Job Description:
We’re looking for an experienced Procurement professional ideally within the Financial Services Sector, to execute and manage engagements with our external 3rd party Service Providers, whilst delivering value and savings to the business.
As Procurement Category Lead, you’ll manage our engagements with external 3rd party Service Providers in accordance with the AXA Ireland Procurement Policy, AXA Group Standards, and CBI regulatory guidelines to support business needs.
You will be responsible for handling the end to end sourcing and onboarding activities across various categories of spend, using prescribed Category Management Processes to deliver value and savings to our stakeholders. Key relationships: 3rd Party Suppliers, Business Stakeholders, Legal, Compliance, Risk, IT Security
At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work majority of your week away from home. Away from home means either attendance at one of our head office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events.
What you’ll be doing:
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Build and foster relationships with key business stakeholders and within the AXA Group
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Lead delivery of the end-to-end execution of the AXA Ireland Procurement process in line with AXA Ireland Procurement Policy, AXA Vendor Risk Framework and CBI regulatory requirements.
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Lead RFx projects and subsequent Contract and Supplier negotiations, including commercial terms to secure the best value for AXA
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Negotiate and implement contracts for a variety of goods and services for AXA Ireland across a broad range of categories, and ensure compliance to the agreed service, performance, quality and delivery levels.
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Manage Supplier Relationships ensuring compliance to agreed service levels, performance quality and commercial terms.
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Analyse annual spend detail and identify cost savings opportunities
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Develop tools to support the Procurement team in analysing data and reporting tools for communicating with stakeholders
About You/What we’re looking for:
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3-5 years Procurement experience (essential) preferably within the Financial Services Sector
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Experience in IT Procurement is desirable
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CIPS / IIPMM qualified (desirable)
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Proficient with MS Suite – Excel, PowerPoint, Word
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Ability to execute projects from beginning to end with emphasis on attention to detail is key in this role
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Experience in summarising and presenting scope of work and supplier selection solutions to key stakeholders
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Experience in executing RFx documentation and building scoring matrices
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Ability to influence stakeholders and 3rd parties
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Strong people and stakeholder management skills and a consistent record of building strong internal business relationships at all levels
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Excellent business acumen and analytic capability
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Ability to work on own initiative
This role is an allocated Controlled Function under Fitness & Probity Regime, which means the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced level of background screening requirements. You can find more information on axa.ie/careers.
As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorized to work in Ireland and/or the United Kingdom.
This recruitment campaign will be used to support permanent, temporary and/or extension for any upcoming similar positions.
