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As a Sourcing and Procurement Specialist, your primary responsibilities will include: - Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with internal, client, and supplier stakeholders - Managing the daily activities within the procurement process, acting as the main point of contact for business owners and supplier representatives - Executing sourcing projects such as spot buy, RFx, and Single Source, utilizing client and internal systems while adhering to clients' policies and procedures - Supporting and conducting RFI, RFP, RFQ, and eAuction; creating and managing events in e-sourcing tools - Sourcing Professional Services category globally for indirect procurement - Drafting contracts based on clients' standard terms and conditions and negotiating contractual terms with vendors - Adhering to clients' corporate standards, utilizing defined sourcing tools and processes for sourcing initiatives - Ensuring functional KPIs, SLAs, and other performance objectives are achieved - Proactively seeking optimization opportunities and identifying ways to enhance business-as-usual processes - Supporting analysis of proposals and providing recommendations - Negotiating deals to achieve optimal commercial, specification, compliance, and contractual outcomes - Managing day-to-day operational processes and providing support for relevant operational and P2P processes to ensure accurate and timely ordering and receipt of goods and services Qualifications required for this role include: - University degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Supply Chain Management, or equivalent (bachelor's degree) - Experience in Sourcing Operations and Procurement processes, with knowledge of best practices - Minimum of 7+ years of progressive experience in indirect procurement, preferably with 1+ years in Professional Services category in an international corporate environment - Experience in reviewing, negotiating, and executing contracts with vendors, demonstrating strong negotiation skills - Proficiency in conducting tenders such as RFI, RFP, RFQ - Specific expertise in Sourcing of Consulting, Personnel Services, Audit, Tax, and other professional services is advantageous - Strong problem-solving, relationship management, escalation management, and influencing skills with a customer-service orientation - Good interpersonal, analytical, and communication skills, with a delivery-focused approach and ability to work well under pressure - Previous experience working with Source to Contract tools like SAP, Ariba, Ivalua, etc. is preferred - Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English - Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools If any additional details about the company were provided in the job description, please provide them. As a Sourcing and Procurement Specialist, your primary responsibilities will include: - Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with internal, client, and supplier stakeholders - Managing the daily activities within the procurement process, acting as the main point of contact for business owners and supplier representatives - Executing sourcing projects such as spot buy, RFx, and Single Source, utilizing client and internal systems while adhering to clients' policies and procedures - Supporting and conducting RFI, RFP, RFQ, and eAuction; creating and managing events in e-sourcing tools - Sourcing Professional Services category globally for indirect procurement - Drafting contracts based on clients' standard terms and conditions and negotiating contractual terms with vendors - Adhering to clients' corporate standards, utilizing defined sourcing tools and processes for sourcing initiatives - Ensuring functional KPIs, SLAs, and other performance objectives are achieved - Proactively seeking optimization opportunities and identifying ways to enhance business-as-usual processes - Supporting analysis of proposals and providing recommendations - Negotiating deals to achieve optimal commercial, specification, compliance, and contractual outcomes - Managing day-to-day operational processes and providing support for relevant operational and P2P processes to ensure accurate and timely ordering and receipt of goods and services Qualifications required for this role include: - University degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Supply Chain Management, or equivalent (bachelor's degree) - Experience in Sourcing Operations and Procurement processes, with knowledge of best practices - Minimum of 7+ years of progressive experience in indirect procurement, preferably with 1+ years in Professional Services category in an international corporate environment - Experience in reviewing, negotiating, and executing contracts with vendors, demonstrating strong negotiation skills - Proficiency in conducting tenders such as RFI, RFP, RFQ - Specific expertise in Sourcing of Consulting, Personnel Services, Audit, Tax, and other professional services is advantageous - Strong problem-solvi
