Procurement Expert Digital and Software

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Your Job at a glance
Are you a skilled negotiator with a passion for digital ? Do you thrive on formulating strategies ensuring that internal clients’ procurement needs are met with the best supplier value ? Join our dynamic Sourcing and Procurement team in Brussels to drive strategic supplier relationships, optimise procurement processes, and be a key contributor to our sustainability goals !

And in detail
Our Sourcing and Procurement department is a key actor of the bank’s operational efficiency. Through its expertise, we meet the goods and services needs of the business lines, all while extracting the maximum value from our supplier base.
As a Procurement Expert Digital and Software, you’re responsible for:
• Analysing and challenging the requirements of our internal clients, identifying spending patterns, cost-saving opportunities, and improving procurement efficiency
• Conducting market analysis and formulating a procurement strategy
• Screening and selecting suppliers and presenting a value proposition to the management team
• Negotiating cloud, digital and software contracts, ensuring that they contain all the necessary regulatory requirements
• Actively participating in supplier management process such as steering committees, supplier risk and performance assessments to ensure maximum compliance to the contract
• Cultivating sound relationships with our key suppliers

Your talents and skills
To match in this role and thrive, it is important that you possess the following skills and qualities:
• You communicate with ease and your negotiation skills are well established: you’re not afraid to challenge the internal client needs, and you know how to shape and close deals
• You’re an experienced project manager, with good analytical and reporting skills
• You have real digital affinity, and knack for corporate social responsibility and circular procurement
• You have a detailed understanding of the main commercial and contractual models and the underlying cost drivers applicable in the IT market for softwares, cloud and related services.
• You’re familiar with legal, contractual risk and compliance
• You’ve acquired several years experience in Digital / Software procurement
• You’re fluent in French and Dutch and have a very good command of English (written and oral)
• The Microsoft Office Suite has no secret for you, and more particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience with a procurement tool such as Ariba or Ivalua is a definite plus.

Ready to seize this opportunity?
We will make our first selection based on your CV and cover letter. We will contact you if your profile matches our offer.

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