Procurement Assistant Director For Talent Milano

Procurement Assistant Director For Talent
Milano
Lombardia, Milano

At EY, you'll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you.

And we're counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too.

Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

Would you like to work for a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services with over 300, 000 people around the world?

Would you like to be part of a global Procurement team that employs innovation and technology to disrupt the status quo and generate business value?

Would you like to play a role in building a better working world every day?

If so, you will want to read this.

**About Supply Chain Services

Our Global Supply Chain Services team includes approximately 300 people working across 31 countries.

We are relentless trendsetters, employing the latest in innovation and technology to better service the business.

In a world of disruption, we embrace transformation and work to find best-in-class services and suppliers to help us stay ahead of the curve.

We are responsible for sourcing across four categories of spend:

- Real Estate (including Workplace Services and Real Estate Technology and Innovation)

- Technology Sourcing & External Content

- Travel, Meetings & Events

- Procurement Services (including Talent and Brand, Marketing and Communications)

**The opportunity**:

EY is seeking a dynamic procurement professional who is passionate about Indirect Procurement and the full spectrum of Talent Acquisition/Contingent Workforce/Professional Services, who has exciting visions for the future, the ability to drive transformative change and deliver stakeholder value and would look forward to joining a global leader on our ambitious procurement journey.

This role will be a key contributor within Talent Procurement's Human Capital COE.

You will report to the Global Leader of the Human Capital COE and will be responsible for the procurement strategy, transformation initiatives, sourcing execution, and stakeholder engagement for selected global & regional programs/projects within the COE.

**Your key responsibilities**:

- As functional expert in this Talent category you shall contribute content and best practices to the global COE strategy, and be responsible for delivering on a portfolio of transformation initiatives, implementing regional, global and cross regional category sourcing programs across the Human Capital COE and delivering brand and quantitative value through strategic change, strong negotiations, process efficiencies and demand management.

- Implement key strategic and transformative Talent initiatives and provide structured management and accurate progress reporting on all projects.

- Act as a trusted business advisor to EY stakeholders, aligning procurement projects with the business' pipeline and providing Exceptional Customer Services while delivery both brand and quantitative value to the bottom line through cost savings and cost avoidance.

- End-to-end delivery of sourcing projects and category management activities for EY business stakeholders, along with commercial management of EY's Human Capital suppliers.

- Manage a portfolio of strategic suppliers through an innovative SRM program and in collaboration with the business leads and relevant stakeholders.

- Lead complex Request for Proposals (RFPs) including strong commercial contractual negotiations, while partnering with stakeholders and shared functions such as GCO, Risk Management and Vendor Assurance.

- Interact with a global team of procurement specialists and Talent & business stakeholders across multiple locations to facilitate the efficient and timely implementation or adoption of global programs & platforms (including but not limited to GigNow, VMS software, Ariba modules).

- Work closely with other business partners including Risk Management, Legal (GCO), Global Client Serving Partners, Sector Leaders, etc.

on a regular basis.

- Work collaboratively with other EY Procurement leads to deliver projects in regions where there may not be category coverage/support, or when recruitment/contingent workforce sourcing expertise is required.

- Adherence to EY Procurement policy and processes, including collaboration with Legal (GCO), Risk Management and other EY support functions.

- Develop strong relationships with key EY business stakeholders and report procurement progress via regular meetings.

- Continuously deliver procurement and category insights to key stakeholders and educate the procurement process to local EY staff and stakeholders as needed.

- Solid knowledge of key suppliers and their position in the market, in addition to working through current market intelligence resources and partners to perform the latest research across the contingent workforce industry.

- High quality execution of sourcing projects in line with the Procurement policy