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Strategic Sourcing Manager

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About this opportunity:

This role is to support Sourcing Category Strategy include driving sourcing digitalization, automation, analytics, and reporting initiatives across multiple countries. The role enables data-driven sourcing decisions, improves supplier compliance and performance visibility, and supports savings, standardization, and operational excellence initiatives.

What you will do:

  • Lead sourcing digitalization and automation initiatives to improve transparency, speed, compliance, and operational efficiency across sourcing activities.
  • Develop and maintain Sourcing dashboards using Power BI by linking relevant sourcing tools to provide real-time visibility for procurement analytics platforms, delivery performance, savings tracking, and other key sourcing metrics.
  • Supplier relationship Management (SRM) including Supplier Classification & Segmentation management and tracking of Supplier onboarding, offboarding, blocking, unblocking. Maintain up to date supplier database using digital/automation tool.
  • Support deployment and utilization of e-sourcing tools, including e-RFX and e-auction platforms and other Global Initiatives.
  • Pricing and business models analysis across the countries and drive best practices. Drive Saving initiatives and tracking.
  • Cascade knowledge, best practices, tool usage guidance, and digital ways of working to the sourcing community in multiple countries to improve adoption and capability.
  • Continuously review existing manual trackers, reports, and workflows to identify opportunities for standardization, automation, and simplification.
  • Source to Pay (S2P) management, Procure to Pay (P2P) Management

The skills you bring:

  • Strong understanding of sourcing, procurement, supplier management, sourcing compliance, and governance processes.
  • Hands-on experience with SAP, SSS, Tableau, Power BI, Excel, dashboards, data visualization, KPI reporting, Power Point and procurement analytics.
  • Knowledge of e-sourcing tools, e-RFX, e-auction processes, and digital sourcing platforms.
  • Ability to convert business requirements into practical digital dashboards, reports, workflows, and automation solutions.
  • Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret sourcing data and generate actionable insights using AI.
  • Good stakeholder management and collaboration skills across cross-functional and multicultural teams.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Education & Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, Data Analytics, or a related field.
  • Certification or practical training in Power BI, data analytics, procurement tools, automation, or digital transformation will be an added advantage.

All academic credentials must be from recognized and accredited institutions and are further subject to verification.

Why join EricssonAt Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world's toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won't be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.

What happens once you applyClick Here to find all you need to know about what our typical hiring process looks like.Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that's why we champion it in everything we do. We truly believe that by collaborating with people with different experiences we drive innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. learn more.

Primary country and city: India (IN) || Gurgaon

Req ID: 788559

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