Source to Pay - Procurement Operations - Specialist-2

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Job Description : Job Title- Source to Pay - Procurement Operations - Specialist-2About us- With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future. Join us to create a career worth celebrating About the Function:                                        Global Business Operations keeps our business moving, connecting markets, streamlining processes and keeping everything running smoothly at scale.  With teams across Bangalore, Budapest, Bogotá, Gurugram, and Manila, GBO delivers the essential services that support our day-to-day performance, from finance to operations and beyond. It’s a truly global environment, where collaboration across time zones and cultures is part of everyday life.  You’ll gain exposure to different markets, build skills for the future and develop a broad understanding of how a business operates at scale. It’s a great place to learn, grow and see the bigger picture. About the team: (TE)About the role: ROLE PROFILE      Job Title:Junior Manager-Source to Pay - Procurement Operations Level: L5C Reports To: Sourcing Manager_ P-ops Location : Bangalore Context/Scope: The Supplier Experience Team is responsible to ensure that Source To Pay processes (including Purchase to Pay and Procurement Operations) are working effectively & efficiently, are well controlled and drive value for Diageo, also ensuring control agenda (SOX compliance) across all areas as well. This role is part of the Supplier Experience Team and reports to the Sourcing Manager_ P-ops  This role acts as the interface between GBS & Procurement community (accountable for the purchasing strategy) ensuring Diageo buys the right goods and services from the right supplier at the right price. This is a sourcing specialist role which will directly support the Global and Regional Category Procurement teams, STP systems support and suppliers. Advanced prior experience and understanding of sourcing and contracting processes and practices is essential. Dimensions: a)     Financial The role will support the overall Sourcing process, both for spend owned by GBO end-to-end and spend managed by regional procurement. The role will be responsible to deliver productivity savings (both hard and mitigation) through efficient and effective sourcing processes b)     Market Complexity This role will work with the Procurement Category Managers and Specialists and suppliers and will interface with business users and senior stakeholders. These relationships may encompass people based in a variety of locations and across multiple cultures, languages, seniority levels and time-zones. Prior experience and understanding of sourcing and contracting processes and practices is essential. c)     Leadership Responsibilities This role has no line management responsibilities, but the role will be expected to lead and manage sourcing activities that will need the candidate to show strong leadership qualities. This role is required to engage, manage & influence the different stakeholder groups associated with Strategic Sourcing processes to deliver a timely and cost-effective sourcing. It requires the incumbent to have advanced knowledge of tendering systems and tools such as Coupa/CSO and end to end procurement processes. The role will be expected to share best practice across Procurement and Sourcing teams and to seek out insights for improvements to processes, ways of working and opportunities for consolidation of sourcing requirements. To be effective, a broad understanding of contractual concepts will be helpful. Responsibilities The Sourcing Specialist would be expected to be responsible for: • The timely management and strategic coordination of sourcing requests (RFI, RFP, RFQ) and eAuctions from the business within the agreed SLA’s and KPI’s • Looking for and implementing opportunities for continuous system and process improvement   • Providing strong technical support of eRFX and eAuction with strategy, content and overall event management. • May provide recommendations on suppliers to participate in sourcing events, based on criteria such as diversity, sustainability, commercial advantage or service delivery. • Be the champion for their defined area/portfolio of spend, including category and market/country, knowing the right sources of supply, the policies applicable and