Procurement Centre of Excellence Manager - Strategic Projects

Role Introduction

Reports to: Procurement Centre of Excellence Manager – Strategic Projects & Change Management

The Procurement Centre of Excellence (COE) team is responsible for establishing and promoting best practices, driving standardization, and identifying areas of continuous improvement of the Source-to-Pay (S2P) process across the procurement function. In addition to driving discipline and efficiency across the organisation, you will also enable knowledge / capability management and provide support to the category teams on strategic procurement best practices.

As part of a centralized team responsible for driving, implementing and tracking of all strategic procurement initiatives, you play a critical role in ensuring such initiatives align with organizational goals and priorities; providing visibility into project status; and facilitating communication and collaboration among stakeholders. In addition, you help to lead and ensure successful implementation of strategic improvement initiatives within the procurement function.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive and execute strategic and continuous improvement initiatives from Global Process Owners (GPOs) and Source-to-Pay (S2P) Governance committee.
• Develop project plans and solid stakeholders and change management plans.
• Ensure strategic initiatives align with organizational goals and facilitate S2P Governance Committee in prioritizing these initiatives.
• Oversee project activities led by Procurement and Aircraft Trading (APD) from conception to completion, ensuring projects align with business objectives, deliver on time, within budget, and meet the quality standards.
• Manage and allocate resources across APD and business stakeholders for improvement initiative implementation.
• Monitor, track and report on project progress and measure performance.
• Identify and flag potential project risks to management in a timely manner to ensure any potential issues/risks are addressed/mitigated promptly.
• Define project management framework to support APD in providing status tracking for all ongoing sourcing projects led by category managers to business stakeholders as needed.
• Formulate and automate reports in the form of project management dashboards. Provide regular reports to senior management.
• Interact and influence senior management from different levels, including establishing effective communication channels and mechanisms to keep stakeholders informed and engaged throughout the project lifecycle. Other tasks as assigned.

Requirements

• Degree holder in Business Administration, Procurement, or a related discipline, with Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent is highly desirable. Proven experience (5+ years) in project management, with a track record of successful project delivery.
• Solid experience in planning and executing projects with the ability to prioritize and overcome any roadblocks.
• Ability to listen and articulate ideas verbally and in written formats to a broad range of audiences. Ability to ask probing questions and deliver presentations.
• Ability to manage project resources efficiently while ensuring project deliverables meet quality standards.
• Excellent communication, influencing and presentation skills, especially to management and other diverse stakeholders. Good stakeholder management and interpersonal skills are essential.
• Self-starter with a ‘can-do’ attitude, attention to detail, and ability to drive results independently.
• Strong leadership and decision-making skills.
• Previous experience and knowledge of the end-to-end S2P processes is an advantage.
• Competency in project management software tools and methodologies.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to derive actionable insights and leverage them to drive decision-making.

Personal & Application Information

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