Senior Director Global Procurement - Professional Services (m/f/d)

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Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization

Drive and lead the development of procurement category practices on a global scale together with stakeholders, including

• Define and deploy sourcing strategies for professional services
• Develop, own and execute stakeholder management to maximize total cost of ownership savings and Procurement’s value contribution
• Develop and Execute supplier relationship management strategies
• Meet compliance targets with company policies, strategies, and processes
• Deliver committed annual Procurement Savings targets & Working Capital improvements
• Drive innovative approaches and continuous improvement practices for the category
  

Key Responsibilities Drive and lead the category strategy for Professional Services

• Analyze category and defines category profile, incl. risk assessment, supplier base assessment and SRM strategy
• Benchmark category practices to identify initiatives for improvement
• Build category specific strategic plan in alignment with relevant business functions
• Align strategic plan to financial budget and global business strategies
• Define P2P and buying channel strategies, identify and consider automation potential and P2P/ channel effectiveness
  

Drive and lead market strategy implementation and savings realization

• Initiate internal and external analysis (industry and supplier)
• Consolidate requirements and act as business partner for business/ other functions, supporting the alignment and optimization of specification with the business / other functions
• Lead/support contract implementation and drive contract compliance
• Deliver annual savings according to the defined targets
  

Govern and support the work and efforts of a cross-functional sourcing team in all stages of a strategic sourcing project

• Collaborate and align with global/ market/ country procurement teams as applicable
• Drive supplier selection and fact-based negotiations
• Lead e-RfX execution: Select supplier and drive fact-based negotiations
• Collaborate with legal to finalize contractual agreement and its administration
• Work with Procurement Leads and business stakeholders to implement and activate contracts globally
  

Drive commercial supplier relationship with key suppliers within the defined category scope

• Implement, maintain and manage relationship with suppliers identified as key suppliers in the respective category, monitors performance of key strategic suppliers according to the guidelines
• Lead supplier development activities: set up cross-functional review meetings with key strategic suppliers in order to improve performance and further cost / demand reductions
• Support the identification of potential contract improvement opportunities and re-negotiations
  

Drive and manage relationship with key stakeholders and business representatives

• Provide input on volume/ specification/ price to build smart consumption policies
• Act as an escalation point for category related issues and drive resolution in line with global Procurement policies
• Achieve “buy-in” from key stakeholders in the market for major procurement initiatives
• Create and outline contribution for budget improvements
• Foster that business needs are being identified, represented, and incorporated into category strategies
• Act as Point of Contact for the business to assure business requirements are met
  

Key Relationships

• Board members, CLG & ELG members
• SVPs, VPs, Sr Directors & Directors (global & markets) of all functions and markets
• Global & Market Procurement teams
  

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Advanced in sourcing strategies and procurement best practices in Professional Services
• Expert in professional services category management and sourcing execution on a global basis
• Extremely good knowledge of procurement strategy development and conveyance
• Strong knowledge of procurement tools and data, content and automation
• Expert in risk and compliance management
• Strong ability to analyze specifications and influence demand
• Extensive capability to independently interact throughout adidas
• Proficiency in MS Office and preferably Ariba Guided Buying, Ariba eSourcing, SAP Fieldglass
• Strong experience in Zero Based Budgeting Methodology related to Prof. Services
• Project and process management knowledge and experience
• Excellent presentation, communication, interpersonal and influencing skills
• Action oriented and solution minded team player with high degree of self-management
• Fluent in English, spoken and written
  

Requisite Education And Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• A master’s degree with emphasis on the areas of business, economics, finance, procurement or legal, or comparable professional education
• At least 15 years’ working experience in similar or adequate roles in Professional Services in global companies