Procurement Senior Specialist

<p><b><span>Job Title:</span></b><span><span> </span><span>Procurement Senior Specialist</span></span><span> </span></p><p><b><span>Reports to</span></b><span><span>: Head of Procurement</span></span><span> </span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><b><span>Main responsibilities</span></b><span> </span></p><ul><li><p><span><span>In the range of his/her procurement scope, cooperate and support the development and implementation of ING sourcing strategies at local level</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Deliver local </span><span>TECH/IT </span><span>Sourcing </span><span>Category </span><span>Strategy, ensuring management in line with Bank strategy and <span>processes/regulations</span> compliance</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Independently lead procurement processes at local</span><span> level</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Interact at global level to propose and share best practices, relevant projects, and guidelines to be applied at local level</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Act as an advisor/mentor for new employees and co-workers in lower positions and be able to coordinate them ensuring results in line with targets</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Initiate and implement sourcing strategy and process (</span><span>RFQ/</span><span><span>RFI/RFP/Auction/contract</span> definition)</span></span><span><span> </span></span><br/><span><span>Propose analysis and ensure their quality (spend, market, demand, etc.)</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Ensure completeness of documentation (contract/RFP/</span><span>reports, Regulation check</span><span> completion</span><span> th</span><span>r</span><span>ough an internal platform, </span><span>etc.)</span></span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>S</span><span>upport </span><span>junior employees within the team</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><p></p><p><span><span> </span></span><br/><b><span>Organizational position and relationships</span></b><span> </span></p><ul><li><p><span><span>Report to: Head of Procurement</span><span> </span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Internal working relations:</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>1st line: entire business with a focus on TECH</span><span>/IT</span><span> department</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>2nd line</span><span>: Several departments (</span><span>e.g.</span><span> </span><span>Legal, Compliance, </span><span>CISO</span><span>, International colleagues</span><span>, </span><span>TIPM, </span><span>ORM, </span><span>etc</span><span>…)</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>External working relations: External Suppliers</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><p><span><span> </span></span><br/><b><span>Main tasks</span></b><span> </span></p><p><span><span>Market analysis and strategy:</span></span><span> </span></p><ul><li><p><span><span>Very g</span><span>ood</span><span> knowledge of </span><span>TECH/IT </span><span>category spend </span><span>and </span><span>Third Party</span><span> Risk within Banking industry (EBA / DORA)</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Ability to understand market trends and benchmarks with other ING <span>Branches/Companies/Industries</span><span><span> </span></span><br/><span><span>Sourcing:</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Identify</span><span> and promote sourcing initiatives aiming to achieve goals such as cost optimization, higher quality of services, innovation, better value for money, etc.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Initiate, develop and implement sourcing initiatives in line with the above</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Collect business needs/requirements and be able to challenge technical and functional </span><span>specification</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Design the tender process </span><span>identifying</span><span> internal and external stakeholders, leading </span><span>tasks</span><span> and related communication</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Define tender documentation and manage the operational steps of tenders independently (</span><span>suppliers</span><span> involvement, tender doc definition, offers comparison, negotiation, contract definition)</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Reviewing, adapting, by making sure that all offers meet internal requirements and policies</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Challenge the internal demand to pursue cost optimization</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Approving</span><span> requests</span><span>, follow </span><span>up on them until pur