Global Sourcing Manager with Contract Experience
Salary: Up to €80.000,-
Location: Amsterdam
Keywords: Sourcing Manager, Contract Experience, Global Procurement, Indirect Category
Our client is a leading global specialty minerals company that creates impactful solutions for humanity’s sustainability challenges in the global food, agriculture, and industrial markets.
They are currently seeking a Global Sourcing Manager with strong experience in creating sourcing strategies and a pragmatic approach. This role is based in their European HQ in Amsterdam, where global sourcing strategies, negotiations and approvals of procurement contracts are steered and made. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on indirect categories, focusing on cost reductions while maintaining or improving service quality or vendor service levels.
- Based in Amsterdam
- Opportunity to lead global procurement strategies
- Work for a company committed to creating sustainable solutions
What you'll do:
As a Global Sourcing Manager, you will be at the forefront of leading procurement of indirect services, strategic and sourcing activities within the Contractors and Energy sub-category. Your role will involve carrying out sourcing activities for Service contracts for maintenance & operations as well as Capex projects & Engineering activities. You will be responsible for identifying, evaluating & selecting suppliers, negotiating and closing framework-agreements of Global & EU region services under the Contractors sub-category. Your ability to drive product demand optimization throughout the organisation via collaboration with the relevant units will be crucial. You will also establish and manage global/regional relationships with suppliers while monitoring their performances.
- Lead procurement of indirect services, strategic and sourcing activities within the Contractors and Energy sub-category.
- Carry out sourcing activities for Service contracts for maintenance & operations.
- Participate in VE activities.
- Identify, evaluate & select suppliers, negotiate and close framework-agreements of Global & EU region services under the Contractors sub-category.
- Drive product demand optimization throughout the organisation via collaboration with the relevant units.
- Maintain and develop in-depth knowledge of suppliers, markets & trends of the Contractors sub-category.
- Perform best-in-class negotiation processes via analysis of supply & demand trends.
- Establish and manage global/regional relationships with suppliers.
- Monitor performances of vendors and their compliance with their commitments.
- Address & solve operational issues with suppliers.
What you bring:
The ideal candidate for this Global Sourcing Manager position brings a wealth of experience from an engineering background coupled with at least 5 years of relevant work experience in projects contracting. You have a deep understanding of contracting services markets and a demonstrable track record of success in managing complex, cross-functional activities and developing/executing key procurement processes. Your excellent command of English and any additional European language/Hebrew skills will be highly desirable. Your strong negotiation skills, result driven personality, excellent interpersonal, business acumen, communication and supplier relations skills will be crucial to your success in this role. Your ability to work collaboratively, and in a matrix management style organization is essential.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering field.
- The ideal candidate has 5+ years of relevant work experience in projects contracting.
- Understanding of contracting services markets.
- Demonstrable track record of success in managing complex, cross-functional activities and developing/executing key procurement processes.
- Excellent command of English and any additional European language/Hebrew skills are desirable.
- Strong negotiation skills and result driven personality.
- Excellent interpersonal, business acumen, communication and supplier relations skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively, and in a matrix management style organization.
- Strategic thinker and pragmatic worker.
What sets this company apart:
Our client is a leading global specialty minerals company that creates impactful solutions for humanity’s sustainability challenges in the global food, agriculture, and industrial markets. They are committed to creating sustainable solutions that benefit not just their customers but also the world at large. Their European HQ in Amsterdam is the hub of their Global Procurement Organization (GPO), where global sourcing strategies, negotiations and approvals of procurement contracts are steered and made.
This role is managed by Walters People B.V., trading under the name Robert Walters.
