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:

• 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)

We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and don’t discriminate against employees or potential employees based on protected characteristics. If you have a long-term condition or disability and require adjustments during the application or interview process, please send an email to AXA Partners Global HR Response - globalhr@partners.axa

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 sec