It Buyer

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. These values resonate with our employees, who voted us number 7 on the Great Place to Work - World's Best Workplaces 2020 list. 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 eight lead brands: Adecco, Modis, Badenoch + Clark, Spring Professional, Lee Hecht Harrison, Pontoon, Adia and General Assembly. About the role We are seeking a highly motivated IT Buyer. The Adecco Group IT is in the process of maturing how we work with vendors to ensure the successful realization of our business and IT goals. As an IT Buyer, you will be pivotal in ensuring the success of the team by ensuring that we simplify the way IT procurement, vendor management, and contract management are performed, that we execute our priorities, and that we support The Adecco Group growth journey by enabling the realization of our IT strategy. As an IT Buyer, you will be supporting the delivery of IT procurement, vendor, and/or contract management. Your overarching goal will be to ensure that your stakeholders and internal clients capture and realize increased value from sourcing IT services and products from our vendors. What you'll be doing Efficiently execute IT sourcing deals to secure a high level of cost avoidance and P&L savings. Define the yearly plan savings and forecast together with Finance and IT departments. Support the growth journey by ensuring that we create value from working with vendors through focused vendor and contract management. Assess and report a proper vendor portfolio to ensure that we understand the importance of our vendors and how we focus our efforts. Create and maintain vendor database . Control, tracking and monitoring activities E2E process : since the initial contact with the internal stakeholder, dealing with different internal departments (sales, legal, security IT, data protection, etc) and ensure the final contract is approved and signed into the system. Contract management (Framework agreements, Statement of works, Contract renewals, etc) Drive the internal and external vendor management forums and ensure that we build and manage templates for harmonising deliverables. Report the sourcing deals and signed contracts into the internal applications. Drive vendor management oriented to our business. Assess and report on IT spend, cost avoidance, P&L saving and other relevant KPI's and SLA's Drive the P2P process according to the local and global procedures. Purchase requisitions creation support and training. Drive selected procurement transactions in close collaboration with the Global IT category managers and aligned with Local and Global strategy in order to achieve targeted cost avoidance, P&L savings and deliverables. Adhere to Adecco Group policies, processes, and guidelines. Drive contract management-oriented communities of practice across entire TAG IT. Work with peers and colleagues across the organisation to mature, monitor, educate and adhere to group procurement policies. Simplify how we work with vendors through consolidation, harmonisation, standardisation and digitalisation. About you · At least 2 years of experience within IT procurement, vendor management, contract management (SAAS, Hw, Licenses, subscriptions, etc.) · Good understanding of best practice vendor management, IT procurement, contract management and IT sourcing processes. · Experience within transactional procurement ERP. · Bachelor's degree with focus on commercial law and/or IT or similar experience. · Organizational skills and quality control processes. · Ability to manage various projects/contracts and negotiations at the same time, dealing with different departments and main stakeholders: IT and Business. Why choose us? It's an exciting time to be part of our team. We're proud to be a global thought-leader and care about doing the best job we can to ensure better futures for everyone. We do this by building our Future@Work strategy as a united team of 30,000+ colleagues with a collective spirit working in over 60 countries globally. You'll have the opportunity to grow across a variety of interesting jobs and careers over our extensive portfolio of global brands. We empower our colleagues to work in the smartest, most efficient ways to achieve total balance between the demands of their jobs and their lives. That's why we give you the autonomy and support you need to work in the way that makes you most productive, agile, confident, and insightful. Putting people first, pioneering with a collective spirit and always advancing with a growth mindset -that's what we stand for at the Adecco Group. Here, we are all individuals with a unique perspective on the world we live in. That's what makes us stronger. Whoever you are and whatever your background, you can be yourself. So, we aim to build on the attributes that make you, you. We offer a range of world-class resources for upskilling and development, satisfying your curiosity while the sharing skills, knowledge, and expertise to grow together. Make an impact where it matters most A journey to bring out the best in you We believe that having an understanding of the hiring process helps you to prepare, feel, and be, at your best. As a global, multi brand organization with multiple different roles, our application process can vary. On our career site, you will find some of the key steps you can expect to guide you along the way. As one of the world's largest employers we believe in talent, not labels, and focus on the diverse and unique skills our people bring. We seek to foster a culture of belonging and purpose, an environment where everyone can thrive and feel engaged, and where difference is respected and valued. Our commitment to equity, equal opportunity, inclusion, and diversity is part of our broader commitment to respecting fundamental human rights across our value chain. The Adecco Group is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. #J-18808-Ljbffr