Senior Process Expert Procurement Analytics & Sustainability

About this role

Procurement sustainability process design & integration

• Continuously review how sustainability requirements are reflected in procurement processes (e.g., supplier qualification, sourcing, contracting, supplier management) and identify areas for improvement.
• Derive procurement-specific sustainability topics from Omya's overarching corporate sustainability strategy, targets and regulatory commitments (e.g., CO₂ reduction, responsible sourcing, human rights, circularity).
• Propose and operationalize measures to embed sustainability criteria, clauses and decision gates into procurement methodologies, in close alignment with the OS&S delivery teams and the global procurement function.
• Support process standardization and alignment of sustainability practices across the end-2-end service scope, spanning Omya's headquarter and business units.

Focal point for procurement sustainability

• Act as the central point of contact for sustainability topics within the global procurement function, bridging corporate sustainability, category management, supplier management and OS&S process management.
• Translate external requirements (e.g., CSRD, CSDDD, CBAM, ESG ratings, customer requests) into clear procurement process implications and guidance.
• Drive awareness, training and adoption of sustainable procurement practices across procurement teams and relevant stakeholders.
• Represent procurement in cross-functional sustainability initiatives and ensure procurement's contribution to corporate sustainability KPIs is transparent and measurable.

Procurement analytics – design and requirements

• Partner with procurement staff (category managers, buyers, S2C/P2P process experts, supplier management) to identify analytics needs and define the design, scope and format of required analytics and reports (e.g., spend analytics, supplier performance, sustainability KPIs, savings tracking).
• Translate business questions into clear analytics requirements, mock-ups and report specifications that can be handed over to the OS&S Engage analytics team for technical implementation and number crunching.
• Ensure analytics outputs are fit-for-purpose, decision-oriented and aligned with procurement governance, KPI frameworks and sustainability reporting needs.
• Coordinate prioritization of analytics demand from the procurement function and act as the interface to the OS&S Engage analytics team throughout design, validation and roll-out.
• Operational execution
• Oversee their field of responsibilities within the OS&S Process Management team and accomplish tasks in a quality and timely manner in order to maintain and develop the standard process model for procurement sustainability and analytics.
• Support Group-wide projects / initiatives (e.g., ESG reporting, supplier sustainability assessments, analytics platform roll-outs) and adhere to milestones in a quality and timely manner.
• Operationalize measures to improve sustainability integration and analytics design within procurement processes and introduce measures into the OS&S delivery teams.
• Operationalize efficient handover points between procurement, sustainability reporting and the OS&S Engage analytics team.
• Handle process-related issues on sustainability and analytics topics and resolve process-related exceptions promptly.
• Specify and document business requirements for sustainability data, ESG-related supplier information and analytics reports, and if required functional test scripts.
• Develop training materials as required for the process and maintain playbooks and training materials.
• Process scope for this role includes, among others, sustainable supplier qualification, ESG criteria in sourcing and contracting, supplier sustainability assessments, sustainability KPI reporting and procurement analytics demand management.
• Ensure procurement process consistency by clarifying data flows, system interfaces and control points across procurement subprocesses and coordinating with upstream and downstream teams to resolve gaps or inefficiencies.

Job Requirements

• Education
• University degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Sustainability, Economics, or any other related field
• Experience
• Min. 5 years of relevant working experience in a procurement, sustainability or analytics-related position and leadership responsibilities

Knowledge and skills

• Proven experience with sustainable procurement practices and/or procurement analytics design
• Solid understanding of procurement end-to-end processes (S2C, P2P, supplier management) and their interfaces with sustainability
• Knowledge of relevant sustainability regulations and frameworks (e.g., CSRD, CSDDD, CBAM, GHG Protocol, EcoVadis or similar)
• Experience in translating business needs into analytics requirements and report designs (mock-ups, KPI definitions, dashboards)
• Familiarity with continuous improvement methodologies and transformation initiatives
• Hands-on experience with SAP ERP, S/4HANA preferred; exposure to procurement and ESG/analytics tools (e.g., Ariba, Power BI, EcoVadis) is beneficial
• Strong problem solving and root-cause analysis skills with a bias to action
• Skilled in coaching and transferring knowledge to other teams
• Strong organizational skills and ability to execute

- Creative and critical thinking skills

Other requirements

• Excellent command of both oral and written English are required
• Good command of both oral and written additional language is beneficial
• Willingness to travel up to 10-15%

Position Scope

Reporting Line(s)

Solid line(s) to: Head of process management Source-2-contract

Dotted line(s) to:

Number of direct reports:

Number of dotted line reports:

Performance Measures

• To be detailed in alignment to respective E2E GPO performance measures

Working Relationships

Internal contacts:

• Head of Process Management
• Global process owner S2C
• S2C teams
• OMYA Sustainability function
• E2E service lines teams
• E2E service lines
• Business process management teams
• Business

External contacts:

• Digital tool suppliers
• Sustainability rating agencies and data providers (e.g., EcoVadis, CDP)
• Market research institutes, e.g. for benchmarking