Hybrid Strategic Sourcing Specialist

at Human8

• Job title: Strategic Sourcing Specialist
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Hong Kong

About the role

• Specialist responsible for project planning and coordination in Networks sourcing department. Collaborating with internal teams and supporting junior members in achieving project goals.

Responsibilities

• Involve (planning, briefing, etc.) internal and external resources.
• Responsible for handling structural projects allocations and high complexity requests
• Search for partners based on requested capabilities.
• Check availability & budget with partners.
• Communicate timings to the project manager.
• Follow-up budget approval by PST/CST teams
• Offer direct supportive services to Project Services Teams and Client Services Teams, offering extra capacity or capabilities.
• Offer indirect supportive services.
• A business partner in pre-sales advice, come up with custom solutions for strategic projects.
• Handle requests for pricing and feasibility of client service teams.
• Manage administrative tasks in partners recruitment funnel: onboarding and registration in our tools, legal documents signing & follow-up.
• Assign partners to the necessary trainings.
• Use negotiated rate cards to advice pre-sales on using network services.
• Request bespoke proposals of partners.
• Develop and maintain knowledge bank of information on partner services, ready to plug-in into proposals.
• Develop and maintain relations with suppliers offering services, (in) directly supporting our market research services.
• Search new contacts via LinkedIn and market research associations.
• Keep track of networks partners performance.
• Organize feedback calls with network partners.
• Request feedback on supplier collaboration from internal client.
• Identify needs for improving existing networks of professionals.
• Contract the (new) partners and lay foundations for future collaboration.
• Educate and inform the networks on key essential elements (eg data privacy).
• Continuously improve the bonding & usage of networks.
• Ensure billability for internal resources.
• Provide the necessary induction and training for new acquisitions.
• Offer support for new acquisition in adjusting to change.
• Organize roll-out of networks usage.
• Identify needs for setting-up new networks.
• Proactively create standardized sales materials on networks, to enable best usage of the services.
• Anticipate business needs on in demand markets and proactively search for partners.
• The owner for reporting on the assigned network.
• Ensure PO process is followed within the team.
• Proactively propose solutions on improving cost control.
• Work closely with Finance department to develop reporting resources.
• Identify opportunities to negotiate better rates.
• Has knowledge of all the tools used for performing the key responsibilities and use that knowledge to build best practices.
• Can transfer technical knowledge in an easy and comprehensive manner.
• With technical knowledge, able to challenge experts and have a discussion on different aspects relevant to the domain.
• Has good understanding of basic concepts related to market research, especially those related to the key responsibilities.
• Understand the strategic value of market research for organizations.
• Up to date with most of the common research and activation solutions out there.

Requirements

• more than 6 years’ experience
• Bachelor’s degree (e.g. Marketing, Languages, Mathematics or similar)