Global e-Sourcing Lead

We are looking for a Global E-Sourcing Lead to drive the global expansion and adoption of SAP Ariba e-Sourcing and SAP Ariba Contracts in Syngenta under Global Procurement Operations, including the Target Operating Model, organization, technology and processes and without any business disruption.

This position will lead the e-Sourcing and Contracting function and plan it’s strategies in close partnering with business functions to drive “total value” delivery, increase compliance and quality of services, and to eliminate operational risks and increase stakeholder experience.

You will be accountable for:

• Designing, implementation and sustainability from short to long term, the strategic road map for the e-Sourcing and Contracting function, aligned and integrated with Syngenta Corporate and Global Procurement strategies.
• Partnering with all business lines from senior management team to different global stakeholders internal and external to accomplish the global e-Sourcing and Contracting strategy.
• Driving and ensuring an efficient and seamless execution of e-Sourcing and Contracting services globally
• Partnering with global Sourcing Category owners, to define and execute the right go-to-market and contract lifecycle management strategies through SAP Ariba, including but not limited to e-RFx and e-Auctions. Championing best practices and increase the usage of SAP Ariba with the aim to maximize total value contribution and return on investment.
• Drive SAP Ariba system deployment and testing as required for new releases and bug fixes and communicate changes to global/regional stakeholders.
• Managing the staff and supplier responsible for providing e-Sourcing and Contracting services
• Managing the team recruitment and bring appropriate resources to staff.
• Defining, implementing, monitoring & execution of agreed KPIs for eSourcing and Contracting services
• Facilitating training and functional help for e-Sourcing and contracting tools and systems. Acting as the senior point of escalation for general user support and problem determination. Up-skilling Procurement across SAP Ariba e-Sourcing & Contracts and SAP Integration elements
• Maintaining industry benchmark and best practice intelligence. Recommending and driving implementation of enhancements for all e-Sourcing and Contracting tools and techniques, proactively seeking out market developments, identifying opportunities for improvement, simplification and incorporating into Syngenta working practices.

Critical Success Factors:

• Knowledge and in-depth experience with (SAP) e-Sourcing and Contract life cycle management process & systems on a global scale
• Strong experience of and expertise in operating model design and implementation
• A track record of having successfully driven similar changes in other organizations.

Critical knowledge & experiences:

• In depth experience with service delivery management
• Procurement background with experience of procurement processes
• Deep knowledge of interface design and interactions with SAP purchasing module, e- Procurement and contract lifecycle management solution.
• Strong strategic and analytical thinking skills coupled with a practical, common-sense business approach.
• Strong leadership and advocacy skills
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, influencing and negotiation skills.
• Proven ability to build and lead a high-performance team, globally dispersed and operating in a matrixial set-up.
• Ability to work independently as well as lead and participate in cross-functional teams.
• Intellectual curiosity and professional commitment to excellence

Whilst this role offers a competitive base pay, at Syngenta we value total reward which includes the benefits we offer to our employees. We support well-being, offering comprehensive benefits including flexible working, generous holiday entitlement, discretionary bonus scheme, competitive pension scheme, private medical insurance & an employee assistance programme.

In return for your skills and knowledge Syngenta will offer:

• Competitive benefits package
• Up to 31.5 days holiday
• The opportunity to work with and learn from highly qualified and experienced employees

• A Multi-country / multi-cultural matrix environment

We embrace and encourage diversity, and this is what drives our innovation and lets us outperform the market. https://www.syngenta.com/careers/working-syngenta/diversity-and-inclusion

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As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food is available for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs. Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting.  From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold. Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.