Key responsibilities/What you do

The Senior Procurement Controller plays a crucial role in managing procurement processes and ensuring efficient supply chain operations.
The Senior Procurement Controller will work closely with the Head of Procurement (HoP)  to create the management practices that enable a high performing and effective procurement processes and will be responsible for assisting the HoP in the overall monitoring and coordination of business spend across the group across all business units globally.

Here are the key responsibilities and qualifications for this position:

• Strategic Sourcing: Develop and execute procurement strategies, including analyzing market trends and creating effective sourcing plans
• Supplier Management: Negotiate supplier contracts, manage relationships, and monitor supplier performance.
• Master Data Management: Ensure accurate master data and purchasing parameters to align with site procurement strategies
• Transformation project management : lead major transformation project for Procurement including planning, managing stakeholder, Business Case Creation, identifying and addressing constraints (time, cost, resources), leading project teams and workstreams
• Process Improvement: Proactively seek innovative ways to enhance the procurement process
• Policy Communication: Coordinate and communicate purchasing policies and procedures to suppliers
• Quality Assurance: Manage sample check to validate quality of reporting and data and ensure that Business Unit are compliant with Group Standards
• Leadership and Advisory Role: Provide leadership and advice on complex procurement tasks
• Work closely with the HoP to align on strategic initiatives, ensuring that all initiatives are delivering consistently in an efficient and effective manner.

Key requirements/What you bring

• Minimum of 6 years experience, with progressive responsibilities in procurement, finance or data controlling, supply chain management
• Strong analytical, communication, and relationship-building skills
• Proven experience in project management with delivery responsibility
• Proven experience working within a large international enviornment, multi country/locational
• Familiarity with Ariba as procurement tool
• Understanding of operations, IFRS requirements, and local fiscal regulations
• Strong English written and oral communication.

Key benefits/What we offer

Our employees play an integral part in our success as a business. We appreciate that each of our employees are unique and have unique needs, ambitions and we enjoy being a part of their journey. We are there to empower and encourage you with your personal and professional development ensuring  that you take control by offering a large variety of courses and targeted development programs. All that in a global environment where international mobility and career progression are encouraged. Caring for your health and wellbeing is key priority for us. This is why we build Work Well programs to providing you with peace of mind and give the flexibility in planning and arranging for a better work-life balance.

Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us. 
We at Allianz believe in a diverse and inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love or what you believe in.
We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability or sexual orientation.
Join us. Let's care for tomorrow.