Consultant procurement Jobs in Hamburg

Company Background :

Ingredion is a Fortune 500 provider of ingredient solutions that helps nourish comfort sustain and delight people around the world. Ingredions wide range of ingredient solutions is strategically designed to address changing consumer trends and preferences. Our specialty portfolio includes starchbased texturizers clean and simple ingredients plantbased proteins sugar reduction and specialty sweeteners and food systems. Our innovative ingredient solutions are used by consumers in everyday products from foods and beverages to paper and pharmaceuticals. And we do it all in a planetfriendly sustainable manner.

As the Procurement Center of Excellence (COE) Lead EMEA you establish consistent and standardized Procurement processes across the organization to improve efficiency reduce costs and minimize risks. Furthermore you identify share and implement best industry practices to optimize Procurement performance and increase savings. In cooperation with other functions (Finance SC Quality etc. you identify and collect local data and enable the tracking and analyzing of Procurement performance metrics to measure progress identifying opportunities for continuous improvement and drive the own spend analysis and Procurement relevant reporting in the region. A key deliverable is to visualize data drive messaging and communication of the data together with the regional Procurement leadership across the organization. You identify assess and manage risks to minimize impacts on the business. Key to this is cooperating with the category managers to assess the supplier base develop and implement corrective actions as well as the global Business Continuity Process (BCP) which you manage for Procurement in the region.

Another aspect of the role is project management and advancing the technology agenda for the function in EMEA. You are the main contact for training and development of the Procurement Team in the region.

You work closely with and are the regional extension of the Global COE to ensure consistency between global and regional policies processes scorecards reporting and initiatives / change management.

Task transfer and management incl. leadership responsibility for 12 employees in the Supply Chain and Procurement Support Team working in Pakistan.

Main responsibilities :

Processes & Policies

Standardization by establishing consistent and standardized procurement processes across the organization to improve efficiency reduce costs and minimize risks.

• Ensure and maintain connectivity between regional and global Procurement procedures and policies as well as templates standard documents and contracts in coordination with the EMEA Procurement leadership and other stakeholders like Legal Finance and Quality
• Regularly review and update regional policies procedures and processes together with responsible category managers (energy indirect agribusiness logistics and others) and other functions (finance legal) throughout the organization and train users on purchasing processes across the region
• Review update and maintain the SAP PR / PO approval structure in the region
• Drafting and maintenance of templates (bidder score cards etc. as well as design of sourcing / bidding processes incl. documentation for internal and external stakeholders

Implementing best practices : Identifying and implementing industry best practices to optimize procurement performance increase savings and reduce risk.

Managing procurement performance

Tracking and analyzing procurement performance metrics to measure progress identify opportunities for improvement and drive continuous improvement.

Risk Management

Project Management & Technology

You manage projects of new technology or tool role outs (like Keelvar and others) in your area of responsibility and support projects of other functions that rely on Procurement support. Defining the needs and requirements of technology support for EMEA Procurement together with other functions and stakeholders (SC IT manufacturing). Drive the sourcing of technology solutions. Enable the rollout of these tools through documentation development and review user testing and user training and serving as the local Subject Matter Expert (SME). Manage SAP administration like approval limits and workflows of purchase requisitions (PRs) and purchase orders (POs) and optimize processes in SAP in general. Support the improvement of Ingredion internal systems (IPA TraceGains etc. from Procurement. You are the regional owner of IT solutions for Procurement like contract management software (ICERTIS) and alike and a power user of such tools.

Task Management of Supply Chain and Procurement Support staff in Pakistan

Leadership responsibility for the team. Together with relevant stakeholders you assess the need and possibilities to transfer EMEA Supply Chain and Procurement tasks to the support employees in Pakistan.

Capturing and document relevant processes and task (e.g. implementation descriptions procedural instructions guidelines SAP authorizations etc. with the relevant stakeholders and manage the handover to the employees in Pakistan as well as continuous coordination and monitoring of the activities.

Prioritizing the tasks for the team and guide on efficient use of time. Guide and support the Pakistan HR department in the recruitment of support employees in Pakistan.

Other responsibilities :

Supporting the development of procurement team members : Developing the skills and expertise of procurement professionals within the organization so they can effectively manage procurement activities as well as :

Qualification Knowledge and Skill Requirements :

Bachelor or Master degree in supply chain / business / economics / finance or a related field alternatively long term practical experience in procurement with exposure in relevant requirements

Min. 5 years of professional experience in direct or indirect procurement or sourcing of food and / or raw materials preferably a COE background or similar role

IT skills : very good knowledge of MS Office especially Excel PowerBI PPT plus SAP

Excellent analytical and financial acumen including cost modeling and budgeting / forecasting

Experience with esourcing tools including spend analytics as well as project and contract management

Strong time management be highly organized and efficient in the use of own resources

Good oral and written communication skills

Strong project management skills with emphasis on business processes

Commercial mind set with good knowledge of contract law risk management

Initiative and flexible when changing priorities and under deadline pressure

Problemsolving skills and goal orientation including resilience and perseverance

Open to innovations and changes

Fluent in English another language like German French and / or Spanish is a plus

Willingness to travel if needed (max. 10

Strict adherence to and application of Ingredions EMEA business procedures policies and processes.

Relocation Available :

Key Skills

Editorial,Access Control System,Finance Control,Contract Attorney,Garment,Airlines

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1