Category Specialist - Long Tail Transformation (m/f)
Description des tâches: Support the delivery and scaling of Vodafone's Long Tail Transformation programme across Group and local markets. The role supports market rollout, supplier migration and Long Tail commercial negotiations; develops data-driven insight for sourcing and programme decisions; tracks savings, business-case performance, adoption and leakage; and contributes to governance, risk management and continuous improvement of the operating model.
- Lead market migrations from spend analysis and supplier engagement through onboarding, cutover and stabilisation, managing plans, dependencies, risks and actions.
- Develop commercial models and negotiation strategies for Long Tail suppliers, benchmarking pricing, terms and service levels.
- Drive adoption of AI tools to improve decision-making, efficiency and programme delivery.
- Create and maintain Power BI dashboards and reporting on spend, savings, adoption, supplier performance and delivery status, providing actionable insights.
- Track savings realisation, forecasts and business cases, ensuring alignment with Finance and validating benefits.
- Monitor adoption, identify leakage and off-platform spend, and coordinate corrective actions.
- Analyse spend, suppliers and total cost of ownership to identify sourcing, consolidation and category opportunities.
- Support governance and stakeholder management through programme reporting, SteerCo materials and cross-functional coordination.
- Improve migration playbooks, processes and controls to enhance scalability and efficiency.
- Support risk identification and mitigation across delivery, supplier, compliance, service and data quality areas.
- Contribute to key initiatives and projects across other Corporate Services & Property categories.
Who you are Professional qualifications
- Master's degree or equivalent professional experience in business, procurement, supply chain, finance, economics, data analytics or a related discipline.
- Proficiency in AI tools, Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; practical experience using Power BI or an equivalent business intelligence tool.
- Experience working with procurement, ERP, source-to-pay or digital marketplace data and reporting is strongly preferred.
- Fluent business English, written and spoken.
- Procurement or project management certification such as CIPS, CPSM, PMP or PRINCE2 is desirable but not essential.
Core competencies, knowledge and experience
- Practical experience in procurement, category management, transformation, programme delivery or procurement operations within a complex international organisation.
- Strong analytical capability, including spend analysis, benefits tracking, forecasting and the ability to turn data into concise business recommendations.
- Stakeholder coordination skills across Group functions, local markets, Finance, suppliers and technology or platform partners.
- Working knowledge of negotiations, contracting, supplier onboarding, purchase-to-pay processes, supplier performance and procurement controls.
- Commercial mindset with a focus on measurable value, adoption, user experience, compliance and sustainable process improvement.
- Clear written and verbal communication, including preparation of executive dashboards, governance packs and decision papers.
- Collaborative, proactive and comfortable working across cultures, functions and geographically dispersed teams.
Études: Niveau d'étude demandé egal Master (Bac+5) Métier / domaine de formation: Master's degree or equivalent professional experience in business, procurement, supply chain, finance, economics, data analytics or a related discipline.