Design and implement end to end category plans to maximize commercial value and outcomes for AXA XL, balancing risk and opportunity
What you’ll be doingWhat will your essential responsibilities include?
- Strategically design and lead Software category design and implementation plans for specific category areas, shaping and riving world class strategies that directly impact AXA XL's overarching business objectives and financial performance.
- Drive exceptional cost reduction and cost avoidance through execution of category strategies though to bottom line P&L visibility
- Proactively identify and interpret complex global dynamics, regulatory changes geopolitical risks and disruptive trends, demonstrating the ability to translate these insights into actions and high impact strategies for XL's dynamic advantage.
- Cultivate and maintain influential partnerships with executive leadership, key functional heads and SME's, acting as the clear authority and thought leader across the categories in scope with the ability to provide strategic counsel and difficult assumptions, driving innovation and fostering a culture of procurement excellence across XL.
- Partner with Finance and business leadership to co-author and govern strategic category and business budgets and pipelines, ensuring rigorous alignment with overarching corporate strategies and the delivery of significant and measurable value, including optimized total cost of ownership and excellent service outcomes.
- Present data-driven narratives on global category performance, realized value, and strategic outlook to the senior leadership and peers, providing intelligent recommendations that inform high-level business decisions and support future plans.
- Collaborate across wider categories and team to support the design and adoption of advanced commercial and procurement methodologies, policies, and processes within globai category teams, spearheading the execution of proactive risk mitigation and value creation strategies aligned with Third Party Risk Management and Vendor Management teams to highlight, forecast and manage risk in supply across the allocated categories including the development of Exit Plans and strategies as required
- Collaborate closely with the Sustainable Procurement function to embed supplier diversity, equity, and inclusion as core tenets within category strategies, and to champion the integration of comprehensive sustainability practices that align with global regulatory frameworks and the company's corporate social responsibility commitments.
- Support Category Heads, CPO and the wider Global Sourcing & Procurement Team to implement transformative initiatives to revolutionize procurement processes and drive operational efficiency, leveraging deep expertise in cutting-edge industry best practices, advanced analytics, and emerging technologies to establish a world-class procurement function.
You will report to Global Head of Technology Sourcing.What you’ll bringWe’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:
Required Skills And Abilities
- Excellent project management and communication skills, with the ability to balance and communicate on several projects at a time
- Best in class experience in key categories
- Executive stakeholder management experience in a complex environment
- Ability to influence and manage stakeholder change
- Experience in running large / complex sourcing activities
Desired Skills And Abilities
- Key External Relationships: Suppliers, Professional and industry groups
- Key Internal Relationships: GSP Leadership, Indirect Sourcing team, Procurement Operations team, Business stakeholders, Risk and Assurance teams, Audit and Controls, Annual delivery against benefits plan, Completeness of Category Management activities, People development, % category spend influenced, Leader in cost reduction and avoidance.
What we offer
Inclusion
AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic. At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture and enables business growth and is critical to our success. That’s why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most inclusive workforce possible, and create a culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and reach their highest potential.
It’s about helping one another — and our business — to move forward and succeed.
- Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe.
- Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements
- Enhanced family-friendly leave benefits
- Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index
- Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter
Learn more at axaxl.com/about-us/inclusion-and-diversity. AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Total Rewards
AXA XL’s Reward program is designed to take care of what matters most to you, covering the full picture of your health, wellbeing, lifestyle and financial security. It provides competitive compensation and personalized, inclusive benefits that evolve as you do.We’re committed to rewarding your contribution for the long term, so you can be your best self today and look forward to the future with confidence.
Sustainability
At AXA XL, Sustainability is integral to our business strategy. In an ever-changing world, AXA XL protects what matters most for our clients and communities. We know that sustainability is at the root of a more resilient future. Our 2023-26 Sustainability strategy, called “Roots of resilience”, focuses on protecting natural ecosystems, addressing climate change, and embedding sustainable practices across our operations.
Our Pillars
- Valuing nature: How we impact nature affects how nature impacts us. Resilient ecosystems - the foundation of a sustainable planet and society - are essential to our future. We’re committed to protecting and restoring nature - from mangrove forests to the bees in our backyard - by increasing biodiversity awareness and inspiring clients and colleagues to put nature at the heart of their plans.
- Addressing climate change: The effects of a changing climate are far-reaching and significant. Unpredictable weather, increasing temperatures, and rising sea levels cause both social inequalities and environmental disruption. We're building a net zero strategy, developing insurance products and services, and mobilizing to advance thought leadership and investment in societal-led solutions.
- Integrating ESG: All companies have a role to play in building a more resilient future. Incorporating ESG considerations into our internal processes and practices builds resilience from the roots of our business. We’re training our colleagues, engaging our external partners, and evolving our sustainability governance and reporting.
- AXA Hearts in Action: We have established volunteering and charitable giving programs to help colleagues support causes that matter most to them, known as AXA XL’s “Hearts in Action” programs. These include our Matching Gifts program, Volunteering Leave, and our annual volunteering day - the Global Day of Giving.
For more information, please see axaxl.com/sustainability.
Who we areAXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business − property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.Learn more at axaxl.com
