Bring sourcing efficiency to all activities, define specific roadmaps containing prioritization of sourcing categories as well as expanding e-procurement catalogs.
STRATEGIC SOURCING SPECIALIST
Responsabilidades
Support Manager to Develop cost savings and strategic sourcing projects.
RFI / RFP activities, including execution, readouts, and business case implications. Meet with potential participants, both incumbents and non-incumbents, answer RFP related questions from vendors, analyze RFP results and support final vendor(s) awards.
Support vendor sourcing, vendor, and contract negotiations.
Bring sourcing efficiency to all activities, define specific roadmaps containing prioritization of sourcing categories as well as expanding e-procurement catalogs.
Review major contracts for key areas of spend and act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) resource for planning and leading complex negotiations or re-supply modeling.
Consistently monitor and evaluate savings against targets by category, sub-category, and supplier.
Support necessary negotiations applying sourcing methodology, ensuring all purchases comply with the company policies and procedures.
Source suppliers and build a best-in-class supply chain, cultivate and manage relationships with best-in-class suppliers. Fully utilize all strategic levers within sourcing process and find new paths to value.
Establish and implement a supplier management structure and process, audit and vet vendors.
Work cross functionally to deliver sourcing and procurement cost savings, risk mitigation projects, and supplier enabled innovation.
Aggressive focus on achieving overall category cost savings.
STRATEGIC SOURCING SPECIALIST
Requerimientos
Minimum of 5 years of experience in procurement.
Building and executing category strategies.
Contract negotiation and contract management.
Comfortable modeling Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
Ability to drive change management and gain consensus from client stakeholders across several business units’ company wide.
Must possess strong overall knowledge and understanding of business/contract issues and broad understanding of competitive products/services, technology, and market and industry issues.
Knowledge of supplier ecosystems and markets that serve the above categories.
Ability to manage multiple projects at the same time.
Individual needs to be very detail oriented and able to deliver projects on time.
High level of supply chain and operational acumen, with demonstrated E2E understanding.
Proficient in MS Office applications including Excel / financial analysis and PowerPoint / presentations.
Demonstrated ability to develop relationships, communicate effectively and influence.