Procurement Leader - South Asia

About Veolia

Veolia group aims to be the benchmark company for ecological transformation. In 2022, with nearly 220,000 employees worldwide, the Group designs and provides game-changing solutions that are both useful and practical for water, waste and energy management. Through its three complementary business activities, Veolia helps to develop access to resources, preserve available resources, and replenish them. In 2021, the Veolia group supplied 79 million people with drinking water and 61 million people with wastewater service, produced nearly 48 million megawatt hours of energy and treated 48 million metric tons of waste.

● Leadership & Culture

o Lead and develop a high performing Procurement team by attracting,

developing and retaining the best talent.

o Collaborate and partner with the Procurement Leadership Team and

cross functional regional & global functions to create a best-in-class

Procurement organization.

o Establish regular communication & operating mechanisms with the

regional business and supply-base stakeholders to drive financial and

functional metrics.

● Financial Metrics

o Deliver EBIT improvement for the region while mitigating market risks

via focus on top line growth and bottom-line.

o Develop and implement regional procurement synergies across the

organization.

● Procurement Operations

o Deliver on regional commitments (Proposals, Project Execution,

Fulfillment, On Time Delivery, Supplier Quality, etc.).

o Drive Procurement initiatives in accordance with Category Management

strategy (Preferred Supplier Network, business allocation, supplier

consolidation, sole source reduction, risk mitigation, etc.).

o Drive BCC spend growth from the regional suppliers to fulfil global

Veolia Water needs

o Drive compliance to ‘Procure to Pay’ policies & procedures.

o Enable digitization while adapting the usage of data analytics and

digital solutions in the region in accordance with Procurement’s global

digital strategy.

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Procurement, Supply

Chain Management or any other related field.

15 years’ experience in roles in Procurement & Supply Chain function in several

types of industries, with regional/global leadership and knowledge of business

strategy, procurement strategy & processes, category management and overall

execution of procurement KPIs.

Work experience in South Asia is a must, especially in EP/EPC contracts with

major industrial companies.

● EHS: The incumbent should actively work and ensure adequate RA, SOP, SMP, Checklist and other EHS related

requirements. Ensure all legal requirements should comply within stipulated time. Should practice best practices

e.g., toolbox, audit, training etc. at site.

● People management: Providing guidance and direction to O&M team members, monitoring performance, and

recognizing individuals. Identifying the developmental needs and helping them to improve their knowledge,

skills, and performance. Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and co-operation amongst team

members

● Customer Management: The incumbent should be smart enough to deal with customer’s expectations within

the scope of job. Collaborating with multiple stakeholders and ensuring the result.

● Services management: Establish service excellence and 9 Standards at site. Ensure all process, operational

incidents and EHS related information are reported, investigated for root cause analysis and appropriate actions

are initiated. Should proactively initiate VGP and initiate internal and external review.

● Finance: To ensure timely submission/collection of invoices and its processing. Regular follow-up for payment

collection and ensure PD should be at minimum level. Initiate necessary actions to reduce cost of operation and

maintenance.

● Digital tools, Report, and review: The incumbent should be well versed with usage of laptop/computer system -

google mail and other google tools, MS Office others, prepare reports, trends, presentations etc. for different

reviews. The candidate should be competent using and analyzing data through digital tools e.g., Insight,

ServiceMax, Gensuit and others.

● Problem Solving: Identifying problems, analyzing, doing RCFA reviewing related information to arrive at the best

possible solutions to be implemented for fixing any issue.

● Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions,

conclusions or approaches to problems.

● Engineering Technology: Knowledge and hands on experience of maintaining MBR systems and related

equipment. He should be well versed in biological process, filtration process, CIP, and related troubleshooting.

The incumbent should know or be aware of other technologies e.g., UF, RO, EDR, ZLD etc.

● Data Management: Ensure timely update of plant related data into system in soft copy or recording in hardcopy

and finally utilize the data smartly for performance enhancement.

● Ethics and compliances: Should be transparent, compliant and demonstrate integral culture amongst employees

by setting up high standards of ethics and compliance.

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.