Dematic is looking for a Procurement Projects Lead to join our team in EMEA region. This highly visible Procurement Projects Lead role is accountable to collaborate with Procurement Regional Category Leads, Project Management, Engineering, Solutions Development, Finance, A/P, Quality and others to develop, communicate and execute world class strategies for projects that deliver the project on time, mitigate risk, ensure top line growth and drive bottom line savings. This is an exciting opportunity for a seasoned Procurement professional to take on large spend for a key customer within our growing organization, while positioning us for future success.

We offer:

• Career Development

• Competitive Compensation and Benefits

• Pay Transparency

• Global Opportunities

Learn More Here: https://www.dematic.com/en-us/about/careers/what-we-offer/

Tasks and Qualifications:

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for the Project team to the Procurement organization.
• Support Project Success and BU Goals through contributing to a Safe project, delivering on schedule and budget, monitoring and controlling supply risks, ensuring compliance, optimizing efficiency, and maintaining quality.
• Attend weekly project management meetings to fully understand project scope, Resale content with ‘as-is’ risks and installation schedules with critical milestones
• Lead weekly project meetings to review Procurement Plan, Tracker, and Command Center data.
• Work with sourcing Category teams to identify qualified sources of Resale equipment to develop the Project sourcing plan. 
• Prepare Procurement plan for Category teams to populate project sourcing plan
• Communicate supplier lead times to develop equipment ‘drop-dead’ order dates to ensure equipment is ordered with sufficient time to enable on-time supplier deliveries to project schedule
• Give direction to Tactical Procurement team for project-specific expedites, maintaining supplier delivery dates and aligning SAP delivery date to project schedule. Attend Gate review meetings and demonstrate Project Procurement readiness. Alert team on any Procurement related issues.
• Attend Gate review meetings and alert team on any resale-related issues
• Conduct supplier gate reviews (based on content/risk) with key/critical suppliers per check-list
• Track negotiated resale savings (net of increases) to determine Procurement savings – this includes comparing “as-sold” Resale content budget compared to resale purchase actuals.  Work with Project Finance for alignment. 
• Perform as the main Procurement liaison between Project Management / Engineering and Installation for project related activity.
• Conduct post-project reviews with the Project Team and develop pro-active solutions to supplier related concerns for future projects.
• Budget cost responsibility for the 3rd party suppliers
• Within the post-project reviews, conduct a Procurement Lessons Learned with the Project Team and develop pro-active solutions to supplier related concerns for future projects.
• Travels to the installation sites or supplier sites required (up to 10% of working time)

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering or related discipline.   
• 1-3 years of project-based Procurement experience 
• Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in procurement processes
• Experience with SAP and MS Office
• Able to be effective in a remote, global, and matrixed environment. 

What we offer:

• The opportunity to work with a world leading supplier of supply chain solutions 
• An international team from our office in Cernusco
• Opportunities for growth that match your skills and ambition 
• Flexible working hours 
• No two projects are ever the same!