Sourcing Manager

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Job Description

• ● Manage the company’s supply portfolio ensuring transparency of spending
• ● Generate and implement efficient sourcing and category management strategies
• ● Analyze and calculate costs of procurement and suggest methods to decrease expenditure
• ● Invent negotiation strategies and secure profitable deals
• ● Optimize sourcing procedures to attain maximum efficiency
• ● Cooperate with stakeholders to guarantee agreement on terms and processes
• ● Research and anticipate shifts in the negotiating power of suppliers
• ● Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking
• ● Estimate risks and apply risk minimizing techniques
• ● Discover and partner with trustworthy vendors and suppliers
• ● Determine quantity and timing of deliveries

Job Requirements

• ● Proven work experience as a Sourcing Manager or Procurement Manager
• ● Familiarity with sourcing and vendor management and relevant software
• ● Understanding of market dynamics and sound business judgement
• ● Strong project management and leadership skills
• ● Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships
• ● Comfortable with figures and in collecting, analyzing and interpreting data
• ● Solid judgement with ability to make good decisions
• ● BSc degree in supply chain management, logistics or business administration