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- Supporting category managers with category strategy plans, sourcing execution, supporting category planning and strategic sourcing tasks
- Leveraging the GEP network of Category Experts and tools, to deliver insights to any project / client.
- Establishing negotiation strategies, identifying and developing negotiation levers, validating them with stakeholders and leading negotiations to ensure savings, timely supply and other benefits for purchases, business analytics, savings reporting and tracking, stakeholder interaction as part of the S2C program
- Discussing with vendors and evaluating their products and capabilities as suppliers;
- Managing all supplier selection and procurement activities (e.g. RFI, RFP, RFQ, Scorecard and Bid Analysis)
- Providing support with respect to Supplier Management/ Procurement processes and policies.
- Demonstrating continuous effort to improve operations, manage SOP’s, decrease turnaround times and streamline work processes.
- Identifying and communicating with a diverse range of stakeholders, such as suppliers, project sponsors, end-users and other supporting functions such as HR, Legal and Finance.
- Participating in firm building activities, including recruitment.
REQUIREMENTS
- 3-5 years of expertise in strategic sourcing
- Proficiency in English and other European languages (both written and spoken)
- Knowledge of the principles and practices of large-scale centralized purchasing
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in order to comfortably engage with all levels of management in client organizations
- Strong analytical, reporting and presentation skills i.e. regarding creating baselines, performing market tests/analyses, summarizing the key points succinctly by email/in presentation
- Experience with leading and executing negotiations
- Ability to manage multiple procurement projects at once and assess new purchase requirements based on spend risk etc.
- Knowledge of variety of categories would be advantageous (trends, suppliers, industry specifics and terminology, legal frameworks)
- Advantage: Any business process improvement methodology such as TQM, Six Sigma, APEX etc
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