Procurement Category Expert (Corporate Services & Facility Management)

Job information
Division/Unit: Finance, Sustainability & Research / Procurement
Contract type: open-ended
Location: Nyon (WFH up to one day per week)
Start date: TBC

Main goal

The Procurement Category Expert leads the category at strategic and tactical levels, contributes to procurement success by defining and implementing a clear strategy, realising optimisation potentials and ensuring an attractive and accurate supplier portfolio within the category, meeting business requirements.
The incumbent is responsible for plan-to-strategy (P2S) and source-to-contract (S2C) processes within the category, performs tenders and acts in UEFA’s best interests.

Key responsibilities

P2S

• Analysing spending and contract information
• Forecasting and consolidating future requirements together with the necessary specifications for the category in consultation with internal customers
• Evaluating suppliers and analysing their performance
• Analysing supply market and supplier portfolios
• Identifying and evaluating optimisation levers in consultation with internal customers
• Defining the category and supplier strategy for the future season and/or competition cycle
• Assessing risks within the category and defining respective mitigation plans
• Defining an action plan in consultation with internal customers and monitoring implementation

S2C

• Compiling specifications from internal customer and challenging them to identify potential optimisation
• Evaluating existing and new suppliers proposed by internal customers
• Screening the market for additional potential suppliers
• Carrying out RFI/RFP and conducting financial health check on potential new suppliers
• Defining the sourcing approach, responsibilities and sourcing project team
• Preparing and aligning a supplier longlist as well as RFP documents and providing the RFP to suppliers
• Answering RFP questions and evaluating commercial and technical/functional offers together with business
• Analysing TCO for the services and optimising service levels and/or price level, conducting negotiations
• Selecting suppliers and obtaining approval from procurement management and internal customers
• Supporting the legal team in finalising contracts

P2P

• Helping internal customers with claims management
• Supporting buyers in supplier evaluations during the P2P process

Other

• Taking part in budget planning rounds/discussions
• Taking part in the development of the overall procurement strategy
• Innovation management and organisational development within the Procurement unit
• Risk management (supply/commercial risk identification and countermeasures) within the category
• Supplier management
• Contract management

Requirements

Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in procurement
• 3+ years of experience in strategic procurement
• At least 3 years of experience in indirect category management, especially within corporate services (e.g. HR services, travel, facility management, office supplies, translation services, operation & maintenance, etc.)

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, procurement/operations management or similar

Languages:

• English / Fluent
• French / would be an asset

Other requirements:

• Relocation to Switzerland/France is expected
• MS Office / Advanced
• Deep understanding of core procurement processes: P2S, S2C, P2P
• Understanding of procurement support processes: supplier management, contract management, mastery of data management
• Knowledge of state-of-the-art procurement tools and methodology
• In-depth knowledge of the supply markets, products and services within the category
• Knowledge of relevant legal bases and internal guidelines
• Advanced knowledge of negotiation tactics and strategies
• Knowledge of relevant SAP modules
• Knowledge of eProcurement solutions (Ivalua, Coupa, SAP Ariba or similar)
• Project management skills: able to lead procurement projects
• General knowledge of UEFA, in-depth knowledge of internal customers, their needs and requirements
• Basic knowledge of finance, compliance, legal and other relevant subjects

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