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Strategic Sourcing Manager

Japan-Remote Location🌐 Remote💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-30 → 2026-09-25

Core

Manage negotiations and business relationships with external Service Supplier companies to build effective and profitable agreements for complex, high-impact client projects.

Role type

Strategic Sourcing Manager

Builds

Strategic Services Suppliers Management Program

Domain

Life science, diagnostics, and applied market laboratories

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure

Required skills

supplier selection, contract negotiation, supplier performance analysis, sourcing strategy development, legal compliance management, stakeholder collaboration

Preferred skills

procurement experience, solution design, multi-partner project management

Technologies

contracts & exhibits management systems

Responsibilities

Manage and maintain Service Providers and Service Contractors business relationships; Analyze suppliers' performance and conduct regular evaluation reviews; Conduct Service Supplier selection and negotiations to assure best Service Level Agreement and financial margin improvements; Contribute to develop suppliers sourcing strategy, priorities, and plans for the defined Sub-Region or countries; Implement service sourcing strategy to ensure an effective, coherent & consistent service suppliers' program; Work closely with Regional and Country legal/compliance teams to ensure Service Suppliers working legal/compliance practices are up to date; Contribute to competitive Supplier tender events at all levels of complexity; Work closely with Customer Contact Center to assure Service Suppliers information is available to manage customers' calls.

Seniority

Mid-Senior, hands-on IC

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