Procurement Excellence Expert

Procurement Excellence Expert 38 hours per week

Do you want to play a key role in further professionalizing Procurement within one of Europe’s fastest-growing retailers? As Procurement Excellence Expert, you are responsible for designing, standardizing, and continuously improving procurement processes. You act as the connecting link between Procurement, IT, Finance, Legal and business stakeholders, ensuring efficient, scalable and future-proof ways of working.

This is your daily action

• Define, own and maintain the end-to-end Source-to-Contract process framework. 
• Develop, maintain and optimize standards, policies and work instructions
• Analyze processes, identify improvement opportunities and implement sustainable solutions
• Facilitate workshops and translate business needs into process designs and functional requirements
• Support system implementations including SAP Ariba and drive digital adoption
• Establish governance frameworks, KPIs and continuous improvement into practical roadmaps and implementation plans
• Support change management initiatives, training and capability building
• You are a trusted advisor to procurement leadership and business stakeholders on process, governance, transformation and technology related topics.

Meet your team

Our Procurement department consists of around 25 professionals, each with their own area of expertise. You will be part of the Procurement Excellence team. Together, you will drive process optimization, digitalization, and procurement transformation across the organization while working closely with Procurement, IT, Finance, Legal and business stakeholders.

This is you

You combine strong analytical capabilities with a collaborative and proactive approach. You can engage and influence stakeholders across different functions and organizational levels, creating alignment and driving results. Thriving in a rapidly growing and constantly evolving business, you adapt quickly to change, think strategically about the future, and actively contribute to continuous improvement and transformation initiatives.

In addition:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Economics or related field and/or equal experience
• Minimum 5 years of experience in procurement, business process management, operational excellence or transformation
• Proven experience designing and optimizing end-to-end business processes
• Experience with SAP Ariba or similar Source-to-Contract platforms
• Experience in digital tool implementation 
• Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma or BPM methodologies is an advantage
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Excellent command of English, written and spoken

What we offer

Surprisingly much! From our international headquarters in the Netherlands you have an impact on what happens in our stores across Europe. We welcome more than 22.5 million customers every week in more than 3,400 stores in 15 European countries. And we have big growth ambitions. For Action and you. Because our growth means that you can always take new steps. A different job, an interesting innovation project, and new skills: as a professional, you can develop without limits. And all this in a culture where our shared values are truly lived: customer focus, teamwork, simplicity, discipline, cost consciousness, and respect.

Did you know that you can also count on us for:

• A market-based salary based on a 38-hour work week
• An annual bonus between 10 and 20% based on company and personal performance
• 24 days of holiday and the option to buy 5 extra days (based on 38 hours per week)
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of working up to 40% from home, of course in coordination with your team and manager
• 15% staff discount on your purchases at Action 
• A good pension scheme, collective health insurance and travel expenses (Zwaagdijk-Oost is traffic jam-free and only 30 minutes by car from Amsterdam)

How we contribute to society

If you only know Action from our stores, working here opens up a different world. There's a lot happening behind the scenes, including how we work to make a positive impact. Our Action Sustainability Programme (ASP) sets out clear ambitions and goals across four pillars: People, Planet, Product and Partnership.

See where we stand today on sourcing, energy and packaging: company.action.com/planet-new.

And meet the causes we back, including SOS Children's Villages: company.action.com/partnerships-new.

Curious what else we're doing? Join our team and find out for yourself.

Interested?

We are proud to be an inclusive employer, and we warmly invite anyone who recognises themselves in the vacancy to apply. So take action and respond to this vacancy now!

What happens next:

• Response to your application within 14 days (and usually earlier)
• First meeting with the manager and a colleague
• Online assessment to get to know you better
• Second interview with the head of procurement and hr business partner
• Welcome to Action…

Throughout the process, your recruiter is your permanent point of contact and is available to answer any questions you may have.

Integrity is very important to us. Pre-employment screening is therefore part of the process for this vacancy. Ask your recruiter for more information.