Regional Procurement Manager

• Establish sourcing strategies and execute them
• Drive and implement best procurement practices, including P2P and contract compliance
• Support reporting, including estimates, budgets, and business cases
• Support execution of new product developments
• Participate in day-to-day operations, including quality claims and securing supplier capacities
• Mentor the procurement team through 1:1s and development talks
• Act as sparring partner for the local management team
• Manage procurement operations on a sub-regional level
• Drive key stakeholder management in the countries under management
• Lead and support strategic sourcing and transformation activities
• Align and realize savings targets
• Support new product development
• Manage human resources and team development in the sub-region
• Lead and/or directly manage Supplier Relationship Management
• Lead major contract negotiations and contract utilization
• Manage the budget for the countries under management
• Lead the compliance agenda
• Drive e-procurement initiatives and usage of standard e-tools

• Strategic and analytical mindset
• Strong cross functional project leadership skills
• Strong communication and persuasion skills
• Ability to work with complex problems and drive strategic thinking
• Extensive stakeholder management experience
• Strong in contract negotiations on an international level
• Innovative and able to think out of the box
• Analytical drive and ability to independently perform market and industry analysis
• Expert in conducting spend & demand analysis
• Thorough knowledge of assessing, screening and selecting suppliers, including extensive usage of TCO
• Expert in RFx development & execution and e-procurement/e-auction development and execution
• Highly skilled in contract negotiations at international level
• Solid experience in Supplier Relationship Management
• Thorough knowledge about governance/policies & procedures
• Experience in managing risk
• High level of industry knowledge
• Understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility
• Project manager/leadership skills across functions and cultures
• Thorough knowledge of financial instruments and analytical tools
• Extensive usage of office software
• Fluent in English (spoken and written); other spoken languages are a plus
• Minimum 5–8 years of relevant business experience in strategic and tactical procurement at regional or global level
• International work experience in a related industry/category
• Master degree (Engineer / Business school)

• Health & wellness benefits starting on day 1 of employment
• Pension and Employer match
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program eligibility / Health Advocate
• Paid vacation and paid holidays