Global Product Lead – Services Procurement Lisboa

Global Product Lead – Services Procurement
Lisboa
Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

About the role

The Global Product Lead – Services Procurement plays a lead role in developing and implementing Pontoon’s global Services Procurement strategy, ensuring we have the right product strategy, roadmap, and
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- market approach to increase our footprint within Services Procurement.

Collaborating with global teams across the Pontoon organization, the Global Product Lead – Services Procurement ensures relationships with all stakeholder groups are continually developed and strengthened, directly impacting Pontoon’s growth.

What you’ll be doing

• Develop, communicate, implement, and execute the Services Procurement strategy to grow the business.
• Define our
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  - market strategy for new and existing clients.
• Create and maintain a Services Procurement Target Operating Model (TOM), operational standards, SLAs, KPIs, and optimized product features.
• Foster an environment of best practice sharing across Pontoon.
• Stay updated with industry trends and changes, demonstrating subject matter expertise.
• Facilitate product reviews to gather and build client and product case studies.
• Engage directly with customers and prospects during the sales process, including RFI/RFP input.
• Secure thought leadership opportunities through speaking engagements and publications.
• Determine the resources needed for developing a successful Services Procurement function.
• Review and improve existing Services Procurement approaches, collateral, and solutions.
• Support
  - leading insights on Services Procurement via social media, industry events, and analysts.
• Assist Solution Design and Pricing teams in developing service pricing models.
• Advise on the Services Procurement technology landscape, partnering with top vendors.
• Cultivate the Services Procurement Centre of Excellence (COE) to support customers and prospects.
• Continuously develop strategies and organizational improvements for increased efficiency.
• Lead or participate in special projects and other duties as assigned.

About you

Education & Job Requirements:

• Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in MSP or transferable Procurement roles.
• At least two (2) years in project or initiative management.
• MSP experience preferred but not required.
• Experience in negotiations and performance management.
• Six Sigma, Lean, or Green Belt certification preferred but not required.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to build proactive, collaborative relationships with stakeholders.
• Experience in defining and refining a Services Procurement strategy.
• Strong executive presence with excellent presentation skills.
• Expertise in Services Procurement, preferably within MSP environments.
• Ability to handle responsibility and pressure, making accountable decisions.
• Ability to build trust within the organization.
• Strong analytical skills, capable of building and presenting business cases.
• Experience presenting analytical results to
  - technical audiences.
• Financial acumen, critical thinking, and
  - solving skills.
• Results-oriented with a sense of urgency.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and strategic change.
• Leadership skills to motivate without authority.
• Excellent organizational and negotiation skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.