Senior Sourcing Analyst - Knowledge Services

Job Description

• Monitor and research trends in the industry as well as Best Practices and pursue and adopt these as appropriate for assigned commodity area.
• Solicits bids, leads auctions, negotiates with suppliers, makes recommendations, qualifies and contracts with new vendor
• Manage internal customer relationships by leading cross functional sub-category teams, developing deep category knowledge and to aggressively track and improve non-compliance with preferred supplier(s)
• Maintain good level of public relations with outside suppliers as well as a strong partnership with internal stakeholders
• Manage and optimize functional sourcing support activities while ensuring adherence to client's corporate standards.
• Draft and/or evaluate scorecards. Conduct complex supplier's performance validation events and drive improvement initiatives.
• Conduct complex/adhoc supplier profiling and financial risk assessment. Should be able to do industry benchmarking and market intelligence reports independently

• Knowledge of project management and sourcing
• Financial analysis and quantitative skills
• Business acumen: Understanding how markets work
• Change Mgmt. Skills: Effective influencer who can make persuasive arguments
• Negotiation skills includes building eAuction strategies
• Excellent communication - written and verbal