Immediate need for a talented Strategic Sourcing Consultant. This is a 12+ Months Contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in San Diego, CA (Hybrid). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.
Job ID:26-02934
Pay Range: $40 - $46/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategic Sourcing & Category Management
- Strategy Implementation: Direct, refine, and implement sourcing strategies to drive corporate earnings, growth, and business transformation objectives.
- Market Intelligence: Align product strategies with organizational goals by leveraging pricing intelligence, industry indices, and competitive benchmarks.
- Total Cost of Ownership (TCO): Promote a TCO mindset to ensure long-term value while balancing the needs of employees, customers, shareholders, and suppliers.
- Planning: Develop procurement supply and demand plans and establish sourcing objectives in collaboration with internal stakeholders.
- Execution & Operations
- Lifecycle Management: Manage end-to-end sourcing for assigned goods and services, including creating Statements of Work (SOWs), clarifying business requirements, and executing RFPs ahead of client needs.
- Negotiation & Contracting: Lead supplier negotiations and develop procurement contracts that optimize internal client value, leverage existing terms, and minimize risk.
- Continuous Improvement: Deliver year-over-year cost and quality improvements and recommend process enhancements supported by measurable metrics.
- Stakeholder & Supplier Management
- Relationship Building: Build strong relationships with executive stakeholders and cross-functional procurement teams to influence outcomes.
- Supplier Performance: Manage supplier assessments, development plans, and corrective action plans to address performance gaps or escalations.
- Communication: Clearly document and communicate status, risks, and issues to stakeholders and senior leadership in a timely manner.
Key Requirements and Technology Experience:
- Experience: 5+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, negotiation, supply chain, and/or finance (7+ years preferred).
- Domain Expertise: Strong background in Professional Services categories and Corporate/Workplace sourcing preferred.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business or a quantitative discipline.
- Technical Skills: Proven experience conducting RFPs, drafting SOWs, and managing complex procurement programs or projects.
- Strategic Thinker: Develops innovative short- and long-term sourcing strategies.
- Operational Expert: Drives effective resource allocation, tracks impact, and delivers data-driven recommendations.
- Connected Leader: Builds trust across teams, influences decision-making, and leads complex change initiatives.
- Customer Focused: Delivers value with a strong emphasis on experience and innovation.
- Courage & Agility: Adapts quickly to evolving business and industry demands.
- Integrity: Demonstrates ethical responsibility and accountability in all actions.
Our client is a leading IT Industry and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.
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