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October 25, 2024
Proximus Group
Brussels
Group Procurement Department Lead
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Purpose of the job
Define and implement the Group's procurement strategy and policy. Efficiently organize and lead the Procurement department and its processes. Support Proximus's strategic goals and key initiatives by ensuring that procurement activities align with business needs. Focus on optimizing sourcing strategies, building strategic vendor partnerships, securing the best prices, and reducing overall spending. Ensure that Proximus achieves its strategic objectives through effective procurement practices, supplier relationship management, and cost optimization.
Responsibilities
Define and implement the Group's procurement strategy and policy. Efficiently organize and lead the Procurement department and its processes. Support Proximus's strategic goals and key initiatives by ensuring that procurement activities align with business needs. Focus on optimizing sourcing strategies, building strategic vendor partnerships, securing the best prices, and reducing overall spending. Ensure that Proximus achieves its strategic objectives through effective procurement practices, supplier relationship management, and cost optimization.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement procurement strategies aligned with Proximus’s overall strategy and business goals.
- Team Management: Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing procurement team, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.
- Spend & Savings Management: Oversee the procurement spend, ensuring cost-effective purchasing and value for money.
- Supplier Management: Establish and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers, negotiating favorable terms and ensuring high standards of quality and service.
- Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks associated with the procurement process, ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations and standards.
- Performance Metrics: Develop and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of procurement activities and drive continuous improvement.
- Innovation: Drive innovation in procurement processes and practices, leveraging technology and best practices to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
- Collaboration: Work closely with other senior leaders and departments to ensure alignment and support for procurement initiatives.
- Sustainability: Integrate sustainability into procurement strategies, ensuring that Proximus’s procurement practices support environmental, social, and economic sustainability goals. Promote the use of sustainable materials and suppliers, and work towards reducing the carbon footprint of the supply chain.
- Internal: Domestic and International Business divisions, FIN BPs, HR, Unions,…
- External: Suppliers and Partners, Peer (telecom) procurement divisions, Professional associations, …
Your Profile
- Experience: > 10 years relevant procurement experience
- Most important competencies
- Integrity & high ethical standards
- Negotiation skills
- Business acumen
- Collaborative
- Leadership
What do we offer you?
- We are 100% Belgian. So we make decisions in three languages. And all at the same time if you like!
- We are open to everyone: M, W, X, and in fact all the other letters of the alphabet.
- We encourage personal growth. At the Proximus Academy, you won't even want to miss a session.
- We are, of course, committed to sustainability. What else did you think?
- We firmly believe that working together is important, but that having fun together is even more so. That is why we regularly organise fun activities. (Please let us know if you have a talent for playing Santa Claus!)
- We believe in responsibility. Also in yours. For example, you can take it to launch your own initiatives.
- We put our customers first. And because we are all customers somewhere, you already know what that means. That’s good.
- And the ever-important work-life balance? We keep it in the right place.
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