Global Sourcing Manager

Required Qualifications:

• Degree level in Business, Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain Management or similar level, category-relevant qualification / Equivalent experience.
  
• A strong and proven background in category management at a regional or global level.
  
• A background in international trade regulations.
  
• Experience in, or a strong demonstrable desire to work in, the International Development/iNGO sector.
  
• Understanding of donor restrictions and in country law requirements
  
• Knowledge/understanding/experience strategic sourcing, core categories of spend and supplier management.
  
• Solid judgment with ability to make good decisions.
  
• Excellent influencing, interpersonal and analytic skills.
  
• Fluent in another language aside from English.
  

• Contract Negotiation and Management
  
• Manage the organization's supply portfolio ensuring transparency of spending.
  
• Generate and implement efficient sourcing and category management strategies.
  
• This position includes providing subject matter expert (SME) knowledge and advice on continuous cost-saving opportunities for the Global Supply Chain area to meet organizational savings targets.
  
• Conducting market analysis and staying updated on industry trends to identify opportunities for improvement and innovation in the supply chain.
  
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to align sourcing strategies with overall business goals and needs.
  
• Provide technical procurement expertise in partnership with legal to lead complex contract negotiations with suppliers to ensure favorable commercial terms, pricing, risk mitigation, and robust ongoing service level agreements.
  
• Identify, explore, and develop contingency plans for alternate supply sources for products/services to mitigate organizational risk exposure from one supply source.
  
• Become knowledgeable in the purchasing processes and system:
  
• Full transparency and documentation of complex/competitive sourcing projects and supply proposals for assigned categories)
  
• Established framework agreements through RFPs, by complying with competitive bidding requirements and by aggregating demand
  
• Adoption of a sourcing strategy to bring partnership spend under management
  
• Due diligence is applied to the sourcing and contract process to ensure ethical and moral practices are maintained
  
• Stakeholders are informed and involved in the sourcing process
  
• Deliver an average of 10% savings on FWA contracts
  
• Sourcing Strategy Development
  
• Develop and implement procurement strategies to include value analysis to drive cost optimization opportunities.
  
• Gather and analyze previous spend data and potential supplier cost per category.
  
• Conduct market research, as well as create cost estimates and forecasts.
  
• Evaluate supplier capability, price competitiveness, financial stability and determines their qualifications to provide goods and services
  
• Prepare and manage the full bidding processes dependent on threshold of spend and/or donor restrictions.
  
• Develop an effective process for tracking operational performance against targets
  
• Propose an action plan with root cause analysis when targets are not achieved and recommend and implement continuous performance improvement initiatives.
  
• Relationship Management (Customer Service/Stakeholders)
  
• Lead and maintain relationships which include implementation and adherence to contractual terms and service level agreement.
  
• Supplier
  
• Manage /evaluate contract compliance and Supplier performance and take necessary corrective actions to strengthen relationship and or supplier performance
  
• Organize quarterly supplier performance reviews and establish clear actionable improvement activities.
  
• Lead discussions with suppliers on behalf of or in collaboration with business owners to improve on cost optimization strategy, process efficiencies and simplification
  
• Evaluates and explore new suppliers to mitigate supply risks to serve the organizations strategic objectives
  
• Establish well defined and documented Service Level Agreements with suppliers that are easily managed and scored
  
• Proactive supplier relationship management
  
• Continuous improvement recommendations are implemented creating better services to business owners and process efficiencies across the organization.
  
• Supplier development yields savings and process efficiency improvement
  
• Internal Stakeholders
  
• Fully understand customers’ needs and develop positive business relationships in collaboration with a customer’s key personnel involved in or directly relevant to supply chain activities
  
• Strategically focused and responsible for client satisfaction, maintaining client communication, and overall client relationship management.
  
• Implement a robust planning process and work with stakeholders to achieve better planning to increase process efficiency and ensure on-time delivery of procurement needs