Job Description
Within the Procurement organization the Unit of IT Strategic Vendors has been recently created to steer the negotiation with most important IT Vendors for all Generali Group legal entities and with regards to all IT categories (software, hardware, services, telco, networking).
This unit reports directly to the Head of Strategic Sourcing Strategic Vendors & Strategic Projects.
The buyer will be part of a team of Generali employees and externals reporting to the Category Manager in charge of Sourcing for Strategic Vendors.
The IT Strategic Vendors buyer has the mandate and the responsibility to support the category manager of the area in managing at global level IT Procurement (software, hardware, and services) for the Generali Group subsidiaries with regards to the most important IT vendors within the industry. The buyer manages sourcing activities of the area developing partnerships with internal customers across the company. Objective of the activities is to achieve the best possible conditions for the whole Generali group (optimal in the sense of quality, time to market and costs) and to ensure an optimal supplier base.
Key responsibilities:
Key organizational relationships:
The buyer for Strategic Vendors is closely aligned with the respective Category manager and with the Head of Strategic Sourcing Strategic Vendors & Strategic Projects.
Expected Target Achievements:
Requirements
Functional (IT):
Professional/Managerial:
Behavioral:
Company Profile
Generali is a major player in the global insurance industry - a strategic and highly important sector for the growth, development and welfare of modern societies. Over almost 200 years, we have built a multinational Group that is present in more than 60 countries, with 470 companies and nearly 80,000 employees.
GOSP - Generali Operations Service Platform is a joint-venture between Generali and Accenture and provides IT and Procurement services to Generali Group companies. Our purpose is to accelerate the Group's innovation and digitization strategy through the Cloud and shared platforms. Based in Italy it has 5 branches across Europe and employs about 1.000 people
Within the Procurement organization the Unit of IT Strategic Vendors has been recently created to steer the negotiation with most important IT Vendors for all Generali Group legal entities and with regards to all IT categories (software, hardware, services, telco, networking).
This unit reports directly to the Head of Strategic Sourcing Strategic Vendors & Strategic Projects.
The buyer will be part of a team of Generali employees and externals reporting to the Category Manager in charge of Sourcing for Strategic Vendors.
The IT Strategic Vendors buyer has the mandate and the responsibility to support the category manager of the area in managing at global level IT Procurement (software, hardware, and services) for the Generali Group subsidiaries with regards to the most important IT vendors within the industry. The buyer manages sourcing activities of the area developing partnerships with internal customers across the company. Objective of the activities is to achieve the best possible conditions for the whole Generali group (optimal in the sense of quality, time to market and costs) and to ensure an optimal supplier base.
Key responsibilities:
- Management of negotiations for the sourcing process assigned
- Identification of cost reduction/ optimization levers
- Continuous market intelligence / analyses to identify alternative suppliers, new developments and improved solutions, prediction of price developments as basis for improvement measures
- Management of the activities in alignment with state-of-the-art methods and tools (e.g. demand management, design-to-cost, TCO)
- Contribute to the achievement of savings target as aligned with Procurement Delivery and the respective Category Manager
- Support to the target achievement and fulfillment of existing reporting requirements
- Support the global frame contracts definition with strategic suppliers
Key organizational relationships:
The buyer for Strategic Vendors is closely aligned with the respective Category manager and with the Head of Strategic Sourcing Strategic Vendors & Strategic Projects.
- The IT Strategic Vendors buyer will report directly to the Strategic Vendors Category
Manager. The Category manager together with the Head of Strategic Sourcing Strategic Vendors & Strategic Projects provides senior management sponsorship - Additionally, the Strategic Vendors buyer must constantly contribute in align the strategy with country procurement departments as well as internal customers
Expected Target Achievements:
- Support category manager in the negotiation of Group global contracts
- Establish partnership with his key stakeholders at Group and Country Level
- Manage specifications
- Implement savings levers and resulting measures as planned
Requirements
Functional (IT):
- Highly desired: experience with procurement of IT SW Licenses and Maintenance, HW Products and maintenance, IT Services (Application development and maintenance, infrastructure services, operations, IT consultancy)
- Consultative skills
- University level degree or comparable
Professional/Managerial:
- Problem-solving and analytical skillset
- Communication skills and ability to manage different stakeholders
- Operational focus, ability to drive topics and deliver results even under pressure and time constraints
- Fluent English, another European language is a plus
Behavioral:
- An untarnished reputation for integrity
- Proactivity, high energy and enthusiasm, with a "hands-on" approach. Resilient
- Interpersonal skills with an ability to effectively influence across geographies, cultures and markets
- A global mindset
- Passionate
- A "quality-driven" individual.
- Embraces change and motivates, mobilizes all respective stakeholders
Company Profile
Generali is a major player in the global insurance industry - a strategic and highly important sector for the growth, development and welfare of modern societies. Over almost 200 years, we have built a multinational Group that is present in more than 60 countries, with 470 companies and nearly 80,000 employees.
GOSP - Generali Operations Service Platform is a joint-venture between Generali and Accenture and provides IT and Procurement services to Generali Group companies. Our purpose is to accelerate the Group's innovation and digitization strategy through the Cloud and shared platforms. Based in Italy it has 5 branches across Europe and employs about 1.000 people
