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Contracts, Compliance, Finance

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Full-time

• Lead in procurement of goods and services for Head Office (e.g. equipment, supplies, contract services, fleet, consulting, and facility contracted services).
• Partner with local suppliers, key stakeholders and/or procurement personnel to identify and execute procurement initiatives as defined by the Procurement Organization and Policy.
• Lead negotiations with suppliers to establish contracts and pricing agreements.
• Analyze direct / indirect purchasing to identify opportunities to reduce individual contract/sub-category spend utilizing all savings levers.
• Monitor and drive compliance of corporate purchasing policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Interface with divisional and corporate procurement staffs to leverage and support business strategies and initiatives.
• Interface with all local suppliers which seek to source or establish and address supplier relationships.
• Collaborate with key persons to ensure clarity of the specifications and expectations of the company.
• Control spend and build a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs.
• Ensure that purchasing policies and processes are in place to meet business objectives and operational needs in terms of price, quality and delivery targets.
• Bachelor s degree or higher in Business, Finance, Operations, or Supply Chain. MBA preferred.
• Minimum 7 years in sourcing / procurement experience.
• At least 7 years in direct material buying, contract negotiations and supplier management or shared services and outsourcing advisory.
• Proven track record in outsourcing benchmarking, market analyses and contract negotiations.
• Excellent interpersonal, facilitation, communication and influencing skills especially with senior level executives.
• Demonstrated ability to function in a team environment and highly matrixed, global environment.
• Strong financial acumen; ability to understand outsourcing impact to P&L, ability to develop complex business cases & continually assess/determine total cost of ownership at both a functional level and supplier level.
• Inter-personal communication skills, including verbal, written and presentation.
• Strong Leadership skills & Negotiation skills.
• Knowledge of purchasing principles, practices, methods and procedures used in procurement.