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Procurement Project Manager

The Procurement Project Manager role is a temporary position (6 months assignment with a possibility to extend). In this role, you are responsible for a Structural Control improvement project for Indirect Procurement. You will act as a PMO for ongoing initiatives in this area including roll-out of PIF/PR/PO process, implementation & communication of new procurement policy, selection and implementation of e-sourcing and e-contracting tools. In order to support that you consider the implementation and usage of relevant sourcing systems and co-develop a roadmap for digitalization. Additionally, you drive the development and implementation of a training approach within sourcing.

What will you do?

Essential for the role is being able to work in a cross functional international matrix environment, converge deviating views to an aligned set of priorities and requirements. This requires excellent stakeholder management skills and a positive can-do mentality.

Key Accountabilities:

Roll-out of New procurement policy

  • Align new procurement policy with internal stakeholders and ensure ExCo sign off
  • Prepare companywide communication & training materials
  • Conduct trainings for key stakeholders

Roll-out PIF / PR / PO

  • Lead roll-out of Procurement Initiation Form (PIF)
  • Lead staged roll-out of PR / PO process for Group (SAP), Benelux (SAP), Nordics (IFS)
  • Lead (virtual) project team to deliver according to timeline, quality and budget
  • Track progress and communicate to the sourcing community
  • Flag risks and initiate corrective action

E-sourcing and e-contracting implementation support

  • Develop and update roadmap for digitalization in cooperation with IT
  • Support with selecting and implementation for e-sourcing and e-contracting tools across the group

What is your background?

Functional skills & Expertise

  • Project Management experience in a multi-national and cross functional environment
  • Vast knowledge and experience in procurement/sourcing principles, methodologies, processes and tools
  • Knowledge of IT landscape, state-of the-art e-procurement tools, systems and solutions
  • Experience with PR/PO roll-out
  • Ability to drive and manage innovation and change processes and make it “happen”
  • Ability to be persuade, negotiate, collaborate, communicate with individuals/ stakeholders/governing bodies etc. throughout the company at all levels
  • Ability to communicate both verbally and in written with all external parties, e.g., stakeholders, vendors, in a target-oriented, clear, precise and representative manner
  • Skills in relevant MS Office tools

Personal Skills

  • Conceptual/ strategic skills
  • Communication and change management skills
  • Stakeholder management
  • Structured, data driven and well organized
  • Result orientation
  • Hands-on and can-do mentality

Education & Experience

  • Master degree
  • More than 5-10 years of functional and industry-relevant working experience
  • Relevant certificates are desirable
  • Experience in mid-size/large multinational companies with a matrix

Utrecht

De Meern

At our head office in De Meern (Utrecht), we lay the foundation for good service to our customers. From Utrecht we have contact with all customers, suppliers, but also the government and insurers. Every day thousands of customers are helped and informed from De Meern. With the large Customer Contact department, De Meern is the beating heart of our organization. De Meern is also the (international) headquarters of Mediq. In De Meern you will find Mediq's group management and international staff departments, including for example finance and IT. Finally, in De Meern you will find the management of the Mediq Netherlands organization and the Dutch staff departments such as finance, HR, communication and quality. The nice thing about working at De Meern is that you work at Mediq's head office, where everything comes together. You get to know about 500 different employees and all aspects of our business here.

Sourcing

The sourcing team enables Mediq to outperform competition by growth, profitability and value creation via the external supply base. It is a strategic function that leverages the scale of Mediq, drives tangible impact to the bottom line and enables new revenue streams via portfolio innovation and commercial partnerships. We continuously benchmark the internal organization against external best practices and mobilize the organization for change. We lead all commercial supplier communication, are committed to fair awarding, secure compliance and drive tangible cost improvements.

Global Sourcing
About Mediq

About Mediq

Our story is not just about ourselves. It is mainly about the millions of people who deserve the opportunity to get the most out of their lives. Fathers and mothers. Brothers and sisters. Young lovers and old friends. Grandparents and newborn babies. They have one thing in common: they have been diagnosed with a chronic or serious disorder. Mediq has activities in the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Hungary, Switzerland, Belgium, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Application process

1
Online application
Complete your profile, upload your cv and add your motivation
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Screening
Your application will be reviewed, where applicable we may check your professional qualifications
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1st interview
You get to know Mediq and we get to know you
4
2nd interview
Together we will dive deeper into the job and how that matches up with your talents.
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Offer
If you and we are enthusiastic about the match we have, we make you a good offer.
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Welcome to Mediq!
You have a new job and we love to welcome you to Mediq!

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