Head of Strategic Sourcing

As a member of the strategic sourcing team at HH Global, your primary role is to rationalize spend and manage vendor relationships in order to drive continuous improvements and cost reduction for the clients. You will be responsible for establishing potential savings, negotiating contracts with vendors, transferring production to new suppliers, and ensuring timely delivery of production orders. Additionally, you will work closely with account teams and clients to design and deliver solutions, maintain vendor compliance, and provide technical input and advice on projects. Key Responsibilities: - Establish potential savings benefit for target clients by determining baseline spend and identifying opportunities - Work with account teams to meet or exceed savings targets in nominated accounts - Take products and services to market to negotiate contracts with approved vendors - Support the transfer of production to new vendors and explore opportunities of onshore vs offshore production - Disseminate relevant information on products and services to account teams and clients - Design, develop, and deliver solutions in line with HH Global objectives - Foster best practice vendor selection and procurement process - Conduct vendor compliance audits and determine criteria for identifying value and profile of work - Support operations and business development with insight and creative solutions - Coordinate production schedules, specifications, and billing with internal team members - Initiate requests for customer and supplier purchase orders - Manage internal workflow and data entry on internal software - Provide technical input and advice on projects to achieve high quality standards - Work with technical partners and suppliers to ensure service delivery as required - Advise on technical specifications and best production methods for quality, savings, and innovation Qualifications Required: - Relevant procurement qualification or experience - Strong project management background - Understanding of retailer and brand operations - Proven experience in design, prototype, and approval processes for PoS and premiums - Strong communication, negotiation, and influencing skills - Ability to implement innovative sourcing strategies and achieve commercial solutions - Multi-lingual skills are an advantage - Understanding of quality systems and social responsibilities compliance requirements - Proven experience in PoS procurement across India,