Notes from HM
We have an urgent need for a Global Sourcing individual to help with a short-term 3+ month assignment in Wilmington DE.
Can be a hybrid schedule, Remote Monday and Friday and onsite Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Manager is looking to review resumes and pre-screening questions and schedule video interviews right away.
Job Title: Global Sourcing Expert
Location: 2850 CENTERVILLE RD WILMINGTON, Delaware 19808
Length: 3+ months
Pay Rate: $ 42.30/ hr
Description:
You will manage strategic and complex indirect sourcing engagements in support of the partnerships with the Business Stakeholders and Executives. This entails working with various levels of stakeholders across client. Gaining support and alignment on indirect sourcing strategies.
Responsibilities:
Build and maintain strong working relationships with key business stakeholders
Execute sourcing strategies for the Information Technology categories of spend
Conduct supply market analysis, cost modelling and bench-marking
Lead the contract review/renewal process, working closely with stakeholders to ensure alignment on plans
Lead supplier selection and negotiation process, execute sourcing activities
Negotiate favorable contract terms, conditions and price for client
Conduct spend analysis of assigned category and propose/execute on opportunities
Provide efficient and consistent communication to stakeholders on the progress of sourcing engagements
Manage supplier relationships, supplier reviews as assigned
Adhere to Global Sourcing indirect policies, processes and procedures, utilizing the sourcing toolkit to achieve consistent engagement
You will be responsible for:
- Collaborating with business partners to execute sourcing engagements, balancing the service, service level, cost and compliance.
- Conduct supply market analysis, cost modelling and bench-marking
- Lead the contract review/renewal process, working closely with stakeholders to ensure alignment on plans
- Lead supplier selection and negotiation process, execute sourcing activities
- Negotiate favorable contract terms, conditions and price for client
- Provide efficient and consistent communication to stakeholders on the progress of sourcing engagements
- Manage supplier relationships, supplier reviews as assigned
- Adhere to Global Sourcing indirect policies, processes and procedures, utilizing the sourcing toolkit to achieve consistent engagement-- Build and maintain strong working relationships with key business stakeholders
Determines and develops approaches to assignments
- Leads sourcing projects requiring coordination with other functions, third parties
- Solves a broad range of sourcing-related problems of varying scope and complexity
The successful candidate can work at the Wilmington, DE location.
Job Posting Qualifications
- Bachelors or Master Degree or University Degree or equivalent, MBA and or CPM preferred
- Typically 3+ years relevant experience for entry to this level.
- Possesses in-depth skills acquired through advanced training, study and experience and internal recognition in specialty.
- Successful, multi-year track record in a procurement organization, as Strategic Sourcing Manager with typically 3+ years of relevant experience
- In depth IT Category experience required; execution of IT sourcing engagements.
- Analytical skills, spend analysis and ability to navigate excel, and other business intelligent analytical tools required
- Proven ability to negotiate pricing, business and contract terms
- Ability to effectively build and manage relationships and influence others at all levels of the organization
- Excellent executive/stakeholder engagement skills not intimidated in presenting /communicating with VP's and C level audiences
- Negotiation and communication skills are critical to this position
- Desired planning/project management skills, ability to set and keep timelines
