and tools are in place for project execution throughout the category
- Owns the key supplier relationship and defines governance process.
- Accountable for ensuring robust contractual arrangements are in place for the category
- Accountable for the development of the “Category Playbook” to summarize the strategy, to communicate key contacts and suppliers and to guide the best practice approach to operational buying
- Accountable for monitoring compliance and adherence to Trivium Procurement policies and procedures
- Responsible for ensuring internal issues are addressed and resolved on a timely manner
- Actively drive integration of Procurement in core business processes, ensure the implementation of Procurement governance model and ensure consistency with the Trivium requirements and standards
- Assess and manage risks across the Procurement categories while developing and contributing to a risk strategy for the categories together with mitigating actions
- Manage contracts throughout their entire lifecycle including all changes, variations and claim management
- Build strong relationships with key suppliers to negotiate more innovative and beneficial contractual agreements and service levels
- Manage negotiation process, content and results
- Lead the negotiation team to define the desired outcome of a negotiation
- Identify stakeholders; understand and interpret their current and future needs and manage their expectations.
- Give advice and build long-term value partnerships
- Establish cross-functional teams to negotiate and implement improved service delivery
- Collaborate closely with relevant departments to ensure understanding and compliance with key procurement strategies and policies
- Track and report savings, monitor TCO improvement as well as working capital improvement using the tracking tools in place in line with Procurement Savings Definition
- Provide periodic and ad hoc reports and forecasts on performance against plan and potential in following up on KPIs and reporting on trends
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, or related field.
- 8-10 years of experience in strategic procurement, with a strong focus on indirect categories.
- Multiple years of experience in managing complex stakeholder environments.
- Reputable Negotiation Training Certification
- Ability to develop high impact sourcing strategies.
- Exhibits thought leadership
- Solid analytical skills.
- Strong negotiating skills.
- Thorough understanding of sales/marketing practices
- Ability to develop actionable recommendations and implementation plans
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- Strong management skills, with emphasis on people development
- Solid knowledge of contracting principles and ability to draft key contractual terms independently.
- Demonstrated world class supplier relationship skills.
- Outstanding cross-functional leadership skills; viewed as credible by business unit/functional leaders
- Strong financial and business acumen
- Customer oriented mindset & exceptional at teamwork
- Solid MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) skills
- Languages: Fluency in English is a must
- Knowledge of ERP systems (SAP, Ariba, Coupa) is a benefit
Benefits
- Flexibility and home office - here you can find real work life blend
- Attractive yearly cafeteria
- Comprehensive private medical health insurance
- Free language courses
- Soft & hard skill trainings
- All You Can Move possibility
- Inspiring office environment in a center location of Budapest
- A company culture, where we are proud of each other, and where fun and the attitude of giving back to our environment are highly appreciated
- A community where you can freely share your own creative ideas and suggestions to create a better world
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