Sourcing Business Partner talent acquisition, International mobility, inclusion/diversity

Sourcing Business Partner talent acquisition, International mobility, inclusion/diversity (240008N7)

Primary Location

: FRANCE-ILE-DE-FRANCE / 75 – SEINE-PARIS

Organization

: Group Operations

Contract Type

: Regular

Schedule

: Full-time 

Description

In an increasingly complex environment and fast-moving world, success will also come from our ability to attract – develop – manage the ecosystem of suppliers who can support us achieve success. In that respect, we are currently designing a vendor management program that will be at the core of AXA’s ability to leverage external suppliers and competencies.

Teams work together to enable the change by:

• Proactively and strategically manage our global and multi-country vendors to drive maximum value to AXA and leverage our scale
• Develop short, medium and long-term Category Strategies & demand management with business stakeholders
• Support innovation through harnessing the experience and creativity of our existing and future vendors and developing AXA’s attractiveness to the best vendors
• Anticipate and proactively support the evolution of the external workforce through the creation of a COE for Professional Services and Contingent Labor to drive conscious Make or Buy decisions
• In addition, for Insurance Procurement, provide entities with solutions and support on a pull basis to reduce the cost of claims, secure customer delight & retention
• Build a secure vendor ecosystem through creating a vendor risk framework and applying focus in selected areas (e.g. outsourcing, new regulation & compliance requirements

POSITION MAIN ACTIVITIES

POSITION MAIN ACTIVITIES

The Senior BP develops and executes global / multi country sourcing strategies which are aligned to business objectives and will enable to achieve sustainable cost and quality benefits in AXA globally. She / He plays a major role in animating the Procurement Community on the category, will work collaboratively with Business stakeholders and legal counsels to fulfill sourcing and contracting needs from an operational up to more strategic standpoint. She / He animates the Key Vendor Program on his/her category’s scope. She / He contributes to bring Procurement to the next level in terms of expertise, practices, positioning and operating capabilities.

Dimensions

• Overall spend influenced

o Estimated Category spend: 100M€

Context

• The Senior BP will develop and maintain professional working relationship with internal and external stakeholders:

o Business stakeholders

o Local procurement teams of markets and main entities

o Suppliers of the category

Main activities

The Senior Business Partner is responsible for:

• Business partnership with Group function (GO/GIE/SA/Entities) : Support business stakeholders in their sourcing needs on the category by challenging specifications, bringing market knowledge and negotiation skills and securing contracts. Meet high-level business stakeholder to ensure the appropriate anticipation of future needs and positioning of the Procurement function.
• Category Management: Lead the category strategy and insure global consistency in scope. Closely collaborate with key stakeholders and procurement community (Group and Entity). Define a relevant Sourcing strategy for the category to globalize and consolidate needs and negotiations across entities. Organize a community of buyers in the category to share good practices, identify synergies etc.
• Key Vendor Management: Implement a Key Vendor Management approach on the category to maximize the value delivered by the vendors. Measure performance, identify risks, remediate potential issues and escalate accordingly. Lead or participate in the reviews of key vendors together with Key Vendor Program Manager.
• Spend optimization: Support AXA’s strategic plan in achieving expected savings. Carry out spend analytics on the category to identify efficiency opportunities aligned to Business needs. Execute action plans to deliver the expected savings.
• Purchase pooling: Continuously endeavor to identify needs for pooling across entities to maximize sourcing benefits. Collect future project and business opportunities and assess synergy potential.
• Demand Management: Work collaboratively upstream with business stakeholders to challenge needs and processes to achieve sustainable savings. Anticipate major evolution of needs, solutions, processes and models and advise or challenge the Business to express needs through value analysis methodology. Collaboratively draft sourcing strategies and budgets with business teams

Deliverables

The Senior Business Partner is responsible for the delivery of an aggressive savings plan (3 to 5%) by 2026 .

Qualifications

The Senior Business partner will work in a global – yet decentralized and multi-cultural work environment.

Technical and professional skills

• Category knowledge
• Sourcing expertise across geographies
• Strategic viewpoint
• Leading end to end Sourcing exercises (analyses, negotiation, project management)
• Ability to work in project mode and deliver taylor made solution
• Highly commercial in approach. Skilled negotiator
• Strong data interrogation and analytical skills
• Fair understanding of main contractual areas (financials, operational and legal – Intellectual property Rights, Liability, GDPR knowledge)
• Practical, hands on approach to get results
• English – Fluent in speaking and writing – another European language is a plus

Soft skills

• Relationship management skills – internal and external
• Skilled communicator
• High ethical standards regarding the Procurement environment
• Influence, convincing skills vis-a-vis peers and also more senior stakeholders
• Change management, promote and drive change
• Deal with different stakeholders at various seniority levels and various organizations / countries / cultures / professional families

Experience

• Sourcing Category (> 5 years) or project manager
• Solid experience of working in an international, decentralized and multicultural environment
• Experience in project mode and in software/tool integration project

About AXA As a world-leading insurance company, we act for human progress by protecting what matters. With 153,000 employees in 54 countries working with 105 million customers, we’ve created a truly dynamic and vibrant community. Inclusion and diversity link closely with our values, and together we’re nurturing a culture of

respect, for each other, for our customers and the communities around us. Join AXA and you’ll feel like you belong, are included and can thrive. You’ll be able to shape the way you work and truly grow your potential as you seek out new opportunities, push boundaries and benefit people in critical moments of their lives. This is your chance to build the tomorrow you want. Know you can.

AXA is becoming a sustainable tech-led company and at AXA Group Operations we are one of the major catalysts for this transformation. 

We set the tone by triggering and empowering the evolution of our insurance business model through technology and innovation, driving its concrete implementation globally at speed, with a high quality of advisory and execution.

We are present across 17 countries with committed, highly qualified teams. We leverage technology, data, sourcing, security and investment allocation in a global way, but also achieve economies of scale and synergies when necessary.

At AXA Group Operations, we want to be recognized in three fields of action:

• State-of-the-art Data Technology to drive customer experience
• State-of-the-art Procurement & Sourcing to drive efficiency and better manage risks
• High-Performing Global Team for stronger partnerships with AXA entities

What We Offer 

We bring together the expertise, cultural diversity and creativity of over 8,000 employees worldwide and we’re committed to equal opportunities in all aspects of employment (gender, LGBT+, disabled persons, or people of different origins) and to promoting Diversity & Inclusion by creating a work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect, and where individual differences are valued.

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