
Procurement Specialist
hace 4 días
**About WNS Global Services**
We are a global leader in Business Process Management (BPM), offering end-to-end business value to over 400 clients worldwide. Our expertise spans key industry verticals, including Banking and Financial Services, Consulting and Professional Services, Healthcare, Insurance, Manufacturing, Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods, Shipping and Logistics, Telecommunications, Travel and Utilities.
Our Costa Rica delivery center, launched in 2009, is fully functional and scalable, serving various industries like Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods, and Insurance with Strong socio-political factors such as political and economic stability, highest literacy rate in the region and a sizeable young and educated population having a strong multi-lingual population with English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, etc.
Our Mission
At WNS, our mission is to enable clients to outperform with our passion for service and innovation. We pursue to understand our client's business, and create impactful solutions that can drive agility and excellence into their business processes.
Our promise of outperformance stems from our deep domain expertise, partnership approach and a global delivery network. Our mission as an organization is guided by our CIRCLE of values: Client First, Integrity, Respect, Collaboration, Learning, Excellence.
**Job Summary**
The Senior Associate, Strategic Sourcing will lead the client's defined strategic sourcing execution process, including building cost models, designing and launching of RFIs/RFPs, evaluating bids, planning and executing negotiation strategies, and making award recommendations. Additionally, this role is responsible for drafting and negotiating contracts and managing supplier relationships.
A successful Senior Associate will drive year over year savings while ensuring quality and service level requirements are met. This role frequently interacts with senior members of the client's organization, so he or she must have excellent communication skills and be comfortable leading and participating in discussions across levels and cultures.
Responsibilities
- Developing and executing sourcing strategies through the use of the client's strategic sourcing process.
- Identifying cost savings through negotiations, event driven activities, and alternate sourcing strategies to achieve assigned cost saving goals.
- Leading commercial negotiations and drafting contracts.
- Supporting category managers in managing overall supplier relationships, including supplier performance, capability development, risk mitigation, cost savings, and quality improvements.
- Managing the team's objective setting, performance, career growth, training, and competency development.
- Acting as the escalation point for the source to contract (S2C) team, communicating and resolving operational issues, and escalating to the Regional Delivery Lead or Category Manager as necessary.
Requirements
- Expertise in one or more indirect spend categories, including understanding external market dynamics, top suppliers, market trends and highlights, and procurement strategies.
- Ability to determine the appropriate procurement strategy for assigned categories and business requirements.
- Ability to draft simple to complex contractual agreements.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to provide custom solutions to address the client's challenges.
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects and initiatives simultaneously.
- Strong leadership skills, including ability to motivate and manage people.
- Proficiency using Microsoft Office tools.
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