Procurement Performance and Value Specialist

Country: Netherlands 
City: Amsterdam 
Req ID: 506648

About CRH

We are CRH, and we are committed to contributing to a more resilient and sustainable built environment. We understand the wider impact our businesses can make in supporting human activity. We continue to do this through the delivery of unique, superior building materials and products for use in road and critical utility infrastructure, commercial building projects and outdoor living solutions.

CRH (NYSE: CRH, LSE: CRH) is the leading provider of building materials solutions that build, connect and improve our world. Employing c.78,500 people at c.3,390 operating locations in 28 countries, CRH has market leadership positions in both North America and Europe. As the essential partner for transportation and critical utility infrastructure projects, complex non-residential construction and outdoor living solutions, CRH’s unique offering of materials, products and value-added services helps to deliver a more resilient and sustainable built environment. The company is ranked among sector leaders by Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) rating agencies. A Fortune 500 company, CRH’s shares are listed on the NYSE and LSE.

Without you noticing our products, we are everywhere you live, work, and relax.

Our project portfolio includes some of the most sustainable and cutting-edge building projects around the world. Think of the asphalt on the Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit, the Paris Metro Rail project, but also the Louis Vuitton Museum in Paris, parts of the Burj Khalifa, and the Kennedy Space Centre.

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CRH is looking for a Procurement Performance and Value Specialist to join their team. This role will be responsible for ensuring that implemented procurement processes, technology and enablers are consistent with the business objectives. They will provide a robust user friendly, efficient and effective 'digital procurement' experience, specifically related to procurement performance, pipeline creation and management, and value reporting process areas. In addition, this role will have responsibility for providing ad-hoc reporting and analysis in conjunction with the Procurement Performance & Value Manager as required, to support management reporting.    

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the monthly value reporting cycle – transforming data for reporting
• Identify and drive best in class procurement processes and technology relating to procurement performance, pipeline and value reporting
• Drive continuous improvement along the entire pipeline and value reporting process, tools and data structure
• Engage and collaborate with procurement team members from across the organization as well as with IT and BI teams 
• Drives reporting, action tracking, and process/systems analysis activities under agreed reporting frames to support procurement decisions

Key Functional Competencies:

• Expert in Excel & various technologies to manage and transform data structures  
• Experience with SAP Ariba and similar tools for procurement value reporting & pipeline management
• Analytical skills
• Communication skills
• Customer focus
• Target oriented
• Problem solving
• Collaborative

Key Skills and Experience:

• Educated to a degree level with 3-5 years experience, preferable in international setting
• Expert knowledge of the use of technology as an enabler for enhancing procurement processes – specifically related to procurement performance, pipeline and value reporting activities
• Good business, commercial and financial acumen
• Able to build and maintain relationships at all levels of an organisation, across all business functions and to work effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders, both internal and external
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with sufficient gravitas and credibility to be able to influence stakeholders at all levels (both internal and external)
• Good planning and organising skills
• Act as an interface to Divisional and OpCo IT
• Very strong analytical and process improvement skills
• Occasional travel will be required for team meetings 
• Fluent in English 
   

What CRH Offers You

• A culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion

• Highly competitive salary package

• Comprehensive secondary benefits

• Significant contribution to your pension plan

• Health and wellness programs, including an on-site gym and fitness classes

• Excellent opportunities to develop and progress with a global organization

Connect your future to CRH

We are curious to learn more about you. At CRH, we believe our mutual differences contribute to the healthy, productive, and enjoyable workspace we create. Please introduce yourself and send us your application.

Is this role not for you, but do you know someone who would love to join the team? Please let us know!

CRH finds it important that vacancies are shared to individuals that may find them interesting and/or could be suitable for the role

Please contact our recruitment team at careers@crh.com.

CRH is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Benefits/perks listed above may vary depending on the nature of the employment with CRH and the country where you work.

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We do not accept candidate introductions for this position from recruitment agencies, unless you have been instructed to do so by our recruitment team.