Regional It Procurement Manager Milano

Regional It Procurement Manager
Milano
Lombardia, Milano

Company Description

We are** SGS** - the world's leading testing, inspection and certification company.

We are recognized as the global benchmark for sustainability, quality and integrity.

Our **99, 600 employees** **operate a network of 2, 60**0 offices and laboratories**, working together to enable a better, safer and more interconnected world.

The SGS Global Procurement & Real Estate team is a specialized group within SGS dedicated to managing and optimizing the procurement processes and real estate assets on a global scale for SGS.

This team plays a crucial role in strategically managing and optimizing procurement processes and real estate assets on a global scale, contributing to the overall efficiency and effectiveness of SGS operations. .

As part of the SGS Global Procurement & Real Estate team, the Regional IT Procurement Manager will mainly focus in defining and implementing the IT category strategy at a regional level but also coordinate and support regions and countries to optimize their IT Spend by taking ownership of the IT procurement performance.

**Reporting line**:Global Category Manager IT

**Responsibilities**:

- Assess and leverage regional or global consolidation opportunities on local IT spend and categories (Software, Hardware, IT Services, Network & Telco).

- Define the regional IT procurement strategy and rolling projects pipeline in collaboration with countries and regional IT managers.

- Ensure alignment with the global IT category manager, translating global category management strategy into local and regional objectives.

- Organize a regional category team and create networks of active prescribers within countries and regions.

- Provide intelligence for the IT category within regions and countries, monitoring and anticipating trends to continuously adapt and identify opportunities.

- Manage regional suppliers' relationships.

- Execute regional sourcing initiatives and contract negotiations.

- Provide needed support to local negotiations by bringing IT Procurement expertise and skills.

- Support local software compliance audits when needed.

- Coordinate local and regional topics with global agreements, including managing escalations when needed (e. g. , for PCs, MFPs, Provisioning of SW licenses, etc.

).

- Take ownership of the IT Procurement performance in the regions and countries

**Qualifications

- University degree in Business Administration, Procurement, Supply Chain, or Engineering.

- Minimum 5 years of experience in sourcing, supplier management, and strategic procurement for IT category in a multinational company.

- Proven strong negotiation and contractual experience, both at strategic and operational levels.

- Very good understanding of contract laws and standard forms of contracts.

- Strategic thinker with a hands-on "roll up the sleeves" mentality.

- Clear and fast thinker able to communicate in the "stakeholder language" and convince them.

- Pragmatic, self-starter, efficient, and highly driven by objectives.

- Ability to work under pressure with shifting priorities, interacting, and adjusting to diverse cultures and time-zones.

- Full fluency in English; other languages will be a plus.

- Ability to collaborate fully virtually with teams, stakeholders, and suppliers.

- Very good Excel and data management skills.

- Detail and process-oriented, analytical, with strong work organization capability.

- Excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills.

- Team-oriented with a focus on internal customer service.

**Additional Information** Why SGS?

- Join a globally recognized and stable company, a leader in the Testing, Inspection, and Certification (TIC) industry.

- Enjoy a flexible schedule and remote work model.

- Access SGS University and Campus for continuous learning options.

- Thrive in a multinational environment, collaborating with colleagues from multiple continents.

- Benefit from our comprehensive benefits platform.