Sourcing Team Lead Job in Budapest

  • Do you have 5+ years experience in procurement?
  • Do you have experience in leading and managing a team?

We are looking for a Sourcing Team Lead for our well known multinational partner. The Sourcing Team Lead will be responsible for the development and management of the staff, trainings, enabels the orders to be processed efficiently and takes care of the budget.

Role description:

Development and management of staff
Allocation and management of work to team members and first point of escalation for issues from the team
Subject expert for systems and procurement process for team
Management of appropriate stakeholder relationships within the BSC and the businesses/functions
Taking receipt of all requests for sourcing support which come into the BSC and allocating work and monitoring progress / delivery to ensure agreed service levels are met
Compiling operational data and providing weekly/monthly reporting on performance at a local, functional and business level
Studying the monthly/quarterly expected volume data and planning for workload as needed
Providing analysis and recommendations where targets have not been met
Get work done with proper attention to quality, timeliness and customer satisfaction
Ensuring workload is evenly balanced across the team and recommending changes if needed
Ensuring correct staffing (volume / skills etc.) and managing recruitment and development of the team members
Training new joiners and monitoring performance during the training and probation period
Supporting team performance by undertaking activity as required e.g. covering other team roles during absence or during peaks in demand
Tracking all pending escalations (mandatory check: every 4 hours)
Assigning (either to self or others as appropriate) and tracking all escalations. Ensuring the investigation and resolution takes places and that the case is updated with the follow up details
Investigating all business process related escalations and implementing any necessary training/process changes to prevent further escalations (Root Cause Analysis)

Requirements:

Education: CIPs qualification and / or 5+ years in a relevant role in procurement and materials planning

Experience in managing and maintaining operational documentation and ERP (ie SAP, Oracle etc) systems development and operation, as is some background in operational training or coaching
Experience of leading and managing a team is essential.
Fluent English and Hungarian is a must

Work location: Budapest