Join us at Wavin: Where purpose comes to life.

You’re purpose driven. Growth minded. Ready to stretch your potential. Welcome to Wavin – an Orbia business where our purpose to advance life around the world drives our entire global team.

Every day, we are thinking big and working smart to solve some of the toughest challenges impacting our world. Whether it’s facilitating clean drinking water for communities, creating climate resilient cities, or designing more comfortable living spaces, we never settle for “good enough” when there’s an opportunity to make life better.

Where purpose comes to life, it changes lives. This is what we live for. How about you?

At Wavin, we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments. And where is our help most needed? The very places we live in: our cities where drinking water is leaking away, greenery is disappearing, streets are flooding after heavy rain, and outdated sewer systems are polluting our groundwater. It’s time to join forces with us, join our team, and help build more sustainable environments! 

We want to build a team of people with purpose. That’s why Wavin is currently looking for a Global Business Inteligence Manager to join our team at Poznan, Poland . If you want to make a difference and work for a purpose-led company, please read on.

Responsibilities:

The Global Procurement Business Intelligence Manager is responsible for driving strategic procurement decisions and projects to optimize global spend through data-driven insights. Lead the development and implementation of cutting-edge BI services to unlock cost savings, improve supplier performance, and enhance operational efficiency. By collaborating closely with internal stakeholders and local/regional teams, deploy global strategies and services that deliver value contribution to both Global and BU procurement. Responsible for leading KPI implementation, driving compliance, and fostering a data-driven culture within the procurement organization. As a Global Procurement Business Intelligence Manager you will:

• Craft and evolve a comprehensive BI strategy: Design and oversee the development of world-class Procurement BI services, including spend analysis, market intelligence, opportunity assessment, and more.
• Accelerate data-driven decision making: Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights that empower Category and BU Procurement teams to optimize strategies, mitigate risks, and identify new opportunities.
• Drive innovation and improvement: Continuously evaluate and enhance existing BI services, implementing new capabilities and functionalities that deliver added value to both BU and global procurement.
• Forge strong stakeholder relationships: Foster close collaboration with Finance, Compliance, and local/regional/category Procurement teams to ensure timely, compliant, and globally strategic execution.
• Champion data governance and standardization: Lead the implementation and support of procurement KPIs in alignment with the digitalization strategy, ensuring data quality and consistency across Orbia B&I.

Strategic Insights and Reporting:

• Develop and maintain comprehensive Procurement KPIs & reports: Aligned with Global, BU and Orbia B&I goals, covering spend analysis, value contribution, compliance, sustainability, vendor performance, and e-procurement adoption.
• Translate data into actionable insights: Drive strategic decision-making across categories and BU by providing clear, concise, and actionable reports.
• Implement a self-service platform for KPIs: Empower stakeholders with easy access to real-time data and analysis.

Process Optimization and Efficiency:

• Monitor and improve procurement metrics: Ensure timely and accurate processing of purchase requisitions and orders, optimal approval workflows, and adherence to release strategies.
• Maintain data integrity: Support master data accuracy and approval limits to ensure reliable reporting and analysis.

Vendor Management and Collaboration:

• Oversee vendor administration: Manage vendor lifecycle management (registration, updates, and blocking within the Procurement system)
• Foster strong stakeholder relationships: Collaborate with internal stakeholders (users, buyers, category managers, Finance, Compliance) and external partners (suppliers, consultants).
• Act as a compliance expert: Provide accurate and timely compliance information to internal and external stakeholders.

Global Alignment and Innovation:

• Champion a harmonized approach: Ensure Orbia B&I procurement processes are aligned across regions and compliant with Orbia policies.
• Lead the implementation of new value-added services: Identify and develop innovative BI solutions that enhance procurement performance and unlock new opportunities.
• SAP Source to Pay Technical global process owner for: Shape and optimize Orbia B&I global procurement landscape through expert SAP Source to Pay process ownership, ensuring compliance, automation, and continuous improvement

Requirements:

• Master degree in business or data analytics.
• Proven experience in building and implementing impactful BI strategies within Procurement or a related function.
• Experience in leading and managing team.
• Proficiency in utilizing analytical tools such as Power BI, Python, data modeling, data lakes, ETL, and integration techniques.
• Strong experience managing SAP MM modules.
• Strong analytical skills and expertise in data analysis tools and platforms.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, effectively translating data into compelling stories for diverse audiences.
• A collaborative and relationship-oriented approach, fostering trust and alignment across the organization.
• Deep understanding of procurement processes and challenges.
• Global mindset and adaptability to working in a cross-cultural environment.
• Strong influencing skills to drive positive outcomes in various professional interactions.
• Commitment to compliance standards and a keen awareness of regulatory requirements.

The role inherently involves cross-functional collaboration, necessitating a deep understanding of Supply Chain, Purchasing, Manufacturing, and Finance domains

Wavin offers

Do you want to make a difference by working with a purpose? Count on a warm welcome at Wavin! At Wavin, we encourage all our employees to develop their talent and to become the best version of themselves with great innovative programs. Here, we take responsibility for each other and our company. We stay brave in pursuing calculated risks that fuel innovation. And we embrace diversity in perspectives, skills and talents to transform the way we work and the impact we have on the world. Together, as a strong team, we grow and deliver on our purpose every day. Wavin is the place to be if you truly wish to make an impact. In addition to working with an enthusiastic, professional team in an international environment, we offer a competitive compensation and benefit package.

Organization

Orbia’s Building and Infrastructure business Wavin is an innovative solutions provider for the global building and infrastructure industry. Backed by more than 60 years of product development experience, Wavin is advancing life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments for global citizens. Whether it’s to improve the distribution of clean drinking water, to make sanitation accessible for everyone, to create climate resilient cities, or to design comfortable living spaces, Wavin collaborates with municipal leaders, engineers, contractors, and installers to help future-proof communities, buildings and homes. Wavin has 12,000+ employees around 65 production sites worldwide, serving over 80 countries through a global sales and distribution network.

Wavin is a business of Orbia. A company driven by a shared purpose: to advance life around the world. Orbia operates in the Polymer Solutions (Vestolit and Alphagary), Building and Infrastructure (Wavin), Precision Agriculture (Netafim), Connectivity Solutions (Dura-Line) and Fluorinated Solutions (Koura) sectors. The five Orbia business groups have a collective focus on expanding access to health and wellness, reinventing the future of cities and homes, ensuring food and water security, connecting communities to information and accelerating a circular economy with basic and advanced materials, specialty products and innovative solutions. Orbia has commercial activities in more than 110 countries and operations in over 50, with global headquarters in Boston, Mexico City, Amsterdam and Tel Aviv. The company generated $9.6 billion in revenue in 2022.

Acquisition based on this vacancy is not appreciated and unsolicited applications from third parties will not be accepted.