Job Title: Purchasing IT Domain leader NA & SAPMENA zones - North Asia & South Asia Pacific Middle East North Africa

Purpose/Mission:

She / he will drive Purchasing Domain (direct and indirect purchasing) Group and Zone projects / demands across NA & SAPMENA countries

She / he will manage the business relationship with purchasing business process owners (direct and indirect purchasing) and needs to do animation with other IT team domains

Key Job Accountabilities:

• He/she supervises the performance of the service delivered during their end-to-end lifecycle, in coherence with business requirements, innovation stakes and the IT group cost management objectives.
• Manage and oversee the group wide application portfolio, drive effective usage and deployment cooperating with dedicated teams in the IT organization related to his/her domain / function
• Translate the IT master plan into an operational plan for the domain, including financial, human and material aspects,
• Liaise with all key business partners of the domain to manage the global lifecycle from idea to projects and applications lifecycle,
• Liaise with Domain Architect and Solution Expert for technical design and delivery of services,
• Supervise the solution and service delivery over its entire lifecycle from concept to retirement and in every deployed zones,
• Identify new global service catalog opportunity and new services taking into account market, benchmark, state of innovation developing IT vision/mission, roadmaps and policies including security and quality,
• Lead service improvement process ensuring the continuous improvement of end-to-end service,
• Define and review KPIs, metrics and SLAs and oversee performance,
• Understand and manage vendor contracts (Technical, Commercial and Legal aspects),
• Identify project risks and define action plans to mitigate.

Technical & Professional Competencies:

FACILITATES KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT & EXPERTISE TRANSMISSION

• Rapidly acquires new knowledge on IT solutions and keeps constantly updated of technological opportunities in & market trends in his/her field
• Organizes at his/her level the relevant transmission of the technical and/or project management skills and “know how”
• Clarifies and simplifies technical concepts / solutions to facilitate action and decision making
• Listens actively to his partners/clients, to decode needs, qualify them properly and transform them in relevant solutions
• Takes change management and communication initiatives to facilitate the implementation of solutions and users satisfaction

ACTS WITH STRONG TRANSVERSAL MANAGEMENT SKILLS

• Ability to coach, challenge and develop teams in a cross functional environment and/or matrixed organization
• Manages efficient interactions with both internal and external contributors to win support
• Manages methodology, timing, budget and resource allocation on projects (independently of the role within the organization)

ACTS AS A PROACTIVE BUSINESS PARTNER

• Imagines and promotes alternative options/solutions to match client needs
• Understands the “big picture” of the business, the operating model, the processes, and the roles within the organizations

KNOWLEDGE OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT & METHODOLOGIES

• Knowledge of L'Oréal Project Management Methodologies (e.g. Agile)
• Understand approaches to define project steps and tools to set up action plans
• Rapidly acquires new knowledge on IT solutions and keeps constantly updated of technological opportunities & market trends in his/her field

Technical Competencies:

• Minimum 8 years of experience in SAP
• Experiencing multiple life-cycle implementations
• Very good project management skills (project management certification will be appreciated)
• Good knowledge of SAP SRM and MM module, including hands on configuration skills and knowledge of other SAP Modules
• Knowledge of Ariba is preferred
• Very good IT culture acquired on a complex and challenging environment
• Solid knowledge of end to end direct and indirect purchasing processes (From Sourcing to PR, PO, approval workflow, GR and IV, also on master data, including vendor, catalogue, PSL, etc…)

Professional Competencies:

• Strong communication skills (oral, written)
• Good team working and collaboration skills
• Self-motivation, ownership and can do attitude
• Proactive, problem solver
• Ability to listen/decode business needs
• Ability to handle multiple tasks independently
• Ability to work within stringent deadlines