Strategic Sourcing Analyst

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Job Description Required Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent

Required Qualifications:

• Analyze markets, supply chains, and the supply base to support strategic sourcing initiatives and process improvements
• Identify and evaluate qualified suppliers while executing sound source-selection strategies
• Maintain regular communication with suppliers to build and strengthen supplier relationships and ensure effective collaboration
• Apply sourcing principles to support supply assurance and continuity, while managing sourcing projects in accordance with established project deliverables, timelines, and objectives

Responsibilities:

• Procures inventory, supplies, and capital goods; places purchase orders with vendors
• Analyzes sourcing and procurement initiatives and processes in support of the delivery of cost effective and high quality goods and services
• Supports providing the Value Capture Summaries at month and quarter ends
• Prepares and presents recommendations of improvement opportunities and alternative courses of action to senior procurement/sourcing leaders
• Consistently applies sourcing policies, procedures and processes
• Supports procurement/sourcing management in activities such as price benchmarking, vendor management, process analysis, market and industry research, and model building
• Conducts minor contract negotiations
• Gathers information and provides input on larger contracts
• Manages loading and retrieving of legal and compliance documents into applicable storage systems to support regulatory, audit and research activities
• Assists in the process of interviewing and evaluating sales representatives and vendors
• Supports Six Sigma projects through active team membership or provision of data and market intelligence
• Interacts with suppliers with regard to payments and order fulfillment
• Procures services and goods, inventory, supplies, and capital goods (CIP)
• Compiling and managing Ariba IAC's (Invoice against Contracts) - (CIP)
• Low complexity /risk sourcing work and contract development under supervision

**Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**

**Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client's business needs and requirements.**