IT Strategic Purchaser

Allianz Services is proud to serve and be part of Allianz Group, one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers. Our strong global footprint, with around 6000 employees located across eight countries and four continents, enables us to unlock the full potential towards driving a superior client experience within Allianz Group.

Academic degree in Business/ Law or technical disciplines or equivalent work experience in purchasing area
Job-related international experience
Well versed in presentation techniques and an experienced communicator
English: fluent in spoken and written
Legal knowledge and contracting experience
5-8 years previous experience in Procurement/ Contracting
Knowledge of MS Office ( Word, Excel, Power point)
Ability to understand and analyze legal documents
Negotiation skills and in-depth understanding of commercial aspects
Willingness to travel to Germany on a regular basis

Support RFP´s for projects above 250k EUR (end-to-.end from preparation to contracting)
Contracting/ negotiation for non-RFP requests (below 250k and above 250k with bid waiver, extensions)
Vendor performance evaluation - Conduct and analyze Project Evaluations - Introduce annual supplier meetings to measure quality/performance
Support for vendor consolidation RFP/ execution, negotiation, roll out, implementation
Tender support- Risk management (Vendor integrity screenings, credit checks, etc.)
Market analysis data gathering- to provide market insights to business, trends on category to feed into category/ dossier strategy
Savings calculation and tracking- spend data gathering ( local, global per category, based on invoices, based on tools, based on vendor)
Reporting (spend reports, supplier dossiers, global contract coverage ratio, savings report, etc.)
Identify and drive standardization, pooling of demand and process optimization potentials across OEs to best leverage Allianz purchasing power
Conduct market research, benchmarks, market monitoring and analyses and facilitate purchasing models
Manage and control complex sourcing projects (RfQs, RfIs,...) for respective category, coordinating the respective stakeholders (E.g. manage sourcing projects could mean: TCO/ROI calculations, base lining, escalations, prepare management decisions, implementation, communication/information, alignment with purchasing procedures and policies, etc.)