Senior Sourcing Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Full end-to-end ownership of categories in scope, including project identification, sourcing

leadership, and prioritization in alignment with the Category Manager. Responsible for

managing the savings plan to deliver significant value.

• Lead and integrate assigned portfolio of spend related to M&A activities.

• Building a project pipeline, leading the sourcing process (RFI and RFQ) with the support of

technical experts, including negotiations with suppliers.

• Obtain significant cost savings in your Categories of scope/Projects for XX companies

with increasing level of quality and lower delivery time.

• Managing relationship with stakeholders up to ELE Presidents and effectively collaborate

with key stakeholders to understand the laboratory business requirements, align on goals

and drive sourcing initiatives.

• Influence and lead the change management (including set-up of test plans) to ensure

sourcing practices, processes and tools are adopted across the organization.

• Research (social media, websites, etc) to gain market information, cost and risk

management assessments.

• Sound analytical skills and use of Excel to conduct both executive and detailed level spend

analysis, analyzing trends, ability to link and leverage spend and find savings opportunities.

• Preparing reports and presentations for management and communicating key insights to

stakeholders.

• Integrating organizational measures like supplier diversity, sustainability, cash flow

improvement, automation, digitization etc into the process of the scope managed

• Leading negotiations with suppliers across a spectrum of complexity, from straightforward

agreements to intricate, multi-faceted contract, often collaborating with supplier leadership.

• Knowledge of legal and contractual issues and negotiating contracts

• Organize priorities and projects with the ability to adapt to Purchasing

department/customer/business needs.

• Self-motivation, performance driven mind-set to identify priorities and deliver within agreed

deadlines.

• Although on the job training would be provided, success in this role hinges on candidate's

ability to work autonomously, manage tasks without requiring constant oversight, and

demonstrate a strong capacity for self-directed learning on the job.

• Being agile and adaptable to XX and team needs, which may include potential

assignment of new goals and adjustments in roles and responsibilities within the Purchasing

team.