·       The CPS/HR Sourcing & Contracting Associate Manager 

will:

• Lead sourcing exercises including RFIs and RFPs in the delivery of the category strategy and market unit objectives

• Lead upfront market research and supplier identification for category projects

•       Serve as a core services category lead for legal, HR, benefits, marketing, and finance under their umbrella

•       Knowledge of HR space especially benefits

•       Executing contract agreements, building business cases, need experience in RFIs and RFPs

•       Running sourcing opportunities like RFPs, managing suppliers, category spends, and dealing with contracts

•       Business partner stakeholders to ensure delivery is aligned to procurement and stakeholder objectives

• Work collaboratively with suppliers and stakeholders to lead, communicate and support sourcing and category management activities

• Provide analysis for necessary sourcing activities to maintain the competitiveness of category contracts

• Build trusted partnerships with our supplier panel to deliver our strategy and market unit objectives

• Manage KPI reporting of supplier performance, and identify opportunities for data to improve the delivery of our category strategy

• Perform total cost of ownership analyses for the evaluation of continuous cost improvement projects

• Gather monthly performance-related data and prepare executive reports and presentations 

•       Support supply market research for your category

• Support sales & business development, spend & contract analysis, and category planning activities

•       Perform numerous complex problem-solving functions to ensure customer satisfaction with Company's services

• Ensure communication flows between the relevant functions at a local and global level that are involved in delivering the category strategy 

• Develop excellent working relationships with customer stakeholders at both the corporate and business unit level

• Support P2P processes as required in delivery of procurement services to key category stakeholders.

• Proactively present recommendations for efficiency, innovative ideas, cost optimisation strategies, and new ways of working to the customer/stakeholder in an advisory capacity.