Description
In Search of Excellence – also your philosophy for success?
Bosshard & Partner’s business activities follow this guiding principle. The company offers its first-class services to selected top companies in banking, industry, insurance and public sectors. Bosshard & Partner defines its market position in a unique manner in three different IT business segments covering job markets consisting of discerning clients, partners and IT specialists. We are the Preferred Supplier of numerous companies – check our company and open mandates at www.bosspub.ch.
Bosshard & Partner is looking with
Mandate 2184
for a Senior Procurement Manager
Project environment
The open position is at a Global Swiss Bank in the Supply & Demand Management organization (SDM), which directs and controls all supply management activities (covering all third party external spend categories) as a shared service function and global competence centre for the entire bank. Within SDM, a global team addresses all professional services third party spend. Currently the bank is looking to recruit a versatile professional to complement the global team Professional Services Sourcing.
Tasks
• Independently negotiate framework agreements with recruitment services and training suppliers.
• Plan and execute professional services initiatives to generate benefit of cost reduction as well as risk mitigation and compliance adherence, but will also drive efficiency and process enhancements.
• Be responsible to support the development of a sourcing strategy for professional services, in particular recruiting and training.
Requirements
• Professional buyer, who has experience in the strategic and tactical procuring of professional services.
• Project management experience.
• Excellent interpersonal skills capable of diplomatic interface and teamwork within organization and outside vendor community.
• Sourcing experience preferably in the recruiting and training or services space.
• Strong and proven negotiation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills in English and German are prerequisite.
• Experience in preparing top management presentations
• Fosters innovation and creativity within the department - ability to think "outside the box".
• Cost focused, with emphasis on quality, value and efficiency.
• Higher education (i.e. University BA and/or MA) is a plus.
• Having worked in the recruiting or training industry is a plus.
Workload: 100%
Start Date: 02.12.2013
End Date: 01.06.2014
Workplace: Zurich
Did we gain your interest? Please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Michael Filliger at or