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Strategic Sourcing Manager

What This Job Involves:

Essential duties and responsabilities:

Negotiations for new requirements – Negotiation of improved pricing, commercial principles and payment terms to achieve optimal pricing

Renewals – Negotiation of commercial deals for renewals.

Running RFP/RFQ/RFI’s to find best options for the business. This would include running the process with suppliers, supporting the business reviewing options and contracting as applicable

Running e-auctions where applicable.

Engage with the stakeholders and the business to guarantee the involvement from Sourcing & Procurement team in the negotiation, following the Sourcing & Procurement guidelines.

Collecting rebates/tiered discounts with key suppliers based on spend throughput/agreed principles

Analyzing pricing information and data to build total cost of ownership and identify opportunities for further cost efficiencies

Identifying opportunities to save money or aggregate demand

Support Ad-hoc work that might be required by Category Director/Manager including market research, data on adoption levels, ESG reviews, etc.

Partner with Category Director/Manager and business stakeholders to ensure full alignment on the approach that needs to be undertaken, any key goals that need to be achieved, and ensuring appropriate approvals are ascertained. Expect Category Directors to brief, add context, and determine what the activity might be based on the wider strategy/plan with the business

Ensure timely update to business stakeholders and ability to recommend and influence change

Project Management of sourcing activities

Collaborating with Legal on appropriate contractual documentation including contract, SOW, Order, Change Request, etc.

Reporting savings onto the sourcing platform, Jaggaer. Ensuring contracts and approvals are uploaded into Jaggaer. All processes and savings are managed on procurement systems accordingly

Ascertain approvals in line with JLL’s approval guidelines

Ability to source internationally and appreciate nuances that may need to be considered

Provide timely updates to Category Directors/Managers as applicable

Research diverse opportunities with suppliers and collect data from new and existing businesses

Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree
- Advanced English level (C1 level desired)

- 3 years+ of relevant experience in Sourcing and Procurement

Location:

If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet all the requirements.  We’re interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table!

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