Senior Sourcing Manager Job Description
Senior sourcing manager
provides leadership for all strategic sourcing activities in assigned suppliers and/or commodities; obtain the best quality, service, and value for products and services through effective bidding, negotiation, and supplier management.
Senior Sourcing Manager Duties & Responsibilities
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Understand Brand objectives and initiatives to drive margin expectations and create Creation Center awareness on landed cost during the creation process
Strong ability to guide team toward goal achievement using negotiation, teamwork/collaboration, motivation and staff development skills including the ability to act as a role model within the organization
Responsible for selecting, training, developing, and managing performance of direct reports in area of specialty
Manage team to support users, perform UAT, creation of test scripts, follow up with application support on system defects for MetricStream Vendor Management solution
Monitor MetricStream processes for timeliness and quality
Coordinating with stakeholders on past due assessments and ensuring quality of data
Provide reporting to Supplier Risk Management leaders demonstrating operations of MetricStream process and team activities
Provide support to Supplier Risk Management team through meeting management, issue coordination, and other process management as required
To be a functional integrator and the administrative leader for a group of people where the strategies are expected to be executed
Develop excellence in personnel through coaching and development of existing employees, performance management, and the recruitment, hiring and training of new employees
Senior Sourcing Manager Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Senior Sourcing Manager
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPM, APICS, CPSM, ISM, CPIM, PMP, C.P.M, FAR, CSCP, ASE
Education for Senior Sourcing Manager
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Employers hiring for the senior sourcing manager job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Business, Engineering, MBA, Finance, Business/Administration, Supply Chain Management, Management, Education, Technical, Economics
Skills for Senior Sourcing Manager
Desired skills for senior sourcing manager include:
ERP systems
Templates and processing tools
Corporate regulations and legislation to ensure the creation of effective group contracts
Global sourcing
Relevant commodities and markets
Shared Services operating environments
Benchmarks and industry best practices for assigned categories
Building long-lasting networks
Center of Excellence
Demand management
Desired experience for senior sourcing manager includes:
Should be flexible working in shifts
Must be a team player and have strong communication skills
In-depth understanding of SSS System & Marketing contracts
Knowledge with [Denim, Woven’s, Knits]
Apparel industry and apparel and fabric manufacturing economics and operations management know-how
Position to be located in Kista, Sweden
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Senior Sourcing Manager Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a senior sourcing manager. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for senior sourcing manager
- Executing strategies to extract supply-side savings and manage demand-side consumption in order to lower the the company’s Total Cost of Ownership for external spend as it relates to the specified category
- Developing strong, productive working relationships with clients at a Senior-level
- Building and maintaining diverse, productive relationships inside and outside of the company
- Leading the implementation of innovative business change solutions, including company wide initiatives
- Ensure the execution and continuous improvement of standard logistics processes, such as
- Help on GASA KPI definition and scoring
- Lead, mentor, train and develop the R&D buyers through clear objectives including goal setting, performance management and reviews, and driving Key Performance Indicators
- Partner with Strategic Purchasing Managers to ensure alignment with OSTA commodity strategy and adherence to OSTA Purchasing policy while engaging with suppliers who can manufacture components that meet our desired design and purchasing specification
- Assess and improve upon suppliers’ quality and ensure conformance to OSTA’s standards on process controls and process validation through the new product development process
- Work with the New Product Development Purchasing team, ensure early supplier engagement in the areas of material selection and specification development (design for manufacture) and facilitating technical and commercial communication between suppliers and project team to improve quality, time to market, and cost
Qualifications for senior sourcing manager
- Strong level of proficiency with core Procurement skills (e.g., Supply market analysis, Category Management, Procurement Excellence)
- Professional degree, preferably Electrical or Physics Engineering disciplines
- Background in circuit, motherboard, or complex product design desirable
- Ability to work independently and within a matrix environment
- Strong, working knowledge and application of supplier contract strategy, negotiations, contractual terms, and contract administration
- Strong knowledge of supplier processes and supply chain risk factors including experience in assessing and mitigating risk in the supply base
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of senior sourcing manager. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for senior sourcing manager
- Identify potential strategic suppliers in all major IT categories and lead initiatives to negotiate formal contracts
- Manage Procurement Strategy (45%)
- Supervise, train and mentor
- Provides support to other business units that invest in market research, advertising and other marketing services
- OIdentify process improvements and cost efficiencies
- OMonitor supply base and stay abreast of trends in the marketplace
- Own the global spend management of the category and developing global category strategies with defined plans for cost savings, risk assessment and mitigation
- Continually provide leading edge supply management techniques to enhance the supply management program’s processes and tools
- Present Category Strategy plans to Senior Management teams and suppliers that effectively communicate both short and long-term tactics
- Lead in the development and execution of negotiation strategies with suppliers, including specific targets for pricing, service, and quality
Qualifications for senior sourcing manager
- Demonstrated consistency and attention to detail
- Chemical or business or category
- Excellent communication, persuasion, and organizational skills
- BS/BA Degree required in Business Administration / Economics / Finance/Engineering/Supply Chain or similar discipline with 5+ years strategic sourcing experience
- Highly analytical and with strong organizational skills
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced international environment
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Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a senior sourcing manager. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for senior sourcing manager
- Direct the Production team in approving TOP samples
- Responsible for negotiating and managing mills and factories for product cost and delivery
- Partner with Merchants to establish and maintain vendor projections based on current Merchant plans
- Oversee the negotiating with mill and factories for product cost and delivery
- Partner with the Director, Production to negotiate and manage final product costing and the negotiating and managing of product TNAs
- Manage fabric and capacity reservations (DIRs) and fabric and capacity liabilities
- Manage POs and WIP tracking and manage pre-costing activities
- Drive margin improvement
- Maintain on-time delivery and order fulfillment
- Coach, train, and develop production team associates to support company growth
Qualifications for senior sourcing manager
- Experience developing, negotiating, and implementing commercial contracts to include supply and quality agreements is preferred
- Experience working in an international, cross-functional, highly matrixed, multiple stake-holder environment, both at the strategic and operational levels with a high level of commercial acumen is preferred
- Strong interpersonal and influencing skills with ability to see issues from multiple viewpoints and understand differing needs of stakeholders
- Must be persuasive presenter and facilitator with the ability to engage and gain support throughout senior management team and with junior team members
- Strong understanding of FDA and ISO 13485 quality system requirements and related global medical device quality standards is necessary
- Financial analysis, negotiation, strategic analysis and research skills are essential
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of senior sourcing manager. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for senior sourcing manager
- Must be aware of current trends in the industry
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant area required(Procurement, Product Development)Master’s degree desired.C.P.M
- Proactive thinker and problem solver
- Manage the grouping and assignment of tasks, while ensuring optimal allocation of resources
- Support the flow of authority and communication between position and levels within the organization
- Manage the cross-functional links between hotels, operating disciplines and brand management for all Americas indirect initiatives
- Implement, analyze, and measure key performance indicators to ensure effectiveness, usage, and awareness
- Influence the division, departments and individual Team Members to accomplish the organization’s mission, goals and objectives through motivation, communication, group dynamics and leadership
- Conduct effective management of third party partners
- Leverage effective partnerships with hotels, key suppliers, constituents, and other operating disciplines, and brand management
Qualifications for senior sourcing manager
- Aptitude with technical drawings and engineering concepts
- Solid proficiency in SAP and MS Office applications
- Knowledge and understanding of contract language required
- Strong systems skills especially supply chain systems, MS Office, Access, Visio and MS Project
- Strong attention to detail in preparation of oral and written presentations for use in decision making by executive management team
- Solid analytical and computer skills (proficient in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) is required and experience with Oracle, contract management databases, e-invoicing tools and other procurement-specific tools is preferred
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a senior sourcing manager. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for senior sourcing manager
- Own most complex escalations and LSO negotiations
- Work closely with internal stakeholders to develop a strategic supply chain plan for categories and major programs
- Reduce dependence on intermediaries in the supply chain
- Negotiate hotel deals for BCD
- Target top locations and hotels to source direct deals
- Improve inclusions & amenities in rates offered to clients
- Increase the variety of rates and inventory types on offer for lower hotel deals
- Revenue manage BCD hotel rates
- Support the development of global professional service category strategy for ‘active’ management expense line for both supply and demand levers
- Proactively managing suppliers, services and service extensions in conjunction with business sponsors and other stakeholders to maximise the benefits sought, financial, operational, risk mitigation
Qualifications for senior sourcing manager
- Excellent electronic and traditional prospecting and networking skills, especially via online social networks
- 5+ years' experience with a $50M + annual clothing retailer in a Senior Production Management role
- Minimum 5 years' experience working with overseas vendors
- In-depth Knowledge and application of supplier contract strategy, negotiations, contractual terms, and contract administration
- MRP or ERP system experience, JDE a plus
- Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft, purchasing systems, ERP/MRP systems, and measurement tools