Sourcing Leader Job Description

Sourcing Leader Job Description

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Sourcing leader provides strategic vision and execution for strategic supplier selection, supply chain road maps, manufacturing roadmaps, and coordination with Aero for Supply Chain activities when suppliers are shared.

Sourcing Leader Duties & Responsibilities

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Sample responsibilities for this position include:

Coordinate with commercial, modality, GSC strategy and cross-functional team to develop and implement localization plans for supply chain
Working closely with Strategy team to drive growth opportunities for manufacturing, leveraging local capabilities and supplier base
Research sources, quote, negotiate, and source materials and services required for a chemical manufacturing facility
Lead a development/commercialization and tech team for sport categories in ensuring that products consistently exceed customer expectations in respect to fit, comfort, design integrity, performance, perceived value, manufacturability and quality
Oversees the direct development process between Headquarter/Creation Center Project Management and Tier 1 factory
Curious about the org and what makes the company work
Build relationships with clinical and nonclinical customers throughout the hospital management structure in order to ensure sourcing involvement in appropriate aspects of needs throughout hospital operations
Initiate new projects based on high spend profile, potential for savings, upcoming contract expirations, supplier impacts and capital projects
Assist internal clients to specify needs and define supplier performance expectations
Analyze and validate policies and practices driving demand

Sourcing Leader Qualifications

Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.

Licensing or Certifications for Sourcing Leader

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Education for Sourcing Leader

Typically a job would require a certain level of education.

Employers hiring for the sourcing leader job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and University Degree in Engineering, Business, Technical, Finance, MBA, Supply Chain Management, Business/Administration, Management, Economics, Education

Skills for Sourcing Leader

Desired skills for sourcing leader include:

Assigned commodities
Contract law and its applications regarding purchasing processes
Supply Chain
Engineering experience
Assigned segment
ERP software
Supplier Quality and Supply Chain
Supplier Quality and SCM / Supply Chain Management
Manufacturing
Production control

Desired experience for sourcing leader includes:

Define sourcing strategies that optimize value in light of client needs, market conditions, and healthcare industry statistics
Assess most beneficial means to access markets and drive the supplier behavior accordingly
Gather and interpret market and competitive intelligence through formal and informal processes
Evaluate supplier capabilities to meet our needs through fair and thorough techniques
Establish business cases supporting sourcing recommendations based on input from various sources
Partner with internal clients to implement efficient ordering routines that include appropriate controls within healthcare operations

Sourcing Leader Examples

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Sourcing Leader Job Description

Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of sourcing leader. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for sourcing leader
  • Supporting a stabilization period, post new product launch, during which there is a transition to the Commerical Raw Materials Procurement team
  • Assure sourcing strategies are executed timely and effectively by the team
  • Effectively utilize Category sourcing strategies to achieve company goals of ensuring engagement of Tier
  • One Suppliers in support of New Product Development
  • Contribute to the optimization of the supply base and to source preferably from preferred suppliers
  • Develop one stop shop suppliers which support both CRO and CMO activities, and monitor their key performance indicators (KPIs)
  • Negotiate and execute all significant purchasing contracts for new product introductions
  • Escalate supplier-related issues to the procurement category leaders
  • Work with appropriate parties to implement efficient P2P processes with new suppliers
  • Approve Purchase Orders as appropriate
Qualifications for sourcing leader
  • Bring in creative ideas for Direct Sourcing in Japan
  • High level experience with direct sourcing
  • Drive supplier Diversity/Sustainability and Innovation strategic initiatives for launch products
  • Develop end roll out cooperative partnership models with supplier to bring innovation into our client
  • Collaborate with suppliers and partners to identify solutions to unmet needs
  • Manage performance and development of direct reports, where applicable
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Sourcing Leader Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a sourcing leader. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for sourcing leader
  • Develop and implement accurate standard costs and implement cost savings opportunities
  • Maintain departmental records, files, and information systems to insure efficiency and productivity
  • Coordinates business unit, site and supplier project teams through a highly organized and controlled planning and execution process
  • Deploys project management standard work when appropriate
  • Proactively manages and communicates project savings and risk
  • Employs a total cost of ownership approach and trains on all key parameters
  • Works collaboratively to remove roadblocks and obstacles
  • Responsible to deliver committed savings on plan
  • Responsible for successful implementation of all details associated with successful technology transfer
  • Manage various sourcing related projects as required
Qualifications for sourcing leader
  • Commercial or Business Engineering Bachelor / Master Degree or commercial apprenticeship with a strong experience in Sourcing incl
  • Excellent interpersonal communication and negotiation skills, with ability to influence at all levels of the organization
  • Fluent in English, Fluency in German is a big plus
  • Familiar with MRP & ERP systems
  • Support GCL / Site Sourcing leader to execute RFQ (Request For Quotation) packages, negotiate Pricing and Supply Agreement
  • Ability to collaborate in a team environment to meet customer demands for sustainable business growth and competitiveness
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Sourcing Leader Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of sourcing leader. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for sourcing leader
  • Act as Lead Buyer and Team Leader for the execution of sourcing event (wave) activities for Manufacturing Services Categories
  • Develop functional roll-out plan, process control plans, and overall process communication efforts for assigned area
  • Single point of contact for all post-go-live issues with assigned process area changes
  • Create training plan for new colleagues
  • Ensure that all plant purchases comply with Celanese Procurement Policy and BCP
  • Work with legal and suppliers to agree to legal terms that are favorable to Celanese
  • Establish a collaborative relationship with suppliers that foster innovation in their categories, that provide equipment, materials, services which are needed for the business continuity
  • Establish a network with internal customers in the sites, with Procurement colleagues,key regional and global roles in Reliability CoE, Plant Engineers, Legal, Finance and EHS to develop and implement Procurement strategies
  • Great Negotiator, able to bring others together, able to reconcile differences
  • Economics & Accounting.- knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices
Qualifications for sourcing leader
  • Technical skills including solid negotiation and contractual skills
  • A Master Degree is preferred
  • Excellent Project Management and team skills required, working experience in an ISO compliant facility required
  • Bachelors Degree (preferably in Business, Finance or Engineering)
  • Ability to lead teams in a highly matrixed organization
  • Strong business unit partnering skills
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Sourcing Leader Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of sourcing leader. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for sourcing leader
  • Provide leadership and guidance to the team and ensure that team members have the right competencies
  • Sourcing leadership, planning and delivery
  • Driving solution based challenge and smart sourcing
  • Leading a Category team and delivering savings
  • Active Client Engagement, Providing Strategic insight
  • Driving stakeholders, Timescales and compliant Procurement projects
  • Building relationships with clinical and nonclinical customers throughout the hospital management structure in order to ensure Sourcing involvement in appropriate aspects of needs throughout hospital operations
  • Initiating new projects based on high spend profile, potential for savings, upcoming contract expirations, supplier impacts and capital projects
  • Defining sourcing strategies that optimize value in light of client needs, market conditions, and healthcare industry statistics
  • Assessing most beneficial means to access markets and driving the supplier behavior accordingly
Qualifications for sourcing leader
  • Excellent communication level of spoken and written English
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Excel spreadsheets development and analysis
  • Knowledge of supply agreements
  • 7+ years of relevant work experience in strategic sourcing, procurement
  • Project management / process management skills ideally
  • Knowledge of working and developing IT systems
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Sourcing Leader Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of sourcing leader. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for sourcing leader
  • RFI/RFP and associated analysis
  • Negotiation strategy and execution
  • Award of business and contract implementation
  • Price and terms audits
  • Deliver timely and clear stakeholder communications regarding category awards, price updates, market conditions
  • Gather spend data from internal stakeholders, suppliers, external benchmarks as required
  • Utilize professionalism, tact, persistence, good project management skill to keep project milestones on track
  • Verify and analyze spend data
  • Make recommendations based on spend data analysis
  • Support project team as needed
Qualifications for sourcing leader
  • As member of shared services team, work with senior stakeholders across business units to ensure accurate/efficient delivery of recruitment support
  • Act as team leader for direct sourcing
  • Leading and delivering a category management approach to the Procurement of Operational projects to deliver evidenced savings for the Council
  • A unique combination of high level business involvement, specialization in the field of banking and regulation with further enhancement of your consulting, project management and leadership experience
  • Close interaction with senior management, providing a platform for building up a network within the integrated bank, as an ideal form to propel your career
  • Involvement with cutting-edge banking topics driven by regulators in an industry-leading bank

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