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Job Summary:

• Drive the business relationship across the GDS locations (Poland and hungary) from business (SL/SF) and vendor perspective.
• Be the point person enabling the Souce to Payment in the two locations.
• Be accountable for all functional requirements (Pre purchase, Purchase and Post Purchase) across GDS Sri Lanka
• Be the TBA by:
o Helping the business ensure the purchase requirements are consulted before going to SCS - make/buy decision etc. for optimal solution for GDS
o Be accountable for all local S2P requirements
o Be accountable for all the Pre purchase activities are managed within TAT and SLA and accurate report outs.
o Be accountable for all post purchase activities - are managed within TAT and SLA and accurate report outs.
• Assist the GDS S2P Enablement functional leader on all the GDS Sri Lanka requirements by assisting in any functional discussions, implememtation and change management of related activities across the two GDS locations.
• Facilitiate vendor and stakeholder discussions to enable the operations and report outs
• Work with technical teams to align the stakeholder reporting requirements and dashboards
• Works closely with Stakeholders and vendors providing exceptional customer service and delivering value to the bottom line savings from operations and sourcing perspective
• Vendor ecosystem management and optimization
• Be Accountable for any functional issues/challenges and be able to address them for improvements within timely manner.
• Discuss and provide solutions for any functional challenges for all processes already implemented across GDS Sri Lanka.

Essential Functions of the Job:

Responsibility includes:

• Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders within region business units and service lines and report S2P progress via regular meetings
• Build and manage a pipeline of S2P Enablement projects for the region in collaboration with local stakeholders and execute local and regional deals in the timelines agreed with key stakeholders
• Achieve key functional targets (including SLA & KPI), help to develop new strategies and improve negotiable spend via sourcing and demand management
• Be the go-to person for all businesses across GDS Sri Lanka for any S2P requirement and direct them as per the process and agreed threshold.
• Support the team in the analysis of the information in conjunction with the stakeholders.
• Work with other S2P leaders to agree regional or global strategies which supports the overall team objectives
• Provide accurate monthly reports and dashboard on the deals, activities, projects and BAU.
• Contribute ,drive and create the standardization of processes aligned to the global Procurement policy, processes and operations, and ensure compliance to the GDS Sri Lanka policy and objectives by education of local EY staff and presentations to stakeholders
• Provide key insights based on the data captured and ensure adherence to the policy that governs the processes.
• Proactively engage with the vendors/stakeholders to identify bottlenecks and remove for smooth processes across Pre Pruchase, Purchase and Post Purchase activities.
• Ensure process compliance and any deviations highlighted and addressed in the timely manner with appropriate approvals.
• Derive and deliver brand value and seamless user experience for business across Pre Purchase, Purchase, post purchase areas.
• Manage all people related activities (performance, compensation, learning) for respective staff including coaching of more junior members (where applicable

Knowledge and Skills Requirements

• Strong functional, technical, analytics and operations background with understanding of core Procurement and S2P processes including payment.
• Be the functional expert with capabilities to drive key projects end to end.
• Good knowledge in Microsoft office tools especially Excel
• Good organization, analytical and problem-solving skill
• Updated on all government notifications with respect to vendors and service providers statutory and compliance aspects.
• Reporting
• Business relation - Third party risk management
• Stakeholder Management
• Presentation Skills
• Strong communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills – able to handle conflict situations and resolve issues satisfactorily
• Culturally sensitive, capable of handling interactions with Procurement and businesses across GDS Sri Lanka.
• Language proficiency – English and Sinhala/ Tamil

Job qualifications

Education:
• Bachelor degree

Experience:

• Have 10+ years of relevant experience in handling Operations and large multi geographical transformation projects in similar size organizations.
• Experience in managing a large number of stakeholders.

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