Direct categories / Insurance Procurement Global Category Manager for APac Europe

Direct categories / Insurance Procurement Global Category Manager for APac Europe

Location: Paris

Global Sourcing & Procurement is a department that manages third-party strategy and external operations for Information Technology Direct Categories / Insurance Procurement, and Transversal / Indirect Categories and General Expenses. It is a truly global function that manages procurement projects for the whole division, regardless of location.

The Direct / Insurance scope is a broader view of Insurance Procurement, initially focused on the Claims Supply Chain, as it encompasses sourcing, negotiation, contracting, and overall performance tracking of external vendors instructed and engaged across the entire insurance value chain (Risk engineering, Underwriting, Claims, Reinsurance). Due to the regionalisation of value chains in the insurance business, this position deals with AXA XL APac Europe regional operations. Similar positions exist for the two other regions (Americas, UK & Lloyds). This role is supported by a dedicated worldwide Global Category Manager managing the Corporate legal scope.

This position reports to the Global Head of Direct Categories / Insurance Procurement Regional Engagement, and a Senior Procurement Specialist reports to this position.

DISCOVER your opportunity

What will your essential responsibilities include?

1. Deliver value to AXA XL and to end-customers / intermediaries by defining and implementing category strategies.
2. Contribute to AXA XL profitability (on fee spend and indemnity payouts) and contribute to revenue growth (through the development of the product offering).
3. Oversee the end-to-end procurement process in close cooperation with the business stakeholders and any other Subject Matter Expert (SME) (Legal, Information Security, Data Privacy, Sustainability).
4. Understand needs definition (identify high-risk and manage critical suppliers with Third Party Risk Management team and the business stakeholders, challenge vendor status / usage based on spend figures and trends).
5. Drive change via data analysis and stimulate innovation through market intelligence.
6. Investigate opportunities to leverage the Group size with Group Procurement and Insurance procurement teams of other AXA local entities in APac Europe.

Execution of the strategies will require the ability to work across multiple executive and senior stakeholders and drive governance processes to ensure appropriate decision-making.

Overseeing the Direct categories / Insurance procurement for AXA XL APac Europe region, your key activities are:

• Contribute to the translation of AXA XL Direct Categories / Insurance Procurement vision and functional strategy into regional approaches.
• Implement sourcing projects, including RFx, and be accountable for results from sourcing to payment in coordination with Procurement Operations team.
• Develop and manage supplier relationships jointly with business stakeholders.
• Track and report metrics and secure data quality and compliance in all Procurement tools.
• Educate customers in relevant procurement and contract management skills and techniques; ensure compliance with procurement policies, standards and guidelines.

We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

Required Skills and Abilities:

• In-depth knowledge and experience (10-15 years) of procurement processes and methodologies including the relevant supply markets with particular emphasis on Insurance, Claims, Legal and Non-legal services.
• Good interpersonal skills - internal influencing, "selling" stakeholder management, persuasiveness in an international environment (English is mandatory and multi-lingual capabilities are a plus (French, Italian, German, …)).
• Team player - the ability to work in a team environment to deliver strategic goals.

FIND your future

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.

How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business − property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.

With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.

Inclusion & Diversity

At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce enable business growth and are critical to our success. That’s why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most diverse workforce possible, and create an inclusive culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and can reach their highest potential.

Our enterprise I&D mission is to become the most inspiring company to work for. We’ll achieve this through our three areas of focus:

• Drive an Inclusive Culture — create a global workplace that works for everyone, with a culture that values all individuals, backgrounds and ideas, and where every colleague feels safe, valued and respected.
• Diversify Our Workforce — increase the representation of women in leadership, achieving 50% by 2023, and focus on underrepresented populations by region, positioning AXA XL as an employer of choice for all talent.
• Support Our Marketplace & Communities — support our communities and visibly and thoughtfully champion equity around the globe.

Corporate Responsibility

At AXA XL our approach to corporate responsibility (CR) is the same as our approach to business; constantly seeking to provide innovative solutions to the world’s most complex problems. From offering our expertise, products and services to help build more resilient communities, to advancing understanding and response to climate change, our strategy – Our Impact. Our Future. – aligns key issues that are pertinent to our business – climate, water and financial resilience - and contributes to AXA Group’s purpose to “Act for human progress by protecting what matters.”

• Climate: We’re reducing our carbon footprint, protecting ecosystems and exploring how our business can help build a better world.
• Water: We’re developing water resilience where it is — and will be — needed most.
• Financial resilience: We’re helping create opportunities for the unemployed and underemployed, so they can be better prepared for unexpected changes.
• Hearts in Action: We have established volunteering and charitable giving programs to help colleagues support causes that matter most to them, known as our “Hearts in Action” programs.