- 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
Proven work experience as a Sourcing Manager or Procurement ManagerFamiliarity with sourcing and vendor management and relevant softwareUnderstanding of market dynamics and sound business judgementStrong project management and leadership skillsAbility to negotiate and sustain networking relationshipsComfortable with figures and in collecting, analyzing and interpreting dataSolid judgement with ability to make good decisionsBSc degree in supply chain management, logistics or business administration