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    Network & Hardware Category Manager - UK - Bristol, United Kingdom - AXA Group Operations

    AXA Group Operations
    AXA Group Operations Bristol, United Kingdom

    1 week ago

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    Description
    As a Network & Hardware Category Manager, your main objective is to :

    • Set the Group Procurement strategy for Network & Hardware working with multiple internal stakeholders.
    • Define and drive the negotiation strategy whilst ensuring the involvement and buy in of stakeholders including AXA Senior Executives.
    • Linking with the community of Network & Hardware Sourcing Experts and developing relationships with AXA Operating Company procurement teams (including CPO) to develop transparency on common work/vendors/challenges and to support local projects in a pull mode.
    • Maintain constant market knowledge, identifying vendor strategies, detecting disruption in the market, anticipating and mitigating risks and seizing opportunities.

    Ensure upstream procurement involvement within the IT stakeholders through Sourcing Business Partners for Group Operations or through the network of AXA Companies buyers in order to deliver value / savings & minimize AXA risk exposure.


    Proactively manage contract lifecycle:
    renegotiation, ensure compliance etc.

    Levers will include specification/test to open to alternative solutions/alternative vendors, reuse of excess licenses available, change in deployment to optimize number of licenses.

    Drive the contractual negotiations with Vendors and internal stakeholders (Legal, Compliance, Data Privacy, Security, Resilience).

    For AXA Companies, in pull mode, the Network & Hardware Sourcing Expert may be in support / advising mode to another AXA Company buyer.

    Provide the Procurement network Groupwide with key information about the negotiated deals, being able to promote these deals to ensure AXA Companies adherence to them.

    Drive the development of new market opportunities (new suppliers, technologies, substitution products, etc.) Master's degree in Procurement / MBA level / CIPS qualified.

    Significant experience (5+ years) in Procurement with at least three years spent in Network, Workplace or Datacenter categories.
    A broad understanding of IT evolution.
    Deep knowledge of pricing models (software metrics, SLAs, etc).
    Awareness Asset Management and deployment.
    English - Fluent in speaking and writing - another European language is a plus.

    Good Communication and teamwork, able to work in an agile mode across the IT community.
    Creative and innovative mindset to challenge established business models and approaches.
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