Procurement Expert for EY GDS Poland with Polish and English

GDS Procurement Location Lead

Location: Wrocław - 2 days in office / 3 days remote

Let us introduce you the job offer by EY GDS Poland – a member of the global integrated service delivery center network by EY.

The opportunity

The purpose of the global EY organization is to shape the future with confidence. The insights and services the organization provides help to drive long-term value for clients, people and society and to build trust in the capital markets. An essential function under EY Business Enablement, Supply Chain Services (SCS) is a global team with more than 600 professionals in over 35 countries supporting the EY organization across the globe. This structure helps enable knowledge-sharing across categories and regions, streamlining efforts in seeking innovative suppliers that can provide exceptional client service to maximize SCS’s value for the EY organization and the world's supply chain.

A key component of SCS is Global Procurement (GP), whose purpose is to drive more significant synergies and value creation from sourcing to contract lifecycle management, deliver exceptional client experiences and build more vital collaboration to manage Technology, Talent and Brand, Marketing and Communications (BMC) spend categories. We forge meaningful supplier relationships and strengthen supplier resilience to help EY maximize long-term value for its people, clients and communities.

As a GDS Procurement Location Lead you will have the opportunity to work with a professional team of Procurement professionals in a global environment and work with colleagues on interesting sourcing projects across PAN GDS locations (9+ countries). Developing our people is key to deliver quality to our internal and external clients and is perfectly in line with our purpose of shaping the future with confidence.

Your key responsibilities

Lead the execution of and compliance with EY Procurement and Supply Chain Global Policy, incl.:

• Pre-sourcing activities e.g. demand / pipeline management, make / buy decision making,
• Sourcing activities incl. support and execution of end-to-end procurement transactions,
• Post-sourcing activities e.g. ordering and invoicing support.

• Develop and manage internal business and external supplier relationships across the EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) locations (Poland and Hungary).

• Act as an advocate of Supply Chain Services (SCS) in GDS Poland and Hungary by support of implementation and operationalization of global procurement strategy, tools and transformation initiatives.
• Assist the GDS functional leaders on all the GDS Poland & Hungary requirements by facilitating any functional discussions, implementation and change management of related activities across the two GDS locations.
• Track and report through work with technical teams to align the requirements and dashboards, as well as preparation of reports for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Act as a trusted business advisor through provision of exceptional customer service and delivering seamless procurement end user experience and accomplish quantitative value through savings, cost avoidance and operational efficiencies.
• Lead and support procurement solutioning to address functional and process challenges across GDS Poland & Hungary.
• Work closely with SCS key Business Partners, including but not limited to Finance, Global Counsel’s Office and Risk Management, to minimize EY’s risk exposure and ensure full compliance with relevant policies.
• Delivery of global and team-specific key functional targets (including SLA & KPI) e.g. Quantitative Value, Speed-to-Market and Customer Satisfaction.
• Build a robust vendor ecosystem for in scope GDS locations.
• The role has a seat at the GDS Procurement Leader’s team.

Skills and attributes for success

• Business acumen and commercial skills to help leadership drive procurement and demand management strategies across a broad array of portfolios for the Global Procurement function.
• Strong procurement expertise and commercial acumen to drive sourcing and demand management strategies across a broad array of category services.
• Strong functional, technical, analytics and operations background with understanding of core procurement processes.
• Be the functional expert with capabilities to drive key projects end to end.
• Good knowledge in Microsoft office tools, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Good organization, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Updated on all government notifications with respect to vendors and service providers statutory and compliance aspects.
• Reporting – awareness of key procurement metrics, able to analyze data and drive insights.
• Excellent Stakeholder and Vendor Management skills.
• Strong communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills – able to handle conflict situations and resolve issues satisfactorily.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• 5-7 years of relevant experience in handling Operations and large multi geographical transformation projects in similar size organizations.
• Experience in Procurement in a collaborative, high-performance environment.
• Experience in managing a large number of stakeholders.
• Experience with a global, culturally diverse organization.
• Experience working collaboratively, virtually and independently.
• Language proficiency in English and Polish (fluent).
• Work location – Wrocław, Poland (hybrid – 2 times a week from office).

Ideally, you’ll also have

• A Bachelor’s degree.

What we look for

We are looking for a high energy individual who embraces change to ensure we can continue to strategically deliver world-class quantitative and brand value for the global EY organization in an ever-changing business environment.

What we offer

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across nine locations – Argentina, Hungary, India, Mexico, Philippines, Poland, Sri Lanka, Spain and the UK – and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to advisory consultants, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines. In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. We’ll introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

About EY

EY | Shaping the future with confidence

EY exists to shape the future with confidence, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.

Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.

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