Senior Sourcing Specialist
Core
Lead end-to-end sourcing activity across indirect spend categories (IT, professional services, facilities, marketing, travel, contingent labour) to drive commercial value and supplier performance.
Role type
Senior Sourcing Specialist (Strategic Sourcing)
Builds
Supplier partnerships, sourcing strategies, and commercial contracts for indirect spend categories.
Domain
Corporate Procurement / Indirect Spend
Required skills
Strategic sourcing, competitive tender management (RFI/RFP/RFQ), contract negotiation, spend analysis, supplier relationship management, stakeholder collaboration, UK procurement legislation knowledge.
Preferred skills
Experience with Source-to-Purchase (S2P) processes, should-cost analysis, cross-functional partnership.
Technologies
Procurement systems, dashboards
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end sourcing activity across indirect spend categories; Develop sourcing and category strategies; Manage competitive RFI, RFP and RFQ processes; Negotiate pricing, commercial terms and contracts; Partner with stakeholders to understand requirements and build business cases; Use spend analysis and market research to identify savings; Manage supplier relationships and performance through KPIs and SLAs; Work with Legal, Finance, and Security teams on contracts and risk; Support supplier onboarding and S2P process improvement; Track and report sourcing activity and savings.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC