Wenger & Watson
Website:
wengerwatson.com
Job details:
Responsibilities:
• Full end-to-end ownership of categories in scope, including project identification, sourcing
leadership, and prioritization in alignment with the Category Manager. Responsible for
managing the savings plan to deliver significant value.
• Lead and integrate assigned portfolio of spend related to M&A activities.
• Building a project pipeline, leading the sourcing process (RFI and RFQ) with the support of
technical experts, including negotiations with suppliers.
• Obtain significant cost savings in your Categories of scope/Projects for XX companies
with increasing level of quality and lower delivery time.
• Managing relationship with stakeholders up to ELE Presidents and effectively collaborate
with key stakeholders to understand the laboratory business requirements, align on goals
and drive sourcing initiatives.
• Influence and lead the change management (including set-up of test plans) to ensure
sourcing practices, processes and tools are adopted across the organization.
• Research (social media, websites, etc) to gain market information, cost and risk
management assessments.
• Sound analytical skills and use of Excel to conduct both executive and detailed level spend
analysis, analyzing trends, ability to link and leverage spend and find savings opportunities.
• Preparing reports and presentations for management and communicating key insights to
stakeholders.
• Integrating organizational measures like supplier diversity, sustainability, cash flow
improvement, automation, digitization etc into the process of the scope managed
• Leading negotiations with suppliers across a spectrum of complexity, from straightforward
agreements to intricate, multi-faceted contract, often collaborating with supplier leadership.
• Knowledge of legal and contractual issues and negotiating contracts
• Organize priorities and projects with the ability to adapt to Purchasing
department/customer/business needs.
• Self-motivation, performance driven mind-set to identify priorities and deliver within agreed
deadlines.
• Although on the job training would be provided, success in this role hinges on candidate’s
ability to work autonomously, manage tasks without requiring constant oversight, and
demonstrate a strong capacity for self-directed learning on the job.
• Being agile and adaptable to XX and team needs, which may include potential
assignment of new goals and adjustments in roles and responsibilities within the Purchasing
team.
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