Job Description

Senior Sourcing Analyst / SpecialistSenior Procurement SpecialistSummary:

• Accountable for executing tasks assigned by the Sourcing team lead and divisional sourcing teams.
• This will include:

Managing defined procurement product categories including developing category plans, running competitive tender competitions, negotiating and contracting with preferred suppliers.

• Supporting Group and Divisional Buyers in managing large complex sourcing events.
• Collaborating with key stakeholders to identify opportunities to drive decreased spend value i.e. cost savings, enhanced value added services from suppliers, increased supplier collaboration etc.
• Delivery of agreed KPIs and SLAs to the business.

Responsibilities:

• Managing a defined set of product categories \xe2\x80\x93 including developing category plans and savings targets, liaising with Business Owners to define their requirements, researching supplier markets and identifying potential sourcing options, developing appropriate sourcing strategies based on agreed requirements, drafting go to market documentation, managing competitive tender competitions \xe2\x80\x93 including liaising with potential suppliers and evaluation of responses received, managing supplier negotiations and agreeing contractual terms and monitoring and assessing supplier performance
• Supporting Group and Divisional Buyers in managing large complex sourcing events e.g. researching supplier markets, collating tender documents, responding to supplier clarification questions, setting up Supplier presentations and demos, analysis of supplier proposals and preparing evaluation forms
• Monitoring and updating on key Procurement reporting requirements including \xe2\x80\x93 delivery of savings plans, KPIs and service levels
• Supporting the Sourcing team lead in developing capabilities across the HSCC sourcing team \xe2\x80\x93 including, by way of example, developing our repository of templates e.g. tender documents, contracts, evaluation forms etc.; improving our suite of category reports and analysis, assessing how we can utilising procurement tools and systems more effectively etc.
• Developing our knowledge base on defined product categories \xe2\x80\x93 including for example: Technology, Facilities, Retail, Professional Services, Customer Operations, Travel etc.
• Collaborating with Business Owners and Group and Divisional Procurement teams to assess how we can drive enhanced value in procuring defined product categories \xe2\x80\x93 for example, opportunities to leverage preferred suppliers across multiple divisions, use of preferred supplier lists, supplier consolidation etc.

Skills:

• 3 to 5 years of relevant Strategic Sourcing experience ideally in a Global setting, encompassing - sourcing, negotiation, contracting, risk management
• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree or relevant CIPS qualification is desirable
• Experiencing in managing defined categories including for example: Technology, Facilities, Retail, Professional Services, Customer Operations, Travel etc.
• Knowledge of leading edge procurement practices including category management, bench-marking, RFx, end to end contract management
• Good commercial and negotiation skills and with experience in value delivery
• Good listening and communication skills with ability to present ideas in a concise and organized manner
• Extremely customer-focused and takes the time to understand the needs of the business
• Strong attention to detail, results oriented and well organized.
• Flexibility to work with team members across time zones.

Flutter International