Procurement Category Specialist with Hebrew

Global Indirect Procurement HR, CREWS, Legal and Admin Categories Team has an exciting new opportunity for a Category Specialist who will be responsible for managing the procurement activities for HP within the designated category being mainly focused on Israel procurement activities and working closely with BU stakeholders to meet business requirements, maximize value (reduce cost), and mitigate risk. The primary focus of this role is to manage all category/subcategory activities, including category strategy execution, sourcing, supplier selection and award, contract negotiation, supplier and contracts management, supplier development, and supply base optimization in line with the stablished procurement policies and processes to achieve specific Category business objectives and designated targets.

Job specific responsibilities:

• Management of the designated Category and provision of centralized category/ subcategory support across the globe covering diverse services portfolio of Procurement activities including:  Negotiation, Risk mitigation, Contracting, Sourcing, Business continuity, Supplier/Spend Management and cost/operational improvement.
• Analysis of category data, industry information/market intelligence, and business requirements to embed expertise and criteria while negotiating and providing a procurement recommendation to stakeholders.
• Provision of day-to-day support and interaction with internal stakeholders across all Business Units in HP and Global Functions.
• Collaboration with Category peers and Global Category Strategists to ensure connection and execution of the strategy determined to the specific area of spend;
• Support to GIP category teammates to assist in the development of stakeholder relationships.
• Support to GIP colleagues and peers acting in the capacity of extended leadership teams.
• Supplier sourcing activities coordination.
• Contracts negotiation and management of different type of supplier engagements.
• Awareness and understanding of the GIP Negotiation Manual content, it’s intended application and the interests behind the legal principles and alternative language contained therein.
• Common knowledge of contracting principles, business rules and interests embodied in HP contracting templates, and ability to apply those principles in low to moderately complex supplier negotiations.
• Preparation, review and analysis of different type of GIP Contractual documents.
• Good understanding the GIP Contracting policies, processes and Business rules, and supplier management and contract management cycle.
• Risk mitigation through effective contracting, business controls, and on-going risk assessment.
• Execute cost savings and value generation projects.
• Focus on the customer experience when interacting with GIP stakeholders (Customer centricity) and provision of timely support according to the business needs.
• Participation and involvement in different projects focused on innovation, transformation and business processes improvement or employee engagement.

Education (degree) and professional experience required:

• First level university degree or equivalent experience; may have advanced university degree.
• Typically, 3 to 5 years’ experience in procurement or supply chain functions
• Strong understanding of procurement processes, systems, industry, markets and strategies; category expertise preferred
• Specialist in negotiation and contracting; using contract templates and integrating term changes based on GIP Negotiation Manual and Contracting Business rules
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong multi-tasking and prioritization skills
• Basic project management skills
• Mastery in English and Hebrew language (any other language is an advantage)
• Strong business application skills (MS Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Strong understanding of the company's policies and processes.

Personal skills and qualities:

• Analytical and data driven decision making skills
• Ability to work on projects of diverse complexity and scope
• Results/target driven focus
• Ability to manage multiple procurement activities and meet deadlines
• Accountability and Customer centricity
• Teamwork and collaboration with peers and different teams
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Good contract negotiation skills
• Ability to work in a virtual team with minimum supervision