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Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist
Establish and drive sourcing of Professional Services with a focus on engineering services for your category as per Annual Operating Plan and Strategic Plan. You will have responsibility for driving competitive category supply strategies to achieve lowest total cost for your category, reduce working capital via negotiation planning and execution, improve productivity, drive consumption reduction and Sole / Single Source elimination. You will manage supplier performance to support your category and ensure supply quality. You will be managing several projects and strategic contracts in dynamic environment. You will ensure compliance with company business policies and procedures..
Drive Total Cost of Ownership optimization through a mix of levers such as competition, price, service design, consumption, ratios of Sub Contractors to Contract Service Workers.
Manage supplier selection, RFI and RFQ process, eAuction, negotiation, contracting and supplier performance processes.
Manage Master Service Agreements (MSAs) and Statements of Work (SoWs) from inception through negotiation, completion and maintenance.
Develop and manage category strategies including spend analysis, benchmarking, cost analysis, market analysis and global technology / economic trends tracking.
Align with key internal stakeholders to build sourcing strategy to support short-term and long-term engineering services needs
Improve Working Capital thru Payment Terms extensions, Payment cycle optimization, and other initiatives.
Assist in operational procurement escalations, reconciliations and reporting as required.
YOU MUST HAVE
Bachelors Degree
Experience in Strategic Sourcing of Professional Services (min. 3-5 years)
Strong category management experience (min. 3-5 years)
Strong contract negotiation experience (Terms and Conditions such as Limitation of Liability, Warranty, Indemnification, IP, security, pay terms, etc.)
Experience in RFPs/RFQs and Statements of Work.
Experience with presenting to senior leadership and driving strategy at a high level in an organization,
Professional Certifications in Project/Supply Chain/ Procurement/Contract Management.
Experience with SAP or site relevant ERP systems, eSourcing Platforms, Request for Quotation Tools, Project Management Tools...
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