Process Specialist, Procurement Operations

Description

Job Title : Process Specialist, Procurement Operations

About the Function :

Our Global Business Operations (GBO) team are facilitators, providing strategic, financial, and business services that are critical to the day-to-day performance of our business. With a team of over 2,000 dedicated and passionate people supporting 21 markets across the world, we have offices in Bangalore, Budapest, Bogota, and Manila.

Our global remit offers huge learning opportunities. We encourage learning and development in skills needed now and in the future across digital, industry, professional, and domain. Wherever you start, you’ll be rewarded with a world view and the recognition you deserve in our inclusive and supportive culture.

About the team :

About the role : (TE)

ROLE PROFILE

Job Title :

Procurement Operations Specialist

Level : L5C

Reports To :

Team Leader - Sourcing

Location

Bangalore

Context / Scope :

The Supplier Experience Team is responsible to ensure that Source To Pay processes (including Purchase to Pay and Procurement Operations) are working effectively & efficiently, are well controlled and drive value for Diageo, also ensuring control agenda (SOX compliance) across all areas as well.

This role is part of the Supplier Experience Team and reports to the Procurement Operations Team Lead.

This role acts as the interface between GBO & Procurement community (accountable for the purchasing strategy) ensuring Diageo buys the right goods and services from the right supplier at the right price.

This is a sourcing specialist role which will directly support the Global and Regional Category Procurement teams, STP systems support and suppliers.

Advanced prior experience and understanding of sourcing and contracting processes and practices is essential.

Dimensions : Financial

The role will support the overall Sourcing process, both for spend owned by GBO end-to-end and spend managed by regional procurement. The role will be responsible to deliver productivity savings (both hard and mitigation) through efficient and effective sourcing processes

Market Complexity

This role will work with the Procurement Category Managers and Specialists and suppliers and will interface with business users and senior stakeholders.

These relationships may encompass people based in a variety of locations and across multiple cultures, languages, seniority levels and time-zones.

Prior experience and understanding of sourcing and contracting processes and practices is essential.

Leadership Responsibilities

This role has no line management responsibilities, but the role will be expected to lead and handle sourcing activities that will need the candidate to show strong leadership qualities.

This role is required to engage, handle & influence the different collaborator groups associated with Strategic Sourcing processes to deliver a timely and cost-effective sourcing. It requires the incumbent to havesophisticatedd knowledge of tendering systems and tools such as Coupa / CSO and end to end procurement processes.

The role will be expected to share best practice across Procurement and Sourcing teams and to seek out insights for improvements to processes, ways of working and opportunities for consolidation of sourcing requirements.

To be effective, a broad understanding of contractual concepts will be helpful.

Responsibilities

The Sourcing Specialist would be expected to be responsible for :

• The timely management and strategic coordination of sourcing requests (RFI, RFP, RFQ) and eAuctions from the business within the agreed SLA’s and KPI’s
• Looking for and implementing opportunities for continuous system and process improvement
• Providing strong technical support of eRFX and eAuction with strategy, content and overall event management.
• May provide recommendations on suppliers to participate in sourcing events, based on criteria such as diversity, sustainability, commercial advantage or service delivery.
• Be the champion for their defined area / portfolio of spend, including category and market / country, knowing the right sources of supply, the policies applicable and the compliance requirements as well as the external sources that can be contacted to meet the overall business requirement.
• Build proactive and positively beneficial relationships with key stakeholders, being able to influence upwards

Purpose of Role

The Sourcing Expert will be expected to

Top 3-5 Accountabilities

Qualifications and Experience Required

Barriers to Success in Role

Potential Barriers for success would be :

Flexible Working options / Travel requirements

Hours of working will be determined by markets supported e.g., Europe, Africa, NAM etc.

Experience / skills required : (TE)

Flexible Working Statement : Flexibility is key to our success. From part-time and compressed hours to different locations, our people work flexibly in ways to suit them. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported from day one.

Rewards & Benefits Statement : (TE)

Diversity statement : Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.

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Worker Type : Regular

Primary Location :

Bangalore Karle Town SEZ

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