Senior Procurement Specialist

Driving Strategic Sourcing and Risk Management to Power Business Success

What you’ll be doing:

• Manage the entire procurement process from market request to contract management, with a focus on third-party risk, outsourcing, and regulatory compliance, including DORA.
• Oversee sourcing and supplier management to ensure cost control, quality, and adherence to organizational policies and industry standards.
• Act as a key interface between Procurement, Business, Legal, Risk, Compliance, Information Security, Data Protection, and IT, ensuring third-party engagements are sound and compliant.
• Embed Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) into the procurement lifecycle, from initial sourcing and due diligence to ongoing monitoring, renewal, and exit.
• Support the development of Contract Management practices by building processes, standards, governance, tools, and capabilities to improve contractual performance and supplier oversight.
• Lead strategic procurement initiatives for complex and regulated third-party arrangements, including developing sourcing strategies, managing RFIs/RFPs, and negotiating contracts.
• Identify opportunities for savings, cost avoidance, and value creation while balancing cost, quality, performance, resilience, and risk.
• Ensure third-party risk assessments are integrated into sourcing and contracting activities, with appropriate due diligence and contractual mitigation measures.
• Coordinate with various control functions to support supplier segmentation, criticality assessments, and risk monitoring.
• Support DORA compliance by embedding regulatory requirements into procurement processes, assessing ICT third-party arrangements, and supporting contract renegotiations as needed.
• Support outsourcing management by ensuring contractual requirements are met, ongoing performance is monitored, and exit strategies are well-planned.
• Contribute to Contract Management development by defining governance standards, standardizing contract templates, and implementing lifecycle management tools.
• Support supplier relationship and performance management through governance, KPIs, performance reviews, and identifying opportunities for innovation and improvement.
• Represent Procurement in internal and external meetings and support transformation and process improvement initiatives within the department.

What you’ll bring:

• Master's degree or equivalent in Business, Economics, Procurement, Supply Chain, Law, Finance, Risk Management or a related field.
• Minimum Ideally 5–7+ years of relevant professional experience, including significant experience in Procurement, Vendor Management, Outsourcing, TPRM or Contract Management.
• Experience in a regulated financial-services environment such as banking, insurance, payments or financial infrastructure would be highly desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate complex arrangements involving ICT, cloud, SaaS, managed services, professional services and/or business process outsourcing would be particularly valuable.
• Regulatory understanding and good practical knowledge of DORA, ICT, Outsourcing allowing to translate regulatory and risk requirements into sourcing decisions, supplier negotiations and contractual outcomes
• Multi-lingual: English, French and/or Dutch.
• Mastery of MS Office
• Analytical skills and excellent organization skills
• Communication, influencing and negotiation skills
• Assertivity and stress resistance

What we offer:

At AXA Partners, we’re appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. You can expect to receive:

• Competitive gross monthly salary
• 250 € net allowance per month
• Performance Bonus
• Meal vouchers worth €10 per day
• 250 € eco-vouchers
• Insurance: group insurance, hospitalization & outpatient insurance, disability insurance, accident insurance
• Possibility of telecommuting
• Up to 30 days of leave
• Reimbursement of 100% of transportation costs
• Cafeteria plan (optimalisation of 13th month)

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Who we are:

We’re AXA Partners, experts at designing and delivering assistance solutions and specialised insurance, credit, and lifestyle protection – with and for our partners worldwide. What sets us apart? The expertise and passion of our 8,500+ people, and a strong network of over 55,000 professionals all over the world. Powered by them and our sector-leading technology, we continuously evolve, adapt and thrive – offering solutions and services that make sure we’re always at people’s side, no matter what. Helping others is our passion. Combining the best digital technology with our warm, human touch, we’re always looking at new ways to offer seamless and reassuring experiences when it really matters.

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