At Chain IQ, your ideas move fast. Chain IQ is a global AI-driven Procurement Service Partner, headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, with operations across main centers and 16 offices worldwide. We provide tailored, end-to-end procurement solutions that enable transformation, drive scalability, and deliver substantial reductions in our clients' indirect spend. Our culture is built on innovation, entrepreneurship, ownership, and impact. Here, your voice matters - bold thinking is encouraged, and action follows ambition. Role Purpose As a senior member of our Transition & Transformation Excellence team, you will play a key role in shaping and enabling successful client onboarding programs. You will support the translation of client requirements, contractual scope, and procurement operating model considerations into a practical and scalable onboarding setup. Acting as a key interface between transition management, procurement, client engagement, technology, and specialist functions, you will help ensure that onboarding programs are executed with clear ownership, strong stakeholder alignment, and consistent delivery quality. The role requires strong procurement expertise, sound business judgement, and the ability to create clarity in complex, fast-moving environments. Responsibilities As Procurement Solution Lead, you will: <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm" type="disc"> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Lead a workstream and coordinate related activities during client onboardings.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Translate client requirements and commercial commitments into clear transition deliverables.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Provide leadership across cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment, clarity, and disciplined execution without necessarily relying on formal reporting lines.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Support the development of onboarding charters, governance inputs, milestones, roles, decision points, and readiness criteria from a procurement solution perspective. Provide subject matter input and guidance on procurement solution topics, ensuring that decisions are pragmatic, scalable, and aligned with Chain IQ delivery standards.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Facilitate discussions with internal and client stakeholders to clarify requirements, dependencies, risks, and decision points.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Ensure that key solution decisions are documented and aligned with transition governance, timelines, and readiness milestones.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Support go-live readiness and handover into steady-state operations.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Contribute to the continuous improvement of Chain IQ’s transition methodology, playbooks, templates, and reusable delivery standards.</li> </ul> Your Profile You are a senior professional with strong experience in procurement, sourcing, transformation, managed services, or consulting. You are comfortable operating in complex client environments and can connect strategic direction with practical delivery requirements. You bring strong ownership, sound judgment, and the ability to align multiple stakeholders around a common solution. You are structured, pragmatic, and able to create clarity where requirements are still evolving. Required Experience and Skills <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm" type="disc"> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">A degree in business, procurement, supply chain, business administration, or a related discipline.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Strong experience in procurement, sourcing, procurement operations, transformation, consulting, or managed services.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Good understanding of indirect procurement operating models and Source-to-Contract processes.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Strong leadership skills, with the ability to guide cross-functional teams, influence stakeholders, and drive decisions in complex environments.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Proven ability to work across functions and align stakeholders around shared objectives.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Ability to translate complex requirements into practical and actionable deliverables.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Commercial awareness and understanding of client service delivery models.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Structured, pragmatic, and delivery-oriented working style.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Confidence in engaging with senior internal and client stakeholders.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Familiarity with procurement technology, analytics, or digital procurement solutions is beneficial.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Excellent written and verbal communication skills; fluency in English is required, additional languages are an advantage.</li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Familiarity with procurement technology, analytics, digital procurement solutions, or AI-enabled procurement tools is beneficial.</li> </ul> What Success Looks Like Success in this role means that assigned topics are clearly owned, well coordinated, and effectively translated into the transition setup and execution. You will help ensure that transitions are delivered with strong continuity, clear accountability, and a scalable approach across clients, while contributing to the continuous improvement of Chain IQ’s delivery model. Join a truly global team. We offer a dynamic and international environment where high performance meets real purpose. We're proud to be Great Place to Work-certified and even prouder of the people who make that possible. Let’s shape the future of procurement - together. Chain IQ – Create. Lead. Make an impact. Information for agencies: Applications sent or uploaded by placement agencies or similar are not desired, will therefore not be considered and will be deleted.

Transition Procurement Lead (Zürich, CH) @ Chain IQ Group AG

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