Procurement Excellence Specialist

6 meses atrás


Porto, Portugal KANTAR Tempo inteiro

We’re the world’s leading data, insights, and consulting company; we shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere.

Our Functions teams are right at the centre of our business, making sure we can always get better, every day. Supporting the business with things like Marketing, Human Resources, Finance, Legal and Technology, our Functions colleagues are skilled professionals whose role it is to ensure we continue to become an indispensable partner to brands everywhere.

Job Details

Kantar is the world’s leading data, insights and consulting company. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies. Kantar’s 25,000 people based in more than 100 countries help the world’s leading organisations succeed and grow. Nobody knows people better than Kantar. We provide insight and inspiration to help our clients, our people and society to create and flourish in an extraordinary world.

The Procurement Excellence Specialist role integrates a dynamic and coordinated Finance function delivering operational Procurement and Finance services across multiple countries and business entities within Kantar. The role will report directly to the KBS Procurement Tower Lead and support the Kantar Procurement Global Process Owner (GPO) with internal and external stakeholders to ensure processes are performed in accordance with performance, financial controls and quality standards.

Role Description- Deliver communication and training support to ensure effective use of Kantar’s Procurement operating systems by the procurement function and approved buyers across the organisation, in line with procurement excellence methodologies and policies.- Assist in monitoring, tracking, and reporting on function targets, ensuring alignment with the Procurement Leadership Team and key business stakeholders.- Provide support in handling the structure and consistency of relevant procurement data (spend, savings, supplier details etc.), collaborating with the KBS Reporting & Analytics team.- Assist in PMO activity across procurement initiatives in all spend areas (Direct, Indirect, Technology) and all buying teams.- Support the team in driving organisational and performance objectives, including co-ordinating monthly procurement manager reviews and finding opportunities for Continuous Improvement.- Support the Procurement ESG Lead in communication, training, and reporting efforts to deliver Kantar’s Balanced Procurement objectives across Supplier Diversity, Scope 3 Carbon Emissions Reduction, and Supply Chain Risk Management.

Role Requirements- Degree level education or equivalent experience in a relevant area.- Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills to support Pipeline prioritisation and resource allocation.-
- Excellent analytical, presentation, communication, interpersonal and influencing skills.- Proficient English (written and spoken).

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to encourage new thinking and craft the world we live in We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with sophisticated technologies, nobody knows people better than Kantar.

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Why join Kantar?

We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And by amplifying our in-depth expertise of human understanding alongside ground-breaking technology, we can help brands find concrete insights that will help them succeed in our fast-paced, ever shifting world.



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