European Business Process owner - Purchasing & Supply Chain Job in Bruxelles, Belgium

Volt first traded in Europe in 1978, initially delivering temporary and permanent IT recruitment solutions to clients in the UK. The company has since enjoyed dramatic growth in the range and geographical scope of its services, and with European bases in the UK, France, Germany, Belgium and Switzerland, now delivers: Contract, temporary and permanent recruitment expertise in clearly defined market sectors, including IT, Telecoms, Life Sciences, Finance & Accounting, Digital Entertainment, Engineering, Sales & Marketing.

A full suite of outsourced staffing solutions, including: – Vendor neutral managed service programmes, covering multiple countries, disciplines, role types and skill sets (typically for temporary/contract staff) – RPO solutions to manage permanent recruitment – Master vendor programmes, where Volt is the primary/sole supplier – Hybrid solutions incorporating a combination of supply models.

Volt’s European business is wholly owned by Volt Information Sciences Inc. – a Fortune 1000 company with operations in every US state, plus locations in Canada, Europe, South America and Asia, generating annual revenues in excess of $2 billion.

European Business Process owner - Purchasing & Supply Chain Job Description

European Business Process owner - Purchasing & Supply Chain
The position will be based in the European HQ located in Brussels, Belgium. (possible flexibility for other countries, 30% travel).

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION
As the European Business Process Owner (BPO) – Purchasing & Supply Chain you will own the end–to–end Purchasing & Supply Chain Processes across the various functions within Europe. Further you will be the subject matter expert on Purchasing & Supply Chain Processes in the roll out of the ERP Project.

As single point for decisions across the entire business scenario, your typical decision authority will include:
- final process design and key performance indicators
- Accountable for successful implementation of the common processes across the company
- Accountable for achieving process business benefits
- Final decisions point on when local processes are appropriate

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drive decisions and resolve conflicting views and requirements between the strategic business units to ensure that a single harmonized process is implemented in the Organization with relation to Purchasing & Supply Chain Processes
• Identify areas for coordination, reconcile gaps, and resolve conflicting requirements across the key projects that are a part of the Purchasing & Supply Chain domain. These projects include but may not be limited to ERP.
• Be a key voice in defining the business requirements relating to Purchasing & Supply Chain Processes
• Be involved in the testing and sign off phases of any new systems ensuring the results are in line with the business processes defined
• Provide guidance with regards to systems data conversation within your areas of responsibility
• Escalate conflicts in a timely fashion to the appropriate Executive Leadership in the company.
• Be the process coordinator and liaison to the major program initiatives for Purchasing & Supply Chain Processes interfaces.
• Once process is developed and approved, establish and lead appropriate on-going process governance for the Purchasing & Supply Chain Processes.
• Engage Local countries in dialogue for improvements and problem solving
• Drive Purchasing & Supply Chain Processes alignment across Europe geographies
• Drive Purchasing & Supply Chain Processes efficiencies across Europe geographies
• Be a key member of the ERP, Distribution and Salesforce.com European Project team
• Provide Training as necessary on Purchasing & Supply Chain Processes

European Business Process owner - Purchasing & Supply Chain Job Requirements

PROFILE

• Strong experience as manager for several years in a Pan European / Global Supply Chain Environment, and within a distributed service business
• Demonstrated Project Management & Process Development experience and ability to understand complex business processes, being a key contributor to complex projects supporting their deliver to successful completion
• Demonstrated success in bringing about changes in an organization via consensus, building and influencing at all levels.
• Has clear understanding of business objectives, recognizes trade-offs and keeps decisions in balance with good judgment in line with the goals of the organization
• Experience of working in a complex international multi-cultural organization
• Strong interpersonal skills at all levels
• First class written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Highly organized, motivated , flexible, proactive, able to work on own initiative
• Ability to train teams of users in new ways of working

European Business Process owner - Purchasing & Supply Chain Application Information

Recruiter: Linda Andersson, +32 27271130.

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