Procurement Director

Job Description : IT PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA The primary objectives are to: Lead the Procurement functions for the IT related expenditure categories (both CAPITAL and OPEX) which are incurred to support the MNO’s direct product delivery to its customers, in accordance with the MNO’s business and commercial objectives Deliver the best possible commercial outcome for the MNO, inclusive of pricing and risk considerations, in the appropriate timing required to enable business delivery of critical imperatives Drive development of category practices for IT categories, including sourcing strategy definition, deployment, and stakeholder management, to maximize total cost of ownership savings Key accountabilities: Manage the IT categories?end-to-end procurement cycle, accountable for the needs of internal customers and leading the development, implementation and maintenance of the category sourcing strategy Accountable for identifying and developing innovative sources and contractual arrangements by developing a strategic and long term view of procurement Collaborate with key stakeholders across the MNO’s group to initiate a strategic planning process for Network categories in scope; defining a Strategic Plan that is aligned to the Group IT’s financial budget and resource plan, for cross categories and coordinate its execution Analyze and set category spend baseline, category profile, risk assessments, P2P strategy Measure category practices against best-in-class benchmark to identify gaps and initiate potential continuous improvement programs Manage the work and efforts of the team in following the category management processes; empower the team with best practices and encourage creative thinking within the functional category network Manage and supervise execution of outsourced activities by offshore team to ensure policy compliance and quality outputs Act as single point of contact for key business stakeholders to ensure business requirements are met Conduct spend map analysis to monitor spend and ensure that all purchases follow the defined purchasing process Track and report forecasted vs. actual savings for IT categories in scope: define corrective/optimization actions if needed and follow up on them Manage and optimize user compliance, supplier performance, contracts and customer satisfaction for strategic Network categories Build, maintain and manage relationship with key stakeholders across the MNO’s group and strategic suppliers Continuously track performance of key strategic suppliers according to the MNO’s guidelines Lead key strategic supplier development activities; set up cross-functional review meetings with internal customers and key strategic suppliers in order to improve performance and further reduce cost Identify potential contract improvement opportunities and re-negotiations Manage and facilitate training for IT procurement staff on required operational systems and processes Setup and continuously review IT procurement targets, metrics and KPIs Define SLAs with internal customers across the MNO’s group and manage demand forecast from Group IT Division Education level, knowledge and work / industry experience: Master’s degree in business, commerce, accounting or law, with minimum 10 years of strategic buying experience of IT equipment and services Global IT Procurement experience / Telecom experience Proven track record of commercial acumen and cost management analysis and negotiation Strategy development and strong experience in business and vendor strategic alignment and planning Professional and technical skills:

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