Procurement Excellence & Operations Specialist

Join us now as Procurement Excellence & Operations Specialist in Hong Kong within the Procurement Excellence & Operations team.

In this role, you will be responsible for shaping and harmonizing procurement governance and operational frameworks across Europe and Asia-Pacific. Your focus will be on designing and implementing cohesive policies, procedures, and controls that ensure compliance, efficiency, and scalability.

You will drive the development of a global operating model, oversee service provider performance, and optimize Source-to-Pay (S2P) processes, including system integration and automation. In this role, you act as an interface between Procurement, Technology, Third-Party Risk, and Finance, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and business objectives.

What you will do 

• Governance & Policy Framework: Develop and maintain procurement policies, procedures, and control frameworks to ensure regulatory compliance and operational consistency across regions. Lead governance initiatives and support audits and internal reviews.
• Operating Model & Provider Oversight: Design and implement a scalable procurement operating model. Establish and manage oversight mechanisms for service providers, including SLA monitoring, performance reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Process Excellence: Harmonize and enhance S2C and P2P processes globally. Drive system integration efforts, ensuring seamless data flow and workflow automation across platforms. Evaluate and embed emerging technologies (AI, RPA, etc.) to improve efficiency and transparency. Ensure procurement processes align with internal policies and external regulations. Collaborate with Third-Party Risk and Compliance teams to embed risk controls and reporting mechanisms into the procurement lifecycle.
• Project & Change Management: Lead and support global projects focused on process transformation and system enhancements. Facilitate training, change management, and stakeholder engagement to ensure successful adoption of new practices.

What you bring  

• University Degree
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience within procurement, vendor management, operational excellence.
• Preferably experience with process and policy design, control mechanism implementation and global roll-outs across the procurement value chain.
• Proficiency with procurement systems along the value chain
• Experience with business process improvement methodologies
• Self-starter, solution orientated with a high level of autonomy and proactivity
• Comfortable navigating in an ambiguous and fast paced environment
• Analytical skills and structured problem-solving ability
• AI skills: CoPilot  

What we offer

• We empower our employees by ensuring flexible work arrangements that maintain a balance between performance, productivity, career development and personal priorities (e.g., hybrid model/ flexible working hours)
• Securing your future: Access to company pension/savings plans
• Shared success: Company share purchasing plan
• Support for what matters: Mental health and wellbeing programs
• Investments in your career: Career opportunities within the entire Allianz Group
• Investments in your skills: Comprehensive learning and development offerings, including certifications and professional qualifications
• … and so much more!

About Allianz Global Investors 

Allianz Global Investors is a leading active asset manager, managing assets for individuals, families, and institutions worldwide. Our goal is to actively shape the future of investing for all our clients, wherever their location and whatever their objectives. 

Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us.  

At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating equal opportunities for all. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust. 

We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations. 

If you feel inspired to promote the active asset management experience, this is the place for you. Join our international, technology-enabled, and agile environment. Simply upload your CV in English to apply for this position.  If you need support to navigate our websites or at any stage during your application, please send an email with your request to recruiting@allianzgi.com 

To Recruitment Agencies: 

Allianz Global Investors has an in-house recruitment team that sources great candidates directly. Therefore, Allianz Global Investors does not accept unsolicited resumes from agency 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 Global Investors. 

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85761 | Procurement | Professional | n.a. | Allianz Global Investors | Full-Time | Permanent