The Adecco Group is the world’s leading HR solutions partner. We provide more than 700,000 people with
permanent and flexible employment every day. With more than 34,000 employees in
60 countries, we transform the world of work one job at a time. Our colleagues
serve more than 100,000 organisations with the talent, HR services and
cutting-edge technology they need to succeed in an ever-changing global
economy. As a Fortune Global 500 company, we lead by example, creating
shared value that meets social needs while driving business innovation. Our
culture of inclusivity, fairness and teamwork empowers individuals and
organisations, fuels economies, and builds better societies. We make the future
work for everyone.
The Adecco Group is based in Zurich,
Switzerland. Adecco Group AG is registered in Switzerland (ISIN: CH0012138605)
and listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ADEN). The group is powered by nine lead
brands: Adecco, Modis, Badenoch & Clark, Spring Professional, Lee Hecht
Harrison, Pontoon, General Assembly, Adia and YOSS.
Location
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Responsibilities
- Responsibility to manage regional IT procurement spent
and activities of APAC (including Australia and New Zealand).
- Build strong executive level partnerships with
internal stakeholders to support and/or identify opportunities for negotiated
cost savings business impact.
- Coordinate activities across the local and global IT
organizations to effectively interact with IT professionals to execute agreed
upon priorities.
- Work with legal, security, and IT teams to negotiate
favourable contracts, mitigating risk, while ensuring terms meet all laws,
regulations, and Adecco standards.
- Apply advanced sourcing methodologies to develop
negotiating strategies that enable effective negotiations, vendor management
and process improvement.
- Conduct in-depth analysis on pricing, vendor
stability, and proposals to ensure a fair, ethical, and level playing field.
- Maintain knowledge of current IT trends, vendor
capabilities and changes within the technology landscape for traditional and
emerging solutions.
- Develop and manage the life cycle of sourcing and
RFx’s, supporting the full portfolio of technology related spend including
SaaS, Services, Hardware, Software, Outsourcing, and Data Networking /
Communications.
- Prepare detailed, comprehensive savings analyses,
implementation plans and final Contract Summary recommendation for management
approval.
- Conducts in-depth internal spend analyses and
competitive market trend analyses to spot opportunities.
- Assist in the Supplier Relationship Management
function for measuring and managing supplier performance criteria for the
acquisition of materials and services.
- Support all management and reporting requirements
related to any information, data or reports required or requested by the Global
Procurement Group
- Establish career development plans and training for
direct reports and mentor and coach in-line with human resources principles.
- Conduct timely annual and interim performance
evaluations and set individual and team objective to cultivate a culture of
high performance and teamwork.
Experience
- Required experience: at least 5 years of
experience in Procurement with exposure to negotiation / Vendor management and
3 years in IT Procurement. Line
Management experience.
- Knowledge of Procurement and IT
terminology is a must.
- Good project management skills /
exposure.
- Excellent communication and
interpersonal skills both verbally and in writing to various levels within the
organization.
- Fluent in English.
- Ability to proactively establish and
maintain effective working relationships.
- Strong experience negotiating highly
complex technology agreements for SaaS, hardware, software, services,
networking, communications, and enterprise solutions.
- Ability to effectively navigate a
complex global company structure with many stakeholders to make recommendations
and see projects and initiatives through to successful implementation.
- Self-starter and able to work
independently in an unstructured environment.
- Flexible and able to manage changing
priorities.
- Ability to evaluate information,
identify key issues and formulate conclusions based on sound, practical
judgment, experience and common sense.
- Leadership experience, including
developing employees by inspiring, encouraging and providing constructive
criticism to improve performance.
- Ability to effectively influence others
at all levels within an organization.
- Ability to focus on client needs with a
commitment to quality and customer service.
- Knowledge of and the ability to apply
best practices and standards in procurement.
This job advert is posted by Adecco Group AG with registered address
at Bellerivestrasse 30, 8008 Zürich, Switzerland. www.adeccogroup.com
