.Job TitleIT Procurement LeadAs IT Procurement Lead at Amadeus, you'll be at the heart of a system that powers 150 airlines, hundreds of websites, tens of airports, and thousands of hotel properties. You'll drive the development of global category practices, manage end-to-end sourcing processes, and play a pivotal role in defining category strategies on a global scale.In this role, you will be responsible for the infrastructure category, which covers hardware, security, hosting, datacomms, and personal equipment for the full Amadeus scope. In addition to these responsibilities, you'll also lead a team of three category buyers, dedicated to covering all regions worldwide and also cooperate with regional buyers for APAC, NORAM, LATAM, and MEA regions. You'll be fostering their professional growth while coordinating efforts to achieve strategic goals. This leadership role adds a significant dimension to your impact, extending your influence across multiple regions.But how translates that into your responsibilities:Execute Global categories, leads sourcing projects, contract implementation & drives contract complianceManage end-to-end sourcing processes from negotiation to contractEstablish measures and controls for the Category practice to ensure and track successful implementationCoordinate contract implementation tasks with Regional Buyers and usersInteract with Legal and Finance teams when required in relation to purchasing scopeEnsures 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 policyResponsible for Risk & Regulation management, identifying and monitoring closely Vendor Risk, Regulation, and Vendor PerformanceDefined 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 departmentsEnsure Amadeus is including all the appropriate measures and requirements in our third parties relationship to maintain safely our asset and customer onesStaying 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 categoriesAnalyze and set category spend baseline and category profile, incl. risk assessment, SRM and P2P strategyOn behalf of Cluster Lead, develop specific Category strategies with the support of the Category Lead buyersSupport the Cluster Lead in the definition of a priority list of categories suitable for strategic sourcing initiativesLead internal and external analysis (industry and supplier) as a member of a cross functional sourcing team
