Category Manager Professional Services IT Time & Material FMX

This is where your greatest challenge awaits:

Reporting to the Group Procurement Organization (GPO) within the Indirect Procurement department you join a team of 12 category managers dedicated to IT and non-IT procurement.

With close to 800 million in annual spend across IT digital marketing and professional services our department supports every function across the Group from sourcing strategy through to payment (Source to Contract to Procure to Pay) delivering over 10% savings every year in close collaboration with the Finance department.

Your mission:

As Category Manager IT T&M Professional Services fully integrated into the Global Category Management teams you own and drive the category strategy for IT staff augmentation (Time & Material) services acting as a genuine business partner to teams across the Group.

Your key responsibilities:

Category expertise

• Own & propose the category strategy for IT T&M Professional Services
• Shape and deliver the category strategy understanding market drivers forces and SWOT
• Build category knowledge to grow procurement offers and drive category expertise

Supplier Management & Procurement Process

• Manage T&M Professional Services contracts
• Secure supplier selection processes through RFI/RFQ procedures
• Lead negotiation campaigns for daily labor rates
• Define supplier categorization based on internal stakeholders needs in the vendor management system (SmartConsult)
• Oversee category supplier management including governance and business reviews
• Review & approve purchase orders through Coupa

Spend & Budget

• Control spend of the T&M Professional Services category
• Own budget achievement and cost optimization (cost out & savings)
• Manage remuneration processes (declaration budget forecasts payments etc.)
• Crunch procurement data

Category Visibility

• Actively promote the Groups indirect procurement functions
• Communicate cooperate with and involve relevant stakeholders to drive the overall strategy
• Engage and secure an open direct dialogue with stakeholders
• Sell solutions internally

Cross-functional project coordination

• Take part in sustainability initiatives supporting the Groups targets
• Support marketing initiatives to accelerate the procurement departments communication strategy (internal newsletter webinars etc.)
• Track KPI implementation to monitor category performance & adoption
• Report on and follow up remuneration processes
• Drive initiatives that reinforce category expertise

Qualifications :

And you

Your profile

• At least 3 years experience in indirect procurement with an international background
• Relevant work experience in negotiation
• Proven track record as a category manager
• Awareness of distribution B2B or B2C e-commerce
• Contract management expertise
• Experience in the relevant Professional Services
• Hospitality experience is a plus

Your soft skills

• Agility and resilience to change
• Ability to listen to and understand customers needs (stakeholders & hotels)
• Comfortable working in an international environment
• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• Influencing skills and flexibility of approach across different stakeholders
• Personal integrity and strong work ethic

Your hard skills

• Maintain and improve global category performance (contracts data savings)
• Develop relationships with brands and internal customers to increase compliance
• Develop leadership with internal/external customers to grow business opportunities worldwide
• Manage market uncertainty

Languages

• Fluent English required (daily working language)
• French will be a plus any other language is appreciated

Additional Information :

Why join us

And what are our commitments

To the world

• Accor is committed to the world around us with a strong employer culture focused on the development of our 300000 talents.
• We adopt a continuous improvement approach to reduce the environmental impact of digital across all our projects.

To your career

• We enable all our employees to maintain a healthy work-life balance and give them the means to shape their working environment in their own image.
• Dedicated Talent Management continuous improvement and training and development paths are defined both individually and collectively so that we can grow together every day.

Concretely at Accor:

• Remote work possible several days per week from France and flexible working options: work from home our offices or even our hotels and coworking spaces thanks to Worklib.

And also

• ALL - Heartist program: preferential rates and flash offers for unforgettable stays and experiences across all our Accor locations and with our partners worldwide.
• Heartist for Good volunteering program: 1 day offered during your working time to get involved with a non-profit organization.
• A Social and Economic Committee (CSE) that supports you in financing your cultural and sports activities.
• Sustainable Mobility Package for using an eco-friendly means of transportation or a company bike program in partnership with Zenride.
• Coverage of urban public transport subscriptions between home and workplace up to 75%.
• Meal vouchers with a face value of 11.
• A mandatory health insurance plan funded at 50% by Accor at no additional cost in case of enrollment of your dependents.
• Not to mention attractive working conditions with collaborative workspaces restaurants game areas as well as well-being and sports spaces on site or through Gymlib.

Your talent and motivation are our only selection criteria.

We value the richness of diverse nationalities personalities and professional backgrounds.

We know how to adapt to the specific needs of our employees particularly those with disabilities.

We encourage all applications without distinction of gender so dare to apply!

For us recruitment is above all a story of encounters.

Does this role appeal to you Apply and we will offer you:

• An initial discussion with our recruitment team to present the key elements of the role or guide you toward a position that may better suit you
• One or more interviews with managers and team members
• For certain roles you may also be asked to complete a test or case study as well as a questionnaire about your personality and motivations.
• A final interview with our Human Resources team to discuss our Group culture working environment training program and career prospects as well as the different Group benefits.
• Personalized feedback.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time