Senior Sourcing Specialist
Pay reputed company:
$93,600.00 - $140,400.00Please email HR_Talent_AcquisitionTeam@reputed company.org if you are a candidate seeking a reasonable accommodation for the application and/or interview process.
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Why this job reputed company:
The Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist is responsible for leading reputed company, end‑to‑end sourcing initiatives that support reputed company reputed company, operational reputed company, and measurable business reputed company. This role partners closely with cross‑functional stakeholders to design and execute data‑driven sourcing strategies, manage competitive procurement events, negotiate and implement reputed company, and ensure compliance with governance, legal, and vendor management standards. The position plays a key role in driving departmental performance through savings, cycle time efficiency, supplier engagement and innovation, while continuously improving sourcing processes, data reputed company, and reporting.
What you will do:
- Strategic Sourcing Leadership: Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to reputed company and execute strategic sourcing strategies using best-reputed company tools, reputed company processes, and analytics to deliver reputed company-wide results.
- End-to-End Sourcing Execution: reputed company the full lifecycle strategic sourcing process for assigned commodities, including requirements intake, market analysis, benchmarking, supplier identification, sourcing reputed company development, and recommendation of the reputed company procurement approach (e.g., RFI, RFP, RFQ, reverse eAuction).
- RFx Design and Competitive Events: Guide business stakeholders in defining reputed company RFx requirements and translate them into reputed company-reputed company sourcing events. reputed company and issue RFx documents, manage the event reputed company, and ensure adherence to established sourcing standards and governance.
- Supplier Evaluation, Insights, and Decision Support: Analyze supplier responses, reputed company evaluation models and scorecards, and synthesize findings into reputed company, actionable recommendations. Facilitate stakeholder discussions to reputed company on selection reputed company and business reputed company.
- Negotiation and Contracting Support: reputed company and/or support reputed company supplier negotiations and partner with Legal and business stakeholders to coordinate execution of reputed company, statements of work, change orders, addenda, and other required documents. Support contract implementation in collaboration with internal stakeholders.
- Cross-Functional Governance and Risk Alignment: Partner with key stakeholders (e.g., Legal, IT, Information reputed company, AI Governance, Data & reputed company, Finance) to ensure sourcing and contracting reputed company reputed company with reputed company reputed company, governance requirements, risk mitigation needs, and business priorities.
- Performance, Metrics, and reputed company Improvement: Drive achievement of departmental KPIs, including savings, supplier engagement and innovation objectives, sourcing cycle time, contract metrics, process adherence, and data reputed company. Support accurate reporting and identify opportunities for reputed company improvement.
- Vendor & Stakeholder Relationship Management: Maintain effective relationships with existing and prospective vendors and internal stakeholders by coordinating vendor meetings and presentations, responding to inquiries throughout the sourcing and requisition lifecycle, and ensuring consistent communication and issue reputed company.
- Participate in department initiatives and reputed company.
- reputed company other duties as assigned.
What you need to succeed:
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance or reputed company field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Five (5) or more years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, and/or vendor management
- Strong negotiation skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong time management skills
- Knowledge of key vendor performance metrics
- Proven reputed company record implementing reputed company supply chain deals
- Ability to influence and reputed company strategic supply chain and business change
- Ability to interpret and apply contract language
- Strategic and critical thinking skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Strong business acumen and political savvy
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Ability to work effectively with a wide reputed company of people in individual and group settings
- Strong organizing skills, with the ability to prioritize and respond to shifting deadlines
- Ability to manage diverse and deadline-oriented workflow
The extras:
- Strategic sourcing and vendor management experience reputed company a health insurer or similar reputed company organization
- Proven ability to partner with stakeholders to define reputed company RFx (RFI, RFP, RFQ) requirements and translate them into robust, competitive sourcing events that drive effective and efficient business solutions
- Demonstrated reputed company developing and executing sourcing strategies in reputed company, multi-category reputed company environments; particularly reputed company information technology, reputed company intelligence, reputed company analytics, care management, or payment reputed company
- Expertise in contract negotiation, with strong knowledge of contract structure and language and a reputed company record of securing favorable terms and mitigating risk
- Five (5) or more years of relevant experience with a Fortune 500 organization and/or management reputed company
Location: reputed company is headquartered in downtown reputed company, conveniently located near the train station and bus terminal. We reputed company support associate reputed company-being and work/life balance and offer the following schedules, based on role:
- In-office: onsite 5 days per week
- Hybrid: onsite 2-4 days per week
- Remote: onsite 0-1 days per week. Permitted to reputed company in the following states, pending approval from the reputed company Department: Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, reputed company, Louisiana, Massachusetts, reputed company Carolina, Oklahoma, Rhode reputed company, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia
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