About the role

  • Senior Consultant providing value-add sourcing services to clients for Chain IQ. Supporting procurement transformation in a global environment with strong emphasis on collaboration and excellence.

Responsibilities

  • Collaboration with Head of Sourcing, Sourcing Operations and Tactical Buying and Team Leads to ensure optimal use of Sourcing, Sourcing Operations and Tactical Buying capabilities
  • Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with internal, client and supplier stakeholders
  • Organize and manage market tenders
  • Evaluate suppliers proposals and perform bid analysis – provide input and recommendations for supplier selection
  • Negotiating deals to achieve optimal commercial, specification, compliance and contractual outcomes
  • Drafting and negotiating contracts with vendors based on standard terms and conditions
  • Identifying opportunities to drive improvements and contributes to their implementation
  • Adhering to the client’s corporate standards, including using the defined sourcing tools and processes in the delivery of sourcing initiatives according to the client requirements
  • Ensuring the functional KPIs, SLAs and other performance objectives are met including savings targets
  • Performing spend analysis to proactively identify savings opportunities
  • Forecasting and reporting savings
  • Support and run RFx, eAuction – create and manage event in e-sourcing tool
  • Ensuring proactive and timely engagement with clients
  • Supporting coaching and development of more junior colleagues
  • Seen as a role model by colleagues in Chain IQ and clients
  • Acting as category champion for the managed category

Requirements

  • Proven successful track record in a similar role in Procurement or Sourcing
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills
  • Strong analytical and organizational skills
  • Ability to multi-task and perform under pressure
  • Focused to deliver savings and to constantly find cost reduction opportunities for the clients
  • Excellent analytical skills and mindset
  • Good problem-solving, relationship management, escalation management and influencing skills with a strong customer-service orientation
  • Good understanding of sourcing processes and best practices
  • Ready to interact with stakeholders from all organizational levels
  • A delivery-focused sourcer and a team player who feels comfortable creating their own profile and credibility
  • Previous experience in working with any Source to Contract tools
  • Excellent English - written and verbal communication skills
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office

Benefits

  • dynamic and international environment
  • great corporate growth potential and career development

Job title

Tactical Sourcing

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

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