Procurement Excellence Manager - SSL region

Company Overview

DiDi Global Inc. is the world's leading mobility technology platform. It offers a wide range of app-based services across markets including Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Africa, including ride hailing, taxi hailing, chauffeur, hitch and other forms of shared mobility as well as auto solutions, food delivery, intra-city freight, and financial services.

DiDi provides car owners, drivers, and delivery partners with flexible work and income opportunities. It is committed to collaborating with policymakers, the taxi industry, the automobile industry and the communities to solve the world's transportation, environmental and employment challenges through the use of AI technology and localized smart transportation innovations. DiDi strives to create better life experiences and greater social value, by building a safe, inclusive and sustainable transportation and local services ecosystem for cities of the future.

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Team Overview

• This role is responsible to lead the design, development and deployment of the operational framework along with the strategic design of policies, processes and system improvements to ensure the efficiency and compliance in the operation of the Procurement function in the region.
• This role is a key enabler for growth initiatives, savings generation, contract management, supplier performance management, quarterly strategic reporting, KPI definition and tracking on an ongoing basis.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are a must to establish and maintain positive business relationships with peers, users and suppliers. Analytical and organization skills are required as this position will manage several simultaneous projects from divers stakeholders, countries, markets and categories of spend.

Role Responsibilities

• Design, develop and execute strategies that enable world-class procurement CoE function.
• Design a comprehensive set of procurement operational reports with relevant data to optimize the ongoing management and facilitate the decision making regarding spend, supplier management, savings and compliance metrics.
• Design and implement the procurement SLAs.
• Manage the development and execution of a consistent global procurement performance model that accurately measures procurement effectiveness, savings and other OKRs and compliance results.
• Enable, promote and enforce procurement's customer-centric mindset.

Role Qualifications

• Demonstrate a strong initiative, work ethic and dedication to designing, development and execution of process, procurement strategies and plans
• Customer Centric mindeset ad capabilities
• Graduated Business, Administration, Commerce, Economics or Engineering degress
• Proven credentials in Procurement processes (policy development, process / workflow development, system implementations, reports generation) on a regional / multi - countries level
• Excellent written / verbal communications
• Highly quantitative and analytic profile
• Strong sense of ethics and compliance
• Ability to prioritize and multi-task
• Fluent English and Spanish; Chinese desirable.
• Advanced MS/Office components (particularly Excel, Flow and Power Point)
• Desirable consulting backgroud

EEO Statement

• We create customer value - We strive to always create valuable experiences for our users in everything we do. Our focus is to always innovate new experiences that are safe, pleasant, and efficient.
• We are data-driven - We are strong believers in making informed decisions, that's why we are data-driven. We can better navigate the business landscape strategically by analyzing valuable metrics.
• We believe in Win-win Collaboration - Success is a team sport. When we work to help our partners and colleagues win, we win, too. While keeping everyone's best interest at heart, we communicate with candor and execute with excellence in all we do.
• We believe in integrity - Integrity is at the very core of our business. We are people who always want to do the right thing. Our intentions are sincere, we speak our minds and listen to each other.
• We always strive to do better. That means venturing beyond our comfort zones, learning from our mistakes, and helping each other grow.
• We believe in Diversity and Inclusion - Diversity is one of our biggest strengths. Our differences are what makes us distinct. We respect each other and believe in equal opportunities for all.

We are committed to building inclusive and diverse teams.

At DiDi, we believe that our differences are our biggest source of strength. That's why we are committed to promoting equal opportunities to all candidates and employees as an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Employment and advancement decisions at DiDi are always made based on the needs of the position and the qualifications of the candidate. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant based on their gender, age, sexual orientation, nationality, marital status, pregnancy/maternity, disability, race, religion and beliefs, or any other status protected by applicable laws wherever we operate.

We are committed to building inclusive and diverse teams, and a workplace that is free from discrimination and harassment, because that's how we create better products and services, make better decisions and better serve the communities we're a part of.

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