Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Sourcing & Supply Chain Management100% Remote - prefere someone in Plano, TX6 Months ContractJob Duties: • Execute strategic sourcing events to support technology subcategory strategy goals, ensuring appropriate engagement of staff, stake holders, business units and impacted individuals.• Quantify and document strategic sourcing results.• Collaborate with client's legal management to complete supplier contracts.• Lead rigorous objective contract negotiations with vendors and key internal stake holders.• Conduct ongoing business reviews to ensure suppliers are performing to contracted obligations and service levels.• Lead contract negotiations with potential suppliers, close deals to advance the business agenda and direct new partner activities to get products to market quickly & successfully within the agreed project scope.• Execute day-to-day procurement operations.• Follow Procurement practices, operating standards, controls, policies, procedures and performance metrics.• Develop and maintain key internal relationships as well as good relationships with strategic vendors.• Engage and influence senior leadership in relation to the benefits of the strategic sourcing and procurement function.• Build strong working relationships with key technology subcategory stakeholders• Drive cost optimization and working capital improvements along with supplier performance management.• Collaborate with Finance and HR to follow standardized policy, processes, guidelines and controls that will ensure value capture.• Lead negotiation of business terms and conditions ensure alignment between legal terms and procurement objectives.• Conduct analysis of qualitative and quantitative characteristics including; suppliers’ capabilities, operational objectives, risk profile and financial positioning.• Lead and develop strategic supplier relationships at the executive level.• Maintain awareness of global macro-economic factors that directly impact company’s procurement cost and develop alternate sourcing strategies as these factors begin to negatively impact company’s purchasing operations. Skills and Qualifications:• 5+ years of overall business experience with at least 3 years in supply chain or Procurement. Experience with retail, service, multi-outlet food and beverage or digital and technology highly preferred.• Tertiary degree level qualification essential with major in business related discipline preferred. .• A proven track record of strong execution in conjunction with outstanding abilities to drive results.• High level negotiating and high-level analytical problem-solving skills.• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build team environment in order to achieve revenue, profit and growth targets.• Excellent communication skills with ability to liaise with other departments, suppliers and franchisees.• High work ethic.