Sourcing Lead in Procurement with German

Company Overview
GEP is a diverse, creative team of people passionate about procurement. We invest ourselves entirely in our client’s success, creating strong collaborative relationships that deliver extraordinary value year after year. Our clients include global market leaders with far-flung international operations, Fortune 500 and Global 2000 enterprises, leading government and public institutions. 
 
We deliver practical, effective services and software that enable procurement leaders to maximize their impact on business operations, strategy and financial performance. That's just some of the things that we do in our quest to build a beautiful company, enjoy the journey and make a difference. GEP is a place where individuality is prized, and talent respected. We're focused on what is real and effective. GEP is where good ideas and great people are recognized, results matter, and ability and hard work drive achievements. We're a learning organization, actively looking for people to help shape, grow and continuously improve us.
 
Are you one of us?
GEP is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability status, or any other characteristics protected by law. We are committed to hiring and valuing a global diverse work team.
 

What you will do

• Supporting category managers with category strategy plans, sourcing execution, supporting category planning and strategic sourcing tasks
• Identifying and communicating with a diverse range of stakeholders, such as suppliers, project sponsors, end-users and other supporting functions such as HR, Legal and Finance.
• Leveraging the GEP network of Category Experts and tools, to deliver insights to any project / client.
• Providing support with respect to Supplier Management / Procurement processes and policies.
• Establishing negotiation strategies, identifying and developing negotiation levers, validating them with stakeholders and leading negotiations to ensure savings, timely supply and other benefits for purchases, business analytics, savings reporting and tracking, stakeholder interaction as part of the S2C program
• Discussing with vendors and evaluating their products and capabilities as suppliers;
• Using SMART by GEP® technology and client ERP system for procurement operations;
• Demonstrating continuous effort to improve operations, manage SOP's, decrease turnaround times and streamline work processes;
• Managing all supplier selection and procurement activities (eg RFI, RFP, RFQ, Scorecard and Bid Analysis)
• Working cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service;
• Guiding junior team members on how to prepare purchase orders through an ERP and placing orders for the purchase of goods and services.

• 3+ years of expertise in strategic or tactical end to end sourcing
• Proficiency in English and German (both written and spoken)
• Experience with Indirect/ Direct categories
• Experience with managing and mentoring small to medium sized teams, both from an operational and career perspective
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of large-scale centralized purchasing
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in order to comfortably engage with all levels of management in client organizations
• Strong analytical, reporting and presentation skills ie regarding creating baselines, performing market tests / analyzes, summarizing the key points succinctly by email / in presentation
• Experience with leading and executing negotiations
• Ability to manage multiple procurement projects at once and assess new purchase requirements based on spend risk etc.
• Knowledge of variety of categories would be advantageous (trends, suppliers, industry specifics and terminology, legal frameworks)
• Advantage: Any business process improvement methodology such as TQM, Six Sigma, APEX etc