IT Vendor Manager / Procurement Specialist @ AXA - Brussels
Client description
In Belgium, AXA is the market leader in non-life insurance and their employees are crucial. That’s why they focus on a pleasant and modern working environment and strive to create a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone’s thoughts and ideas are valued and respected.
Their core values are their guiding principles: Customer first, Integrity, Courage, and One AXA.
AXA aims to be much more than the world leader in insurance and asset management.
Their mission is "Moving forward together by protecting what matters." They want to safeguard individuals, society, and the world as an insurer, with a constant focus on progress.
As an insurer, AXA Belgium is also a key player in prevention. Prevention is in their DNA, as evidenced every day by the extensive investments in research and awareness of risks.
To contribute to this mission, we are looking for an IT Vendor / Procurement Manager.
Job description
As an IT Vendor Manager, you will be responsible for managing the procurement of IT goods and services, ensuring that our IT needs are met in a cost-effective and efficient manner. You will be the primary point of contact for our IT vendors, negotiating contracts, managing relationships, and ensuring that service level agreements are met.
- Vendor relationship management: build and maintain strong relationships with IT vendors, ensuring high levels of service and satisfaction.
- IT vendors strategies: understand IT strategy and contribute to the development and the implementation of IT procurement vendors strategies to support IT organisations’ needs and objectives.
- Contract negotiation and management: negotiate and manage IT vendor contracts, ensuring favourable terms and conditions including pricing, quality of service and service level agreements and delivery schedules.
- Performance monitoring and reporting: monitor and report on vendor contract execution and more specifically on vendor performance against service level agreements both to vendor and to IT internal stakeholders.
- Vendor risk management: identify and manage risks related to IT vendors management, including data, security, sustainability, finance and compliance risks.
- Procurement process management: oversee the end-to-end procurement process for IT goods and services from identifying the needs to managing vendor performance.
- Act as a champion in vendor management practice within Procurement department, develop and maintain vendor management framework and coach IT and procurement colleagues.
- Represent AXA Belgium within AXA Group vendor managers community (local peers or with global key vendor manager), closely collaborate with AXA Group key vendor managers to ensure one AXA voice on the market.
- You will work on several procurement projects and be the driving force behind interactions with business line stakeholders and suppliers. You will be part of a team of experts and report to the Head of Procurement.
Profile
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Business, IT, or a related field.
- 3 years proven experience in vendor management / procurement
- Excellent negotiation and communication skills.
- Good understanding of Source to Pay process.
- Strong understanding of IT goods and services, including software, and services.
- Experience with contract management and service level agreements.
- Experience to work in a regulated environment applicable to financial institutions (national bank supervision, DORA, …).
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic and complex environment.
- French or Dutch native + fluent in English (oral and written)
Offer
- An attractive gross salary, supplemented with discretionary individual and collective bonuses, and of course meal and eco vouchers.
- All the benefits of working for an insurer from group insurance to hospitalization insurance (family members can also join at a favorable rate) and up to 30% discount on our other insurance products.
- A job that adapts to your life and dreams With up to 35 days of leave per year to rest from your enthusiastic efforts, teleworking options, sports facilities, and training, we ensure you stay in top mental, physical, and professional shape!
Contact
Nick Vermeulen | nick@purson.be | 0032 491 13 35 79
