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EPSA

Global performance, procurement, and innovation advisory

Senior Intellectual Services Buyer

Procurement & SourcingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeÎle-de-France, FranceNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 10 years of experience purchasing intellectual services, including 3 to 5 years as a Category Manager.
  • Experience in the banking, financial, or another regulated sector is preferred.
  • Proficiency with Ivalua or an equivalent solution.
  • Experience with an ERP or accounting tool such as SAGE.
  • Advanced Excel and database skills.

Responsibilities

  • Diagnose the existing purchasing approach.
  • Define the purchasing strategy for the intellectual services category.
  • Review spend and supplier maps.
  • Establish supplier registration and referencing according to supplier type, including IT services companies, independent contractors, umbrella employment providers, and matchmaking platforms.
  • Analyze current profiles and daily rates.
  • Deploy best practices and adapt the purchasing policy through a good-practice framework.
  • Establish new centers of expertise or services, with purchasing oversight and management.
  • Present the strategy to the purchasing steering committee.
  • Support intellectual-services buyers and internal stakeholders in implementing the new strategy.
  • Lead sourcing through supplier contracting.
  • Incorporate purchasing information-system considerations into recommendations.
  • Produce supplier and spend maps, presentation materials for the steering committee, and operational implementation of the action plan.
  • Formulate concrete, practical, directly applicable recommendations concerning supplier referencing policy for the intellectual services category.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in the banking, financial, or another regulated sector.

About the Company

EPSA

Global performance, procurement, and innovation advisory

EPSA provides advisory and services to boost organizational performance and profitability worldwide. It blends four core areas—purchasing, organizational design, performance and change management—along with financing of innovation, optimization of tax and social charges, and support for energy and environmental initiatives, plus a marketplace, all via an integrated digital platform. A global team of about a thousand delivers end-to-end support from strategy and governance to execution and funding, with a tailored, durable approach for each client. Its goal is to help organizations sustainably improve performance and profitability by offering customized, efficient, and responsible solutions that combine consulting, financing, project execution, and market access.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$220M
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
2001

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