Senior Sourcing / Procurement Specialist

About the Senior Sourcing Specialist Job - Dungannon

The Senior Sourcing Specialist / Procurement Specialist will be responsible for developing Sourcing Strategies, along with the Sourcing Manager, based on detailed spend analysis and will be heavily involved in running contract negotiations and commercial responsibilities across major projects and driving a company strategic Sourcing Process.

Responsibilities of the Procurement / Sourcing Specialist Job

• Understand and track performance of the organisation spend, supply chain market and costs.
• Leverage buying power to optimize costs, access new suppliers, reduce lead times, and guarantee supply.
• Provide supply chain market and sourcing advice and recommendations.
• Develop, implement and use tools and technology for managing and analysing the supplier portfolio.
• Lead on a range of sourcing activities.
• Commercial decision making on high spend accounts and contract management covering the full end to end sourcing process.
• Manage several concurrent high level sourcing and contracting projects.
• Implement and support due diligence and compliance to standards and minimise risk and cost exposure.
• Identify cost savings with current suppliers and negotiate on pricing.
• Source & Evaluate new suppliers, identifying opportunities for resource.
• Record and track cost saving projects.
• Travel to suppliers sites to evaluate capabilities and discuss contracts.

Requirements for the Senior Sourcing Specialist

As well as the requirements below, the ideal candidate should be driven to achieve cost reduction without compromising quality and be confident they can achieve measurable reductions on their allocated projects. Be willing to work with all departments to achieve goals.

• Must have at least 5 GCSE’s grade C or above including Math and English.
• Solid knowledge and understanding of the full end to end procurement process including strategic procurement techniques, sourcing and tendering, supplier management and negotiation.
• A proven track record in the delivery of cost saving projects and programmes, ideally in the Engineering industry.
• Strong organisational, planning, research and influencing skills are required.
• Strong relationship management skills with proven communication and negotiation skills.
• Must be proficient in MS Office (including, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and with ERP or similar scheduling system.

CPL Contact:

To apply, e-mail with your updated CV through the link below or for further information please contact Sheena Crosbie on 8

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