airalo - Procurement Lead - Telco
Requirements
• 10+ years in procurement, strategic sourcing, or commercial / category management, including building or materially scaling a procurement function in a fast-growth company. • Deep category expertise across indirect spend (marketing, IT/SaaS, professional services); exposure to network, telecom, or infrastructure spend like capacity, routing, wholesale in a must have. • Track record of running competitive tenders and complex negotiations with measurable, validated savings. • Hands-on experience designing PO/PR and purchase-to-pay processes, potentially within an ERP (SAP, Oracle, or Microsoft) environment. • Strong command of procurement policy, delegation of authority, supplier risk, and controls. • Influence without authority: credible with senior leaders across Networks, Marketing, and Technology, able to change buying behaviour with evidence. • Experience in a high-growth company, including controls and audit-readiness maturity. • Direct involvement in an ERP / P2P implementation. • Comfort operating in a globally distributed, multi-currency, multi-jurisdiction business. • By applying, you acknowledge and agree that, in case of successful application, Airalo may request to run background checks as a condition for entering into an agreement with you. Rest assured that these checks will only occur upon your prior consent and at the end of the selection process, and will be strictly limited to what is allowed under the laws that are applicable to you. All data that you share or that we collect in connection with such checks will be processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy, available here: https://www.airalo.com/more-info/privacy-policy?srsltid=AfmBOooBT0rXAj1FaNelZ3VfN0wvhwzvAoxdtHnOKSVETpiSjiXVuycy • We sincerely thank all applicants in advance for submitting their interest in this opportunity. Airalo is an equal-opportunity employer and values diversity, equity & inclusion. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations upon request for individuals with disabilities throughout our job interview process.
Responsibilities
• Procurement policy & governance • Design and roll out Airalo's procurement policy, delegation-of-authority thresholds, supplier onboarding, and competitive-tendering standards. • Establish clear, proportionate approval workflows that bring control without slowing the business. • Category management • Own the category strategies across the major spend areas: network and infrastructure spends, S&M (agencies, media, martech), IT and SaaS, and professional services. • Build single source of truth with spends visibility and a vendor taxonomy so we know what we buy, from whom, and on what terms; build standardization and a framework to adhere to credit terms. • Maintain a validated savings pipeline reported with Finance, and ensure segregation of duties, audit trail, and anti-fraud controls aligned to the SOX-lite framework. • Strategic sourcing & negotiation • Lead competitive sourcing and high-value negotiations on a total-cost-of-ownership basis; set and deliver savings targets and improve working capital. • Partner with Finance's zero-based budgeting and the process to convert sourcing wins into budgeted savings; • Supplier & contract management • Own master agreements, a renewals calendar, supplier performance, and third-party risk and due diligence. • Purchase-to-pay process & systems • Follow through the PO/PR process and three-way match, support clean accruals, and embed procurement into the ERP as a core stakeholder.
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