Role summary
Lead all professional services category management activities and develop category management strategy for commercial categories in alignment with sectors and sourcing team. Perform duties in accordance with stipulated business policies and procedures.
Responsibilities
- Lead all category management activities related to professional services categories, including consulting, finance, HR and insurance services
- Coordinate category management development and agenda setting with sectors and sourcing team
- Manage SLAs for category management activities
- Develop taxonomy tree for commercial categories and sub-categories in coordination with sectors
- Take ownership of execution-focused service delivery functions and processes
- Anticipate changes in stc needs by working with other sectors and prioritize category management initiatives
- Develop category segmentation criteria and map supply base to desired relationship type
- Track supply market trends including competitive pressures, new entrants, substituting products or services, and changes in value chain
- Analyze historical data to provide demand and consumption trends and track deviations
- Develop category management strategy for commercial categories in alignment with sectors and sourcing team
- Coordinate business planning efforts with sourcing team
- Discuss purchasing requirements and project specifications with unit management and suppliers
- Develop and communicate reports on department and service delivery status to category management head periodically
- Investigate supply and financial risks of suppliers and take appropriate actions
- Identify potential category management synergies with other subsidiaries and manage implementation with stakeholders
- Maintain catalogue of suppliers per categories and update regularly
- Develop sourcing strategy for commercial categories including sourcing levers, vendor selection, contracting methods and category KPIs
- Manage all interactions with key stakeholders from BUs, FUs, finance, strategy and sourcing team for commercial categories
Qualifications
- Prior experience in purchasing and procurement operations and contract management in telecommunication industry
- Knowledge of telecommunication, ICT and commercial industries
- Knowledge of stc strategy, business and functional unit strategy and priorities
- Knowledge of procurement principles
- Knowledge of RFI/RFQ/RFP, vendor selection and negotiating processes
- Communication skills
- Planning skills
- Attention to detail skills
- Data analysis, market research, risk management and industry trends skills
- Supplier relationship management skills
Education
Bachelor Degree in Business Administration or Engineering
Experience
5 years and above in purchasing, procurement operations and contract management in telecommunication industry
Skills
- Knowledge of telecommunication, ICT and commercial industries
- Knowledge of stc strategy, business and functions unit strategy and priorities
- Knowledge of procurement principles
- RFI/RFQ/RFPs, vendor selection and negotiating processes
- Communication skills
- Planning skills
- Attention to detail
- Data analysis, market research, risk management and industry trends
- Supplier relationship management
Education · Experience · Type
Bachelor'sRequires 5+ yearsSalary not stated