Sr. Sourcing Analyst - Farmington, NM

New Mexico  ‐ Onsite
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ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Completes the sourcing process for high-dollar and high-risk projects and contracts.
  • Supports the sourcing and procurement processes. Gathers, analyzes, and prepares recommendations on sourcing strategies, practices, and procedures, including but not limited to continuous process improvement. Acts as project manager to direct and coordinate assigned objectives. Administers and reviews contracts.
  • Ensures that the company follows the approved purchasing process
  • Assists with opportunity assessment and prioritization of major categories and cost of ownership opportunities; analyzes key trends in global supply, profile market, and industry analysis
  • Develops and maintains sourcing strategies
  • Understands and standardizes company commodity needs
  • Manages the bid process and leads cost reduction activities and achieves annual improvement targets
  • Develops and implements all supplier selection criteria and plans, chooses suppliers, leads negotiations, implements contracts, and manages supplier performance
  • Develops key long-term supplier relationships to achieve continuous improvement and manages contract performance to ensure cost, service, quality, and flexibility goals are met
  • Implements supplier-sourcing strategies to ensure high quality, on time delivery and cost competitiveness
  • Develops communication plans, focus interviews, process mapping, business case development, scope of work/specifications, total cost of ownership model, spend and supply analysis, etc
  • Ensures best in class supply chain management and procurement processes including leading and auditing process improvement activities and automation initiatives
  • Develop process documentation and manuals, process training documents and process training sessions
  • Prepares RFI/RFQ/RFP process with requesting departments, evaluates proposals, selects bidders, manages the selection process, and prepares executive summaries
  • Develops and manages business processes for web-based sourcing practices (Reverse Action)
  • Conducts formal business reviews with key suppliers to discuss performance on a regular basis.
  • Advises client departments on procurement-related policies and procedures, including best practices regarding purchasing activities, tactics and contractual terms
  • Develop and maintain contract management systems.
QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university preferably in business administration, materials management, supply-chain management, or similar discipline, with five to seven years of related experience, or equivalent combination of education and/or experience related to the discipline.
  • Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) or Certified Purchasing Management (CPM) designation is preferred.
  • Advanced knowledge of contracts and experience in contract negotiations
  • Knowledge and experience with application of strategic sourcing best practices
  • Demonstrated experience with contract negotiation
  • Demonstrated project management and financial analysis skills
  • Advanced interpersonal skills
  • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
  • Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
  • Ability to write reports business correspondence, and procedure manuals
  • Ability to speak effectively before various groups
  • Advanced negotiation skills and ability to gain concessions without damaging relationships
Manpower is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE/AA)
Start date
ASAP
From
Generic Network
Published at
27.09.2011
Project ID:
244678
Contract type
Freelance
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