What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Sourcing Specialist: M&A focused - Hybrid position at Eurofins USA?
Job Description
As a Senior Sourcing Specialist, your primary responsibility will be to support the NSC Procurement Department for the North America-based Eurofins companies. You will typically report into one of the Category Managers (e.g. Consumables, Clinical, Service Contracts, Capex, Logistics or others ) and refine processes as well as execute new category strategies as they pertain to current projects. Eurofins is searching for a candidate that possesses the following skills :
- Full end-to-end ownership of categories in scope, including project identification, sourcing leadership, and prioritization in alignment with the Category Manager. Responsible for managing the savings plan to deliver significant value.
- Coordinate Sourcing activities related to integration of new acquisitions. This would require contacting suppliers and collaboration with Category Managers to harmonize pricing and payment terms.
- Lead and integrate assigned portfolio of spend related to M&A activities.
- Lead Due Diligence and Integration activities related to M&A.
- Building a project pipeline, leading the sourcing process (RFI and RFQ) with the support of technical experts, including negotiations with suppliers.
- Obtain significant cost savings in your Categories of scope / Projects for Eurofins companies with increasing level of quality and lower delivery time.
- Managing relationship with stakeholders up to ELE Presidents and effectively collaborate with key stakeholders to understand the laboratory business requirements, align on goals and drive sourcing initiatives.
- Influence and lead the change management (including set-up of test plans) to ensure sourcing practices, processes and tools are adopted across the organization.
- Research (social media, websites, etc) to gain market information, cost and risk management assessments.
- Sound analytical skills and use of Excel to conduct both executive and detailed level spend analysis, analyzing trends, ability to link and leverage spend and find savings opportunities.
- Preparing reports and presentations for management and communicating key insights to stakeholders.
- Integrating organizational measures like supplier diversity, sustainability, cash flow improvement, automation, digitization etc into the process of the scope managed
- Leading negotiations with suppliers across a spectrum of complexity, from straightforward agreements to intricate, multi-faceted contract, often collaborating with supplier leadership.
- Knowledge of legal and contractual issues and negotiating contracts
- Organize priorities and projects with the ability to adapt to Purchasing department / customer / business needs.
- Self-motivation, performance driven mind-set to identify priorities and deliver within agreed deadlines.
- Although on the job training would be provided, success in this role hinges on candidate’s ability to work autonomously, manage tasks without requiring constant oversight, and demonstrate a strong capacity for self-directed learning on the job.
- Being agile and adaptable to Eurofins and team needs, which may include potential assignment of new goals and adjustments in roles and responsibilities within the Purchasing team.
Qualifications
Basic Minimum Qualifications (BMQ) :
Additional Information
Position is Full-Time, Monday-Friday, 8 : 00 a.m.-5 : 00 p.m., with additional hours, as needed. Candidates currently living in a commutable distance to Lancaster, PA are encouraged to apply.
Eurofins is a M / F, Disabled, and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.
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Eurofins is a M / F, Disabled, and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.
