Team Lead - Procurement Operations

Responsibilities and Duties

• Manage, develop and coach a team of employees in the Bangalore CoE location to ensure the development of individuals within the organization.
• Responsible to identify and hire new talented individuals to support the team objectives
• Counsel to drive improvements in the team
• Oversee and manage process escalations in the team and ensure appropriate escalation to stakeholders for decision making
• Collaborates with internal business partners on continuous improvement of P2P/S2P/Procurement processes
• Support in the review of monthly and quarterly SOx controls and ensure controls are reviewed on a regular basis
• Prepare for the audit by reviewing the controls, workflows and ensure walkthroughs are sufficient for the audit purpose
• Manages relationship with audit to ensure that procurement maintains a satisfactory audit rating
• Implement and execute company policies and procedures and setting priorities
• Assure strong quality as well as productivity standards within the team
• Track and monitor performance levels, and manage underperformance
• Conduct 1-2-1 meetings with the team to maintain focus and motivation
• Prepare and conduct Bi-annual performance reviews and keep track of progress during the year
• Manage and achieve departmental KPIs in line with Booking.com Business objectives
• Provide input when defining the team KPIs and SLAs in cooperation with the Procurement Operations leadership
• Build strong relationships with other departments within the company
• Work with management to identify process improvements
• Management and execution of ad hoc projects where required
• Participation in projects, system implementations
• Working with leaders, Directors, Sr. Directors

Internal Stakeholders (E.g. Employees of Booking Holdings and its subsidiaries)

Type

Cooperation

Persuasion

Information

Frequency

Continuous (daily or a several times a day)

Frequent (about once a week)

Occasionally (once or twice a month or less)

Team

Coaching, target setting, and planning, reviews, decision making

Continuous

GPO

Share best practices, alignment with the business

Frequent

Other Finance Teams (Credit Control, Treasury)

Alignment with the business

Occasional

Internal Stakeholders

Alignment with the business, improvement of processes and communication, management of issues and escalations amongst finance departments

Frequent

External Stakeholders

External Vendors

Reassure that Booking.com policies and processes are followed, escalations and SLAs are met

Occasional

Qualifications - for posting

Required Knowledge

Place an X in the shaded boxes that are required to perform the principal duties and responsibilities of this position

• Not Required
• Specialized Diploma
• Bachelors Degree X
• Masters Degree
• PhD

Years of Relevant Job Knowledge

Place an X in the shaded boxes that are required to perform the principal duties and responsibilities of this position

• Limited job knowledge (0-1 years)
• Basic job knowledge (1-3 years)
• XX
• Broad job knowledge (3-5 years)
• Advanced job knowledge (5-8years)
• Extensive knowledge (8-12 years) X
• Substantial knowledge (12+ years)

Knowledge Skills & Abilities

List knowledge, skills and abilities that are required to successfully perform the broad responsibilities of this job

• Apply deep knowledge of a specific Finance function or broad knowledge and understanding of several different Finance functions
• Background in finance
• Excellent communication skills
• A good people motivator with management experience
• Ability to proactively drive the assigned projects and reach the preset objectives
• Excellent teamwork skills
• Understanding the impact of the team and the bigger picture
• Good presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrates tenacity, drive, ability to inspire and collaborate.
• Ability to multi-task & a flexible and positive attitude
• Able to adapt style and approach in order to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders from a variety of different cultures

People Manager

Is this job a people manager Does this position achieve outcomes through others (i.e., hiring, coaching, scheduling / delegating work, performance reviews)

• Yes
• No

Number of Reports

Indicate the number of direct and indirect reports this job typically supervises

Number of direct reports - 6

Number of indirect reports

Financial Oversight

Does this position have any P&L responsibility

• Yes
• No

Individual Accountability

List the individual P&L responsibility / Operating Budget goal that is typical for this position.

Provide information related to the jobs scope and impact. Place an X in the shaded boxes that apply.

Scope

Operates within a single Business Unit, or multiple Business Units or Corporate

• Single Business Units X
• Multiple Business Units
• Corporate

Impact

Action and/or outcomes from this job typically impact the following; select all that apply

(E.g., an accounting manager might impact the entire business unit because they are reporting financials for that business unit. An analyst might impact their own team because they are helping create workflows for their team to deliver projects. A VP in HR might impact the entire function by determining best practices for Booking Holdings)

• Own team
• Department X
• Entire Function (e.g., HR, Finance, IT)
• Entire Business Unit (s)
• Enterprise-wide
• Time Horizon

Actions and/or decision made by this job typically impact their area of work for this period of time

• Short to mid-term (1 3 years)
• Mid to long-term (3 5 years) X
• Long-term (5+ years)