Procurement Expert - Spain Hub

About the Job 

As a Procurement Expert at the Spain Hub, you will play a pivotal role in managing and optimizing procurement and outsourcing activities for both IT and non-IT commodities. You will develop and implement strategic procurement initiatives, focusing on professional services, particularly consulting services. Your expertise will drive negotiations, ensure compliance, and foster strong relationships with stakeholders and suppliers. Additionally, you will support external time tracking initiatives and participate in local financial processes.

What you do

Procurement and Outsourcing Management:

• Oversee all procurement and outsourcing activities for IT and non-IT commodities within Allianz Technology Spain.
• Develop and implement effective procurement strategies specifically for the professional services category, with a focus on consulting services.

Stakeholder Engagement and Communication:

• Act as a key liaison between business owners and local leadership, participating in local operation development initiatives.
• Communicate procurement strategies and initiatives clearly to stakeholders to ensure alignment and garner support.

Contract Negotiation and Management:

• Lead contract negotiations to secure favorable terms and conditions that align with company objectives.
• Develop and manage comprehensive contract documentation, ensuring adherence to legal and regulatory requirements.

Supplier Evaluation and Management:

• Identify, evaluate, and select suppliers based on service quality, cost-effectiveness, and reliability.
• Conduct thorough research, sourcing, and evaluation of prospective suppliers for onboarding and qualification.

Compliance and Due Diligence:

• Perform due diligence and vendor screening to ensure compliance with procurement and outsourcing policies and procedures.
• Enforce compliance and regulatory standards across all procurement activities.

Process Improvement and Efficiency:

• Identify opportunities for process improvements and efficiency enhancements within procurement operations.
• Participate actively in global and strategic procurement initiatives to drive innovation and best practices.

External Time Tracking Initiatives:

• Perform tasks related to external time tracking initiatives, maintaining close follow-up with providers and stakeholders to ensure accuracy and compliance.

Local Financial Process Participation:

• Participate in local monthly closing activities in collaboration with the local finance team.
• Provide payment status updates and reconcile missing revenues with unpaid invoices to ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Review the status of each pillar within procurement operations and report findings to local management to ensure transparency and accountability.

Global Travel Support:

• Serve as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for Global Travel at the local level, ensuring seamless coordination and support.

What you bring

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
• Proven experience in procurement and outsourcing management, particularly within the IT and professional services sectors.
• Strong negotiation skills with a track record of securing favorable contract terms.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• In-depth knowledge of legal and regulatory compliance in procurement.
• Ability to identify and implement process improvements.
• Experience in supplier evaluation and management.
• Familiarity with global procurement practices and initiatives.

 What we offer

• We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working incl. up to 25 days per year working from abroad.
• We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location).
• From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.
• Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach.

About Allianz Technology

With its headquarters in Munich, Germany, Allianz Technology is Allianz's global IT service provider and delivers IT solutions that drive the group's digitalization. With more than 11,000 employees in over 20 countries around the world, Allianz Technology is tasked to run, optimize, transform, and innovate the infrastructure, applications, and services together with Allianz companies to co-create the best customer experience.

We service the entire spectrum of digitalization – from one of the industry's largest IT infrastructure projects that spans data centers, networks, and security, to application platforms ranging from workplace services to digital interaction.

In short: We deliver comprehensive end-to-end IT solutions for Allianz in the digital age. We are the backbone of Allianz.

Find us at: www.linkedin.com/company/allianz-technology.

D&I statement

Allianz Technology is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity and commits itself to creating an inclusive work environment for all. We welcome all people, regardless of e.g., gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, race or ethnicity, age, nationality, religion, disability, philosophy of life, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations. After all, our greatest strength as a company is rooted in the diversity of skills, experiences, and backgrounds that our employees bring.

To Recruitment Agencies:

Allianz Technology has an in-house recruitment team that sources great candidates directly. Therefore, Allianz Technology does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies or search firm recruiters.

When we do work with recruitment agencies, that engagement is formalized by a contract. Fees will only be paid when there is a contract in place. Without a contract in place, we will not accept invoices on unsolicited resumes, even if the candidate was ultimately employed by Allianz.