Procurement Director Italy

Procurement Director Italy

Responsibilities

• Manage the company’s supply portfolio ensuring transparency of spending

• Generate and implement efficient sourcing and category management strategies

• Analyze and calculate costs of procurement and suggest methods to decrease expenditure

• Invent negotiation strategies and secure profitable deals

• Optimize sourcing procedures to attain maximum efficiency

• Cooperate with stakeholders to guarantee agreement on terms and processes

• Research and anticipate shifts in the negotiating power of suppliers

• Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking

• Estimate risks and apply risk minimizing techniques

• Discover and partner with trustworthy vendors and suppliers

• Determine quantity and timing of deliveries

• Requirements and skills

• Proven work experience as a Sourcing Manager or Procurement Manager

• Familiarity with sourcing and vendor management and relevant software

• Understanding of market dynamics and sound business judgement

• Strong project management and leadership skills

• Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships

• Comfortable with figures and in collecting, analyzing and interpreting data

• Solid judgement with ability to make good decisions

• BSc degree in supply chain management, logistics or business administration

• Important to note

• As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.

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• Logistics, Procurement, Supply Chain Manager, Supply Chain, Operations, Research