IT Junior Buyer – VIE recruitment
Procurement works closely with internal IT budget holders, business sponsors and legal departments as well as third party suppliers. The tasks of the VIE will mainly consist of providing support in UK to the IT buyer and Vendor Manager in managing locally the IT portfolio as well as managing some ad hoc projects.
- Reporting to IT Sourcing Expert for the IT perimeter, your main responsibilities will be the following:
- Manage the day to day relationship with the UK internal clients and the UK key suppliers
- Manage sourcing projects (for UK or other AXA IM entities)
- Participate in the definition of the specifications of the business requirements (BR)
- Analyse the market and source the relevant suppliers according to the BR
- Develop and manage RFP
- Manage the implementation of the negotiated contract
- Manage the UK deployment of AXA Group or AXA IM global contracts
- Ensure the compliance with AXA IM Procurement rules
- Use AXA IM Procurement tools
- Reporting and activity tracking tools
- eSourcing (Ariba)
- eProcurement (Ariba)
- Contract and savings management
For the contractor’s perimeter:
- Manage the day to day operations of Contractors
- Check Contractors requests and participate in AXA IM resource committee
- Approve Contractors contracts
- Follow-up Contractors and manage issues with the Supplier (termination, …)
- Manage the Contractors Preferred Supplier List (PSL)
- Quality survey and KPI follow-up
- Change in PSL content
- What sort of profile are we looking for?:
- Autonomy on tasks given
- Excel, PowerPoint, Word experience essential
- Any e-sourcing experience an advantage (i.e Ariba platform : Ariba Buyer and Ariba eSourcing)
- Good level of English is required
- Natural curiosity for the company, its trades and products
- Communication and negotiation skills
- Listening, analysis and synthesis capacity/skills
- Good relation skills.
Thank you to apply on line at www.axa-im.com/careers/ref 1692
July 2, 2012
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