Urgent Hiring Sourcing Specialist - Remote

Sourcing Strategy and Development:
-Develop sourcing strategies that align with organizational goals/objectives, budget targets and operational requirements to minimize the organizational risk. Strategies should be developed using spend analysis data, stakeholder input and knowledge of the supplier community.
-Perform data collection and conduct spend analysis at the organizational level, divisional level, commodity level and supplier level to identify opportunities and cross-over of common items purchased.
-Conduct Market Research to identify new technologies, identify sourcing/supplier trends.
-Complete robust spend analytics to mine opportunities.
-Craft negotiation strategies and close deals with optimal terms.

Sourcing Management:
-Oversee the RFx process and provide the leadership role in sourcing events to be executed.
-Negotiate contracts that support the sourcing strategies, collaborating with key stakeholders and departments.
-Develop and route the contract cover sheet.
-Identify and vet preferred supplier capabilities, financial stability and standing in the market.
-Identify optimal method(s) of supplier selection when identifying new opportunities or product pricing.
-Manage cross-organizational integrative activities with suppliers and the rest of the organization.

Customer Relationship Management:
-Develop good working relationships with the end-user community by establishing ongoing, consistent meetings to gather ongoing spend requirements that will enable the departments to manage business operations.
-Act as internal consultant, facilitator, and problem solver.

Supplier Relationship Management:
-Understand the supplier business regarding existing product line, and research and development of future technology with potential impact to contract terms and pricing.
-Gather information on supplier performance in order to provide input into the strategic sourcing process for future sourcing events.

Professional Development:
-Develop annual individual development plan to gain additional knowledge in areas of healthcare Industry, changes in the industry and procurement functions.

Required Skills & Experience:
-seven (7) years of sourcing experience.
-Demonstrated project management skills required including identifying project deliverables and developing critical milestones to meet project goals.
-Negotiation of contracts.
-Creating and developing relationships and leading projects and sourcing events.
-Leading meetings with Suppliers and Customers to keep project goals and objectives on track.

Preferred Skills & Experience:
-Experience in Healthcare.