CoCo Polska is a Polish company and part of Coco Global in Great Britain and Coco Africa in South Africa. As a company we built a proven methodology for identifying and delivering real, bottom-line cost reduction for enterprises. Our services are modular and can be mixed to provide the commercial optimisation programme that meets the customer’s challenges. We can assist in a number of ways to reduce costs, improve cost-to-income ratios or drive increased profit margins.

www.coco-polska.com
www.coco.global

What we offer:

• Employment contract
• Stable employment in International company (Coco Polska, Coco Global, Coco Africa)
• Private medical care for you and your family
• Annual bonus
• Sport card
• Development opportunities
• International travels
• Internal and external training catalogue
• Work-life Balance
• Hybrid work (2 days in the office each week)

Who are we looking for:

• IT Procurement

• IT Category Manager

• IT Sourcing Manager

Responsibilities:

• Create clear negotiation strategies for supplier or contract opportunities and execute these as cost saving initiatives.
• Be responsible for performing deep-dive activity across cost base, forensically analysing contracts, invoices and spend data to provide a holistic view of supplier’s contracts and spend.
• Act as primary interface with Business Functions, IT & Purchasing Stakeholders across the world to understand products and/or services and collaboratively devise strategies and opportunities for executable cost reductions or cost take-out.
• Conduct reviews with technical teams as a demand challenge layer to analyse technical solutions, licensing volumes, SLAs, services and evaluate opportunities for right-sizing, cost reductions and risk appetite decisions to be discussed / agreed
• Review inventory data to understand any growth or decline trends, plus future strategies and roadmaps of particular technologies / solutions
• Contribute towards programme deliverables including initiative tracking, MI reporting and dashboards to demonstrate activity is being progressed, maintain a view of upcoming initiatives and savings delivered
• Be responsible for compiling savings evidence to provide clear figures of in-year and annual run-rate savings as well as payment profiles of contracts
• Create commercial propositions including benefits and overview of costs
• Supporting Customers with supplier negotiations and drafting contract terms
• Run RFP processes (where appropriate) to seek better commercial terms for existing services or by selection of replacement services with better value
• In addition to our core Cost and Contract Optimisation Services CoCo also offer and deliver a range of related operational and consultancy services, and you will also be expected to delivery such projects from time to time to deliver the customers’ requirements – a description of these ancillary services can be found on the CoCo Global website www.coco.global and www.coco-polska.com

Our requirements

• We are looking for candidates that have experience in commercial, financial, or procurement / sourcing related areas.
• Experience of working within one of the following sectors: global financial services, banking, insurance, healthcare, private equity as well as fintechs and technology companies.
• Good experience of financial modelling, P&L vs. Cash positions, account treatment of OpEx and CapEx, depreciation lifecycles, VAT recovery etc.
• Demonstrable experience in vendor, cost and commercial management including cost reduction / optimisation programmes as well as supplier
  contract negotiation
• Experience of working at all levels of an organisation, demonstrating excellent stakeholder management ability.
• Flexibility, the job holder must be able to adapt to changing CoCo and customer requirements.
• Work alone or within a larger team, but it is essential you are a self-starter and are able to devise your own strategies and approaches to solve customer problems
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office products especially Excel.

 Who are we looking for:

• Supplier Risk Manager

Your responsibilities

• Act as the main point of contact for business stakeholders and colleagues in Procurement alike on all things supplier risk management related
• Liaise with subject matter risk experts across the business to ensure they define the business’s appetite in relation to third party suppliers
• Assist the business in conducting appropriate risk assessments of supplier relationships, with onboarding and thereafter Collaborate with Business, Procurement, Legal, and Risk teams to improve supplier outcomes and compliance
• Have responsibility for the due diligence process, issuing initial requests to suppliers and subsequently arrange with SMEs, where appropriate for their review
• Develop a control environment for all high risk suppliers, including documenting their preventive and detective controls subsequently, build a testing monitoring programme to ensure the effectiveness of said controls.
• Support business stakeholders in the event of an issue or risk event in the supply chain.
• Working closely with colleagues in the business embed supply chain risk management by coaching, advising on supply chain risk matters, ensure that key controls are in place in operational areas to mitigate supply chain risk.
• Liaise with stakeholders when it is necessary to conduct assurance reviews of suppliers, develop a Terms of Reference and agree this prior to the review. Subsequently manage the review and agree any corrective actions which may be necessary with suppliers and stakeholders alike.
• Monthly reporting on supplier risk management for appropriate internal governance committees.
• Continually review supplier chain risk processes and controls. Make recommendations for improvements to senior management and implement these effectively when agreement is reached

Our requirements

• We are looking for candidates that have experience in Supplier Risk Management within one of the following sectors: global financial services, banking, insurance, healthcare, private equity, fintechs and technology companies.
• Proven experience in TPRM, supplier/vendor management, or a similar centralised risk function.
• Background in procurement, risk, or vendor management within a complex, multinational organisation.
• Experience of supplier information security risk management at all stages of the supplier lifecycle from procurement, contracting, on-boarding, contract management and off-boarding
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Knowledge of business risk practices and advanced Excel capability.
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical skills to assess vendor performance and risk.
• Experience with global vendors across different sectors
• Familiarity with TPRM software platforms.
• Confident decision-maker, able to prioritise and deliver in a fast-paced environment

Additional Benefits:

• sharing the costs of sports activities
• private medical care
• sharing the costs of foreign language classes
• sharing the costs of professional training & courses
• flexible working time
• integration events
• no dress code
• coffee / tea
• parking space for employees
• Christmas gifts
• international travels