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Manager, Procurement IT

Slovakia - Bratislava

Job Description

Responsible for effectively performing IT procurement (focus on Hardware) in EMEA and South Africa region for all Yanfeng Business Units/including plants. Take over the assigned global projects by Director IT procurement.
Interface with all colleagues of the IT Procurement organization and other Yanfeng procurement organizations to effectively leverage Yanfeng’s procurement practices and global purchase volume.
Participates in Global IT Procurement Categories strategy definition and interact with IT category leaders to optimize usage of global agreements ensuringleverage from the Global agreements to EMEA and South Africa region.
Use and participate with centralized global procurement system and management tools.
Keep management chain informed of developing situations and project status on a regular, professional basis.
Identify new saving opportunities and manage to achieve the annual goals; calculate and track savings results as measured by the corporation and identify situations where costs have been avoided dueto direct intervention.
Responsible to execute Purchasing functions in compliancewith global and regional policies, including preparation and signing of legal agreements.
Build working practices with local procurement organizations to establish proper methods and control over the issuing of IT Procurement Purchase Orders for each Business Units (including plants).
Support the build of global pricing book/charging modules by sub-category or suppliers basis.
Key strategic vendors sourcing/management/improvement/performance review work. Make surethe healthy and effectiveness of IT suppliers pool. Fulfill the annual IT supplier reduction goal.
Conducts benchmarking and overall market assessment to support the development of the procurement strategies, aligned with Regional IT Departments/other stakeholder requirements and in compliance with global and regional IT strategies.
Administers the RFI, RFQ and RFP processes inconjunction with the IT department to convey the appropriate commercial and technical requirementsto the participating suppliers. Provide a commercial comparison of the supplier responses using analytical skills to understand and normalize differences in responses.
Provide 5 year Total Cost of Ownership(TCO) analysis for finalists so that the complete cost assessment can be obtained including all issues that impact the cost to Yanfeng, including asset costs, implementation costs, support and maintenance fees, incremental costs to match the volume requirements provided by the project manager.
Ensure that agreements are prepared with the proper technical, legal andcommercial languages. Execute the awarding procedures and work with local buyer (if applicable) to have purchase orders issued against the required authorizations and approvals.

Required
Bachelor’s level degree in IT, Economy or a related field (with amajor in the IT arena). MBA desired. Preferred 10+ years of procurement work experience with strongdemonstrated experience in purchasing IT
Demonstrated ability to work without directday to day supervision and a conscientious and strong work ethic.
Ability to influence and direct IT Procurement strategy so that corporate goals are met while meeting regional goals.
Ability to anticipate how the evolving business environment will impact the regional and globalIT procurement strategies.
Ability to implement and/or enforce agreed strategies in the case of situations where diverging approaches are suggested.
Contract Administration (drafting, analyzing contracts, key contract law provisions).
Must have experience working in major Corporations with international/global operations.
Broad experience in developing supplier relationships to better serve the company.
Must have extensive exposure to Global ITsourcing activities, with dep knowledge of the EMEA and South Africa market.
Agile and capable negotiator.
Proven quality focus in providing internal customer solutions.
Demonstrated ability to work with in a global team and to evolve efficiently to complete.
Strong data analysis and presentation skills.
Ability to speak multiple languages, English is a must.
Previous experience in aligning IT purchasing activities, global standard and local characteristics.