Senior Procurement Officer - VIE Porto (F/M/X)

Job description

Your responsibilities

Sourcing and negotiation

• Lead RFX processes, from requirements gathering to supplier selection.
• Prepare negotiation strategies and challenge pricing, fee structures, indexation mechanisms, service levels, and payment terms.
• Benchmark suppliers and market conditions to support sourcing decisions.
• Draft and review contracts in collaboration with the Legal team.
• Secure competitive and sustainable commercial terms.

Supplier relationship management

• Lead regular business reviews with key suppliers.
• Monitor supplier performance and escalate issues when needed.
• Manage supplier onboarding, risk assessments, and compliance checks.
• Maintain and develop Mantu’s preferred supplier panel.
• Monitor contract renewal dates and anticipate renegotiation opportunities.

Stakeholder management

• Work with internal stakeholders to understand, assess, and challenge their requirements before launching sourcing events.
• Support local entities across different countries.
• Coordinate with regional and global suppliers.
• Present category strategies, procurement performance, and savings initiatives to management.
• Act as the main point of contact for procurement-related topics across assigned categories.

Category strategy and analysis

• Analyse spend data and identify savings and cost-avoidance opportunities.
• Build and maintain category strategies and sourcing roadmaps.
• Track savings, cost avoidance, budget compliance, and procurement performance.
• Monitor market trends and supplier developments.
• Use data to support recommendations and purchasing decisions.

Governance and procurement tools

• Ensure purchases follow procurement policies and approval workflows.
• Keep supplier information, contracts, and spend data accurate in the procurement platform, such as Ivalua.
• Produce KPI dashboards and regular procurement reports.
• Support audits and compliance requests.
• Handle urgent purchasing needs and supplier disputes.
• Contribute to cross-category projects and improvements to procurement processes.

About you

• You have several years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, purchasing, or supplier management.
• You have managed RFX processes and complex negotiations with suppliers.
• You are comfortable discussing rates, fee structures, indexation, SLAs, payment terms, and contractual conditions.
• You can analyse spend data and translate it into clear recommendations.
• You have experience working with internal stakeholders across different countries or business units.
• You are confident presenting procurement strategies and results to management.
• You are familiar with procurement platforms and reporting tools. Experience with Ivalua is an advantage.
• You have strong organisational skills and can manage several projects and priorities at the same time.

 

Mantu is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. We are committed to promoting diversity within the workforce and creating an inclusive working environment. For this purpose, we welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, beliefs, age, marital status, disability, or other characteristics.

Who are we?

Mantu is an independent international consulting player, founded in 2007. Bringing together expert and complementary brands, Mantu stands out for the breadth of its spectrum, responding to all business transformation challenges.

Its activities are divided into four practices:
Leadership & Advocacy, Technology, Brand Strategy & Experiences and Total Talent Management.

A wide range of skills, all serving a single mission: connecting and powering companies with leading teams and technology to succeed faster and sustainably. 

 From its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Mantu relies on a community of 12,000 talented people in more than 60 countries on 5 continents and has a turnover of 1billion euros.