SOURCING SPECIALIST - MID-LEVEL

Location: Framingham, Massachusetts (Onsite 2 days/week)
Job Type: Contract
Compensation Range: $30 - 35 per hour

Are you a strategic thinker and skilled negotiator with a passion for driving results? We are seeking a Sourcing Specialist to play a critical role in shaping product mix and supplier relationships. Bring your expertise in sourcing, logistics, and supplier management to a dynamic team where your contributions directly impact business success.

Key Responsibilities:
Partner Collaboration

• Work closely with stakeholders across functions to achieve desired outcomes.
• Adapt communication approaches for varying audiences, fostering respectful and effective dialogue.
• Build and maintain a strong internal and external network to support business goals.

Negotiation & Strategy

• Lead negotiations to deliver the best possible product mix while achieving target profit margins.
• Develop and execute negotiation strategies, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Act as the central point of communication for partners, including agents, vendors, merchants, and product teams, throughout the negotiation process.

Supplier Management

• Identify, evaluate, and onboard potential suppliers based on capabilities, capacity, pricing, and financial health.
• Monitor supplier performance, capacity, and health, ensuring alignment with business needs.
• Collaborate with business units to define and execute grow/maintain/shrink supplier strategies.

Data-Driven Decision Making

• Leverage knowledge of production, retail math, logistics timing, and international commerce to guide sourcing strategies.
• Maintain accurate costing datasets and related reporting to inform business decisions.

Continuous Development

• Stay up-to-date on sustainability regulations, global commerce rules, and industry trends.
• Transform data and research into actionable strategies that drive value across supply chains, manufacturing, and customer needs.

Special Projects

• Contribute to special projects as needed, ensuring timely delivery of results.

Responsibilities:

• Partners with Stakeholders to realize desired outcomes.
• Adjusts approach to varying audiences.
• Engages in respectful, effective, timely communication; asks questions, listens to answers.
• Builds and maintains a strong network at all levels and across functions.
• Delivers Value on Time by finding or creating leverage, efficiencies and opportunities while identifying and mitigating risks.
• Leverages and continually develops relevant Sourcing knowledge.
• Production, Retail Math, Logistics Timing.
• International Commerce Rules/Regulations, Specialized Country Knowledge, Finance, Macro Economics, Sustainability Regulations and Tracking and more.
• Leads negotiations to achieve the best possible product mix at the target profit margins.
• Creates and drives negotiations strategy.
• Is the central point of communication for all Partners (Agents/Vendors, Merchants, Product Team, etc) throughout the negotiations process.
• Maintains Costing dataset and related reporting, ensures accuracy and timeliness.
• Find and evaluate potential suppliers based on key criteria, including but not limited to capabilities, capacity, pricing/value, financial health and other considerations.
• Monitor supplier performance, capacity and health.
• Partner with Business Unit to create grow/maintain/shrink strategy based on the above and on business needs; drives strategy, monitors results, adjusts course as needed.
• Drives the business by redefining data and research into strategy and action;

What We're Looking For:

• Strong sourcing knowledge, including production, logistics, and supply chain management.
• Expertise in international commerce rules, finance, and sustainability regulations.
• Proven ability to lead negotiations and deliver results.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills.
• Analytical mindset with a talent for leveraging data to drive decisions.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business, Merchandising, Finance or relevant experience.
• Proficient with Microsoft office suite.
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel: pivot tables, v-lookups, formulas.
• Strong math and analytical skills.
• Able to unify and clearly present ideas to individuals and groups.
• Collaborative; works well in a team environment; strong communication skills.
• Meets deadlines; responds appropriately in a timely manner.
• Excellent multi-tasker, able to manage multiple projects/ programs simultaneously.

JOB ID: 1077778
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Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Cella, a randstad digital company, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Cella by randstad digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, an incentive and recognition program, and 401K contribution (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.