Amadeus
Location
Erding | Germany
Job description
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Lead Category Buyer (m/f/d)You probably think that working for an online travel agency that manages hundreds of millions of bookings per year or working for an airline that operates hundreds of thousands of flights per year must bring their fair chair of challenge. If so, just try to realize the scalability, the performance, the resiliency, the geographical distribution challenges that are behind the system that powers 150 airlines, hundreds of websites, tens of airports, thousands of hotel properties. Just one fact to illustrate: In peak times, we process more than 17,000 transactions per second (1 billion+ transactions per day) at an average system response time of less than 0.3 seconds.
Do you have ideas on how to improve travel for everyone? Do you find the idea of working in a diverse, multicultural environment exciting?
Are you ready to make an impact across the world? Great, then join us! Let’s shape the future of travel together. #shapethefutureoftravel@Amadeus
Description
The Lead Category Buyer drives the development of global category practices for Infrastructure categories (Compute, Storage, Network, Colocations, Hosting, Personal Equipment, CISO Services, DC B&F services), including sourcing strategy definition, deployment, and stakeholder management, to maximize total cost of ownership savings and procurement value contribution. Plays a pivotal role on defining category strategies in a global scale. Drives and supports the implementation of specific category strategies by executing Category Sourcing initiatives. The Lead Category Buyer will as well develop, together with Public Cloud Lead Buyer, how to transition current Infrastructure category management practices in the context of movement to Public cloud target operating model. You reports to Technology Cluster Lead and closely collaborates with Public cloud Lead Buyer as well as regional Lead Buyers covering APAC and NORAM LATAM regions.
Main Responsibilities
Execute Global categories, leads sourcing projects, contract implementation & drives contract compliance
Manage end-to-end sourcing processes from negotiation to contract
Establish measures and controls for the Category practice to ensure and track successful implementation
Coordinate contract implementation tasks with Regional Buyers and users
Interact with Legal and Finance teams when required in relation to purchasing scope
Ensures that any goods or services required by the company (materials, equipment, supplies, services) are selected, ordered and delivered in a timely manner, at best cost and in accordance with purchasing policy
Responsible for Risk & Regulation management, identifying and monitoring closely Vendor Risk, Regulation, and Vendor Performance
Defined Initiatives, KPIs and Scorecard related to Risk, Regulation and Performance, in relation with Data & Analytics owner, Category teams, Risk and Compliance Area, Security, Legal, Finance & Business departments
Ensure Amadeus is including all the appropriate measures and requirements in our third parties relationship to maintain safely our asset and customer ones
Staying current with evolving industry and regulatory changes impacting supplier risk management.
Manage the procurement strategy definition and implementation / from Strategic planning to sourcing execution for a set of global categories
Analyze and set category spend baseline and category profile, incl. risk assessment, SRM and P2P strategy
On behalf of Cluster Lead, develop specific Category strategies with the support of the Category Lead buyers
Support the Cluster Lead in the definition of a priority list of categories suitable for strategic sourcing initiatives
Lead internal and external analysis (industry and supplier) as a member of a cross functional sourcing team.
Manage supplier relationships for Global categories
In line with defined procurement strategy, support the classification and categorization of suppliers
Continuously track supplier performance and lead supplier development activities
Identify potential contract improvement opportunities & re-negotiations
Manage internal customer relationships for global categories
Within the framework of the cross functional supplier development teams, closely develop and manage the relationship with internal customers
Proactively organize sessions with internal customers to identify further TCO/TVO reduction opportunities
Improve and reinforce procurement’s profile and recognition within the internal customer community
Contribute to the Public cloud journey for Purchasing organization
Together with Public Cloud Lead Buyer define the category strategy
Define future Purchasing operating model in the context of movement to Public cloud
Lead the team of Category buyers
Manage and coordinate team activity
Ensure engagement, cascade information
Define objectives end ensure development reviews
Stakeholders
Purchasing, Vendors, Legal, Finance, all internal divisions e.g. GTC CPS CFA-DTS TRU HOS
Education
Bachelor’s degree on Business Administration or Engineering. MBA desired
Relevant work experience
Ideally, +5 years' experience within a strategic procurement environment or, alternatively, Engineering or Sales background supplemented by relevant job experience providing wide and deep insights into Purchasing practice
Proven delivery focus and ability to work to tight timelines
Proven ability to discuss complex technical topics and be able as well to abstract and summarize them for non technical audience
Business understanding
Strong technical acumen that allows he/she to understand and contribute complex technical discussions
Ideally sound knowledge of Data Center based Infrastructure,
Public cloud services and their correspondent supply chain (HW & NW Vendors and CSPs)
Skills
Computing
Microsoft Office, Contract management tools, Sourcing tools
Languages
English
Specific knowledge
Procurement analysis such as: understanding and challenge of specifications and requirements; historical spend and demand; vendors both qualitive and quantitive information; cost structures and TCO (expert)
Strategic Levers for the Purchasing function to generate added value to the company (skilled)
Knowledge of products/services related to his/her specific category under job responsibility (expert)
Strategic Sourcing Projects management (expert)
Knowledge to develop and follow-up on the supplier screening and selection process through RFx tools. (expert)
Negotiation principles and Techniques (skilled)
Contractual Legal Frameworks negotiation and later contract lifecycle management (expert)
Other
Planning and Organizing work (skilled)
Service delivery (skilled)
Influence & Persuasion (skilled)
Empathy (skilled)
Negotiation (skilled)
People / Team management
What we offer to you:
Join an innovative company which undertakes an amazing journey to the #cloud
Experience in an environment with unique complexity and a hardly matched criticality among the leading tech companies
Professional development in a truly international and multisite environment with a great mix of people
A wide set of trainings available to broaden yourknowledge and enhance your soft skillsincl. on-line learning hubs packed of technical and soft skills to help to develop any competencies
Enter a diverse and inclusive workplace
Competitive remuneration and a number of additional benefits such as internet and commuting allowance, job bike, subsidized canteen, insurances, hybrid working model incl. up to 20 days of work from abroad, etc.
We are looking forward to your application!
Diversity & Inclusion
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and seek to hire the best candidate regardless of age, beliefs, disability, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation.
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