Within GP&TP (Group Procurement & Third Parties Management), Group Procurement manages
all activities related to the management and optimization of products and services purchasing
process, contributing in an effective way to the cost rationalization. The structure is, thus,
responsible for:
• supporting UniCredit’s Legal Entities in the definition and proposal of a single vision for the
development of the purchasing function in the UniCredit Group (UCG);
• promoting and addressing, coherently with UniCredit guidelines, the category sourcing
strategy in UCG;
• purchasing goods and services, fully exploiting the economies of scope and scale, in order to
achieve the maximum of potential synergies across UCG;
• managing, the purchase demand coming from the Clients (Digital and non-Digital) based on
the strategies/guidelines defined;
• embracing scouting and searching the market, negotiating and instructing tenders in the
marketplace, in order to ensure competitive supply conditions for the Group;
• supporting clients, through the market knowledge, with innovative product/service solutions,
to optimize costs and assure high quality levels;
• managing and negotiating contracts, taking care of keeping the main clauses and conditions
negotiated;
• designing, maintaining and managing the in-scope processes aiming at their continuous
improving and ensuring their periodic certification;
• supporting buyers and suppliers in the sourcing activities performed within marketplace (use
of the platform, topics related to the processes/regulations in force, Supplier Register;
• enrollment) and for the vendors qualification.
What will you be doing in this role?
- managing purchase requisitions for all UniCredit Legal Entities in scope.
- standardizing the process for transactional purchasing.
- managing the relationship with the suppliers and goods/service recipients, in order to drive operational excellence and savings, guaranteeing the Service Level Agreement (time-to-order).
- performing the end-to-end purchasing process (direct engagement, tender) for good and services.
- supervising the vendor qualification process.
- purchasing goods and services with a high commitment to time to market ensuring cost, quality and time.
- leading contract negotiations with suppliers, ensures favourable terms and conditions, contract compliance and manages performance improvement activities.
- maintaining accurate records and documentation.
- ensuring that products and services are purchased in the most cost- and time-efficient manner, delivering “agile” solutions to implement and ensure purchasing best practices.
- accountable for the overall performance and results of the assigned perimeter.
- managing purchases and tenders of ≤ 500.000 € (VAT included) on all categories/commodities for all UniCredit Legal Entities in scope.
- supporting category strategy development by providing data on purchasing requests (PR) managed.
- cooperating, consulting and managing the knowledge transfer to the business owners to proceed the right PR work-flow.
- developing ideas and strategies to improve operational efficiency.
- supporting internal client within the source to pay process, including escalation management.
- reviewing contracts with support from specialized functions (Legal, Compliance, Outsourcing, TPRM).
- cross-department collaboration (ex: Legal, Compliance, Data Protection Office, Security, Third Party Risk Management, Strategic Procurement teams, goods/service recipients).
- digital archiving, updating, tracking of managed contracts in company tools/repositories (dedicated internal tools).
- managing of issues preventing completion of signatures, together with the order manager, suppliers and goods/service recipients.
What we expect from you?
Requirements:
Previous experience in Digital (as Project Manager/PMO/Business Analyst, other) and/or any function is a plus
Previous hands-on experience with SAP suite (SAP and/or Ariba) are considered a plus
German (at least B2, preferably C1) and English (C1), Italian (B2/C1) would be a plus
Great willingness to learn and to use previous experience/background to improve current processes
Preferred ICT Driven competencies
Good/Proficient usage of Excel, PowerPoint
Persuasion, Effective Communication and Negotiation skills
Detail oriented, Problem solving and Analytical thinking
Conflict and Stakeholder Management and ability to mediate competing interests
Time Management and Prioritization
The experience we offer to you:
International context
Challenging environment undergoing a deep transformation
Cross Country interactions with many different functions and suppliers of UniCredit Group
Global view on category spending
Career progression opportunities as Buyer, Strategic Buyer, Procurement Transformation Specialist, TPRM specialist.
