Sourcing Lead

Responsibilities

1. Responsible for all Procurement and sourcing Locally

2. ITO (inquiry to order ) and OTR ( order to remittance ) activities

3. Working closely to all company stakeholders (commercial, operations and finance) to insure business continuity and contract awarding

4. Handling all 3rd Party supplier’s activities

5. Understand strategies for assigned commodities and proactively drive initiatives to meet Sourcing objectives

6. Identify and qualify new suppliers

7. Assess supplier capabilities and make recommendations on supplier acceptability

8. Implement sourcing standards including process & execution, synergies for cost out

9. Drive productivity opportunities with supply base to deliver cost out goals

10. Support commodity buys

11. Write reports to track PO activity and supplier performance

12. Analyze and track supplier promise date accuracy and develop reports to ensure supplier promise date accuracy

13. Hold weekly reviews with suppliers and develop telephone log of actions and conversations with suppliers

14. Drive effective recovery plans and create payment tracking and invoice analysis. tracking / invoice analysis

15. Place Purchase Orders (PO) timely and obtain PO acknowledgements from suppliers

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Sourcing Lead or similar role
• 5 Years of experience.
• Strong knowledge of sourcing and procurement principles and best practices
• Excellent negotiation and contract management skills
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Proficiency in using sourcing and procurement software