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The P+ Growth Market (APAC) External Talent Delivery Lead is responsible in delivering the strategy and objectives outlined by External Talent Strategy; working closely with local MU External Talent leads, in alignment and collaboration with the P+ Growth Market External Talent Strategy Lead.

The responsibilities are:

Category planning

Deliver the External Talent strategy and, when relevant, customize it per MU or country

Leverage industry & market information to influence External Talent solutioning

Build work planning and category governance for the Market

Set up Market and MU targets in alignment with Market P+ and category goals and follow progress/achievement of those KPI

Project Management

Support the implementation of Global/Market External Talent programs and principles

Provide direction, manage status against agreed plan and provide escalation management

Provide regular status in accordance to agreed status templates to Global External Talent Delivery Lead and Market Lead

Support Market External Talent Strategy lead to gather/showcase project delivery outcomes

Sourcing & Contracting

Identify market and local MU sourcing projects in line with the Global External talent strategies

Create and maintain local sourcing pipeline through spend and talent skills analysis as well as through regular supplier and stakeholders meetings

Support market or cross MUs high complex strategic sourcing and complex contracting projects

Ensure overall policy and law compliance in process execution

Be accountable of the External Talent Delivery within the Market and act as an escalation point for delivery challenges

Resource/Team management

Supervise assigned team members

Provide External Talent MU Leads direction and guidance to manage their team members\xe2\x80\x99 performance/capacity, escalating to Global External Talent Delivery Lead and P+ CXLs where necessary

Provide support to External Talent MU Leads on resource decisions including business case, interviews etc.

Connect with SSC POC/Lead on a regular basis for continuous improvements and issue escalations

Lead APAC community calls to encourage synergies and knowledge sharing and also foster team spirit

Supplier management

Promote greater use of Global or Market Strategic suppliers

Manage supplier relationship with critical and strategic suppliers in relationship with P+ 360 Partnership team

Guide MU External Talent Leads on performance management of local strategic suppliers

Stakeholder management

Partner with External Talent Strategy Lead and External Talent MU Lead to solution on Stakeholder (DOO, Service Line Leads, CALs, HR, Cx, Avanade etc) requirements relating to Supply Chain including but not limited to sales/ opportunities, supplier sourcing, supplier analysis etc.

Guide External Talent MU Leads in their promotion of External Talent capability to stakeholders

Promote External Talent capability to stakeholders

Bachelor\'s degree in Business, Finance, Operations/Business Management or similar.

5 years of procurement experience or more working in the contingent labor and/or professional services category

Ability to identify and quantify legitimate areas of business benefit (cost savings, avoidance, client satisfaction, quality improvement, etc.)

Solid understanding of VMS systems, preferably IQN/SAP Fieldglass. Powerpoint and Excel (Pivot and VLOOKUP) will be an added advantage.

All of our consulting professionals receive comprehensive training covering business acumen, technical and professional skills development. You\xe2\x80\x99ll also have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialization. We offer a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialized skills faster. Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducted online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with teammates. The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provide an unbeatable platform from which to build a career.

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