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**Job Description:** Leads Procurement teams and oversees the strategic sourcing and procurement processes (Global/Regional/ Country). Required to direct and supervise Procurement Professionals, develop the procurement strategies, manage supplier relationships, negotiate contracts and optimize procurement operations, ensuring optimization of the cost, cash, quality and service. Drives added value through strategic sourcing, engineering value, delivery of innovation and risk management. Capable of collaborating with cross-functional teams ensuring compliance with regulations and driving cost savings. **Role Overview:** - Guides and oversees Procurement Teams, ensuring effective sourcing, negotiation, and vendor management including personnel supervision, HR, career development, performance assessment, IT, etc. - Builds, reinforces and distributes sourcing strategies to fit internal key functions - Leads key contract negotiations, including completing costs analyses and negotiations on terms and conditions - Drives savings initiatives while maintaining quality standards - Proactively manages supplier relationship - Acts as a strategic Business Partner and enabler - Builds and maintains strong intimacy with other Group Stakeholders - Monitors and reports on KPIs related to their scope - Stays informed about industry best practices and emerging trends - Analyzes market trends and applies this knowledge to make insightful buying decisions - Seeks continuously for procurement processes improvements - Understands end to end Supply Chain within the Category scope - Provides support and mentorship to more junior procurement teams - Ensures procurement activities comply with laws and regulations **General Responsibilities Accountabilities:** - Directs and supervises Procurement professionals, promoting collaborative and high-performing team - Provides a training path to the Procurement team in charge, keeping them informed about the industry Category best practices and trends - Contributes to establish KPIs and regularly evaluating the team's performance against benchmarks - Formulates and implements effective procurement strategies aligned with organizational goals - Accountable for developing and maintaining full category plans - Accountable for developing and maintaining cost savings initiatives - Formulates budget and forecast on spend category - Forecasts, identifies, reports cost savings, managing risk and opportunities across entities - Reports and monitors category profile information spend and opportunity assessment data, current order processes, supplier performance and other KPIs - Accountable for contributing strategically on global strategic processes of sourcing, negotiating, contracting, procurement - Accountable for developing and maintaining supplier relationships - Accountable for developing and maintaining strong relationships with key Stakeholders - Ensures correlation between contract, quotes and Purchase Requisition during the validation process - Develops a deep knowledge of the providers market in his category, their goods services and associated risks - Enforces all procurement policies and compliance processes - Provides guidance to the procurement teams and promotes a collaborative working culture,