Operational Procurement Team Lead

Job description

Allianz Services is proud to serve and be part of Allianz Group, one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers. Our global footprint, with more than 7,300 employees located across ten countries and four continents, enables us to unlock value for our partners across the insurance value chain and deliver superior client experience within Allianz Group. At Allianz Services, we have a strong specialization in core insurance operations, shared services, business analytics, engineering, and management consulting.
Our people and our trusted relationships with partners are what matter most. These are rooted in our values of compassion, integrity, and expertise and we strive to continuously evolve, improve, and deliver excellence while contributing successfully to the transformation of Allianz. Caring actively for the environment, for people, and for our customers is what makes us a great place to work and together we are shaping a better and more caring tomorrow.

Allianz Services is a company which belongs to the legal entity, Allianz Technology SE.

Job role  

We are hiring a talented Operational Procurement Team Leader to join our team in Bucharest office. The Team Leader will lead procurement operations, will ensure and set up efficient and compliant workflows to guarantee high quality for the transactions and processes within procurement area. 

What you will do
 

·       Manage the Operational Procurement team to ensure smooth service delivery
·       Supervises or leads and develops people in accordance with the Allianz People Attributes, leadership values and relevant guidelines.
·       Taking over responsibility for the team and ownership of its processes:
·       Managing the task allocation, team performance results, ensuring business continuity        during off time of the team (scheduling in advance the vacation/training period, business continuity plan, working attendance);
·       Assistance offered to team members related to ordering topics and finance systems (SharePoint, Service Now, SAP CAP, Ariba, Success Factors);
·       Providing process guidance, coaching and training to the team based on customer’s requirements;
·       Keep the team motivated to deliver results at agreed standards;
·       Enables the team to function effectively, follows clear priorities in alignment with the strategy and ensures that these are met.
·       Operational excellence through process improvements, innovation and efficiency:
·       Ensuring that all escalations are attended and resolved in time;
·       Volume reporting and provider management;
·       Process optimization and implementation;
·       Acting as a touchpoint support between the team and main stakeholders;
·       Developing and implementing new ideas for business growth, process optimization or transfer of new tasks within the team (especially during handover and transition process);
·       Prioritizes, delegates and controls tasks, balances workloads and steers capacity in the team.
·       Secures working conditions within which the employees are enabled to fulfil their tasks best and with high motivation.
·       Ensure compliance with occupational health and safety standards and regulations by law.
·       Communicates actively and ensures proactive information management and may guide employees through change initiatives.
·       Performs with some guidance and oversight from more senior supervisor and coordinates work activities. Trains team members and provides input to employee performance evaluations.
·       Understands how the team interacts within the area and how the objectives of the team contribute to the achievements of the area. Uses tact and diplomacy to exchange complex information within and across teams operating in closely related areas.
·       Responsible for the quality management of all process documentation (SOPs, user manuals) elaborated by the team;
·       Conduct the recruiting process for new team members;
·       Manage different transitions and team growth 
·       Delivers team presentations, sets team meetings, results presentation – high level, coordinates the team members in order to meet customer expectations, 1 to 1s – mandatory.
·       Act as an escalation point for stakeholders and suppliers 
·       Other management reporting and responsibilities as per the business needs;
·       Ad-hoc reports, analysis, requests.

What you bring
 

·       Awareness of the Group and Allianz Technology structure, the existing process landscape, standards, relevant products and services and organization
·       Providing expertise in organizational transformation and change management 
·       Living the four Allianz People Attributes: Customer & Market Excellence, Collaborative Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Trust
·       Ability to adapt to on-going change and work in a fast-paced, deadline intensive environment;

 

You have
 

·       Pro-active behavior;
·       Strong analytical, communication and influence skills;
·       Strong management skills as problem solving, clear expectation management and establishment of trustful relationships;
·       Strong interpersonal, intercultural, communication and organizational skills;
·       Flexibility to work with different regions worldwide;
·       Ability to think in processes and process dependencies as well as ensure deliverables are connected with operating plans;
·       Strong ability to multi-task and appropriately prioritize tasks to meet deadlines;

 

 

We support your well-being

 

We foster an inclusive and healthy workplace with a flexible hybrid working model:

·  Experience access to counseling services, mental health resources, and well-being sessions designed to keep you feeling your best
·  Enjoy a monthly budget via the Benefit platform, for personalized benefits packages, including comprehensive medical subscriptions, meal tickets, private pensions plans, life insurance, Allianz Tiriac insurance discounts, and many more.
·  Prioritize what truly matters with time off for your birthday, extra days off for each year in Allianz (up to 5), days off for legal holidays that fall on weekends, as well as 24th and 31st of December, plus special allowances to support diverse life events.

 

We invest in your growth

 

Benefit from an extensive learning curriculum designed to support your career advancement and meet your professional needs, with access to technical and soft-skills trainings, international certifications (Agile, Lean Six Sigma, Prince, ITIL, IFOA, ACCA, IACCM and more), learning resources from LinkedIn and Allianz platforms, opportunities to advance your languages skills(German, French, English) and elevate with our leadership Program.

 

We value you and your work

 

We acknowledge and recognize your work through performance based-rewards to celebrate your achievements, team and individual recognition programs to celebrate your contributions and internal referral bonuses.

 

Your personal information, including sensitive data, may be shared with Hiring Managers to assess your suitability as a candidate. Only suitable candidates will be contacted, and all applications are confidential. Allianz Group, a trusted global insurance and asset management company, values employee ambitions and challenges, fostering an empowering environment. We are committed to diversity and inclusion, welcoming applications from all backgrounds, regardless of ethnicity, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability, or sexual orientation. Allianz is an equal opportunity employer, encouraging you to bring your whole self to work.

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