How You Will Contribute
- Serve as the lead subject matter expert, managing a team responsible for procurement policies, procedures, and regulations across the 6 pillars within the Procurement Center of Excellence: Strategic Support, Risk Management, Buy Desk, Contract & Compliance, and Vendor Master Data) of IFF Procurement Center of Excellence.
- Update and Maintain Standard Operating Procedures.
- Develop and implement procurement best practices that support the organizations goals and objectives.
- Monitor procurement activities to ensure compliance with organizational policies, contracts, and regulations.
- Advise the procurement team and business stakeholders on procurement-related matters.
- Develop procurement training materials and deliver training sessions to stakeholders.
- Collaborate with the procurement team and other departments to foster partnerships and identify opportunities to improve procurement processes.
- Keep current with industry trends and procurement best practices to ensure the organization remains competitive and effective.
- Proactively develop processes and procedures to improve operational performance and minimize customer complaints. Share best practices and learnings across IFF sites and facilitate training.
- Coordinate with operations on service issues to ensure that the root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions are robust.
- Conduct performance reviews, career planning and development.
What you will need to be successful
- MBA or Bachelor s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management or any other relevant discipline.
- Minimum 12-15 years of relevant experience in Global Procurement in a Shared Service Centre environment with minimum 3-4 years of team supervisory experience.
- Paralegal experience highly preferred.
- Experience in SAP and Zycus will be preferred.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage a team, delegate tasks effectively, and prioritize work based on business needs.
- Strong team player and collaborator with excellent interpersonal skills.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.
- Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with both internal and external teams, to communicate effectively with senior management and to effect change across a large and diverse organization.
- Well versed with Microsoft applications (Word, Excel and Presentation).
- Willingness to travel (10-20%) for customer and internal meetings.
- Self-motivated and results oriented.
