Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Develop innovative sourcing strategies and lead sourcing engagements across a wide range of business units
• Improve performance, optimize efficiency, ensure quality, and enable new initiatives to launch and scale
• Manage and execute sourcing initiatives, communicating efficiently and effectively with stakeholders across various business units
• Able to juggle multiple priorities, thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, contributing to both short-term tactical and long-term strategic efforts
• Engage with a diverse array of internal and external stakeholders to identify sourcing strategies that balance business needs, goals, and efficiencies
• Review data and market trends for key spend categories
• Participate in cross-functional team meetings to align on sourcing priorities and requirements
• Create and contribute to the development of category management plans

Job requirements

• Bachelors degree and 5+ years of experience in Supply Chain Program support or an additional 4 years of work experience in lieu of degree
• Strong leader with demonstrated project management skills
• The position requires an individual who is persistent in influencing others to execute their responsibilities on time and escalates as required to achieve schedules
• Negotiations experience
• Excellent communication skills, leadership abilities, and the ability to work in an IPT environment
• A self-starter, capable of achieving organizational and program objectives, and able to interface with all levels of internal management, Supplier management
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to assign the appropriate priorities to the many tasks that they will be required to perform
• Has effective interpersonal and communication skills.