Strategic Sourcing Manager
BC Forward

Job Info

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Strategic Sourcing Manager

BCForward is currently looking for Strategic Sourcing Manager (Remote) in Boston, MA 02108

Position Title: Strategic Sourcing Manager (Remote)

Location: Boston, MA 02108

Expected Duration: 3+ months.

Estimated Start Date: 5/20/2024

Pay Rate: $65/hr on W2

Description

• The Strategic Sourcing Manager is responsible for identifying opportunities and implementing sourcing strategies in order to optimize cost, quality, and efficiency.

Main responsibilities:

• Identify suppliers
• Evaluate suppliers: cost, quality, and risk analysis
• Negotiate commercial terms and contractual agreements
• Execute legal documentation ensuring compliance with legal requirements
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure sourcing strategy aligns with business requirements
• Monitor market trends
• Manage supplier relationships

Skills required:

• Strong analytical skills: data analysis capabilities for market trends and cost optimization
• Effective communication skills: essential in order to collaborate, build rapport internally and externally
• Negotiation skills: proficiency in negotiating contracts and agreements to secure favorable terms
• Strategic thinking: ability to develop and execute sourcing strategies for the service lines
• Risk management: identify and manage risks to ensure continuity
• International mindset: understand global markets and sourcing strategies for global supply chains
• Legal knowledge: understand commercial contracts and able to interpret clauses and negotiate best outcome

Qualification requirements:

• Degree qualified (BA Degree in Supply Chain, Business Management, or related field)
• Professional qualification: MCIPS, or CPSM or equivalent
• At least 7 years' experience as strategic sourcing manager on indirect categories

Benefits:

BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.

About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

To learn more about how BCforward collects and uses personal information as part of the recruiting process, view our Privacy Notice and CCPA Addendum. As part of the recruitment process, we may ask for you to disclose and provide us with various categories of personal information, including identifiers, professional information, commercial information, education information, and other related information. BCforward will only use this information to complete the recruitment process.

This posting is not an offer of employment. All applicants applying for positions in the United States must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The submission of intentionally false or fraudulent information in response to this posting may render the applicant ineligible for the position. Any subsequent offer of employment will be considered employment at-will regardless of the anticipated assignment duration.

Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 222006 when responding to this ad.

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Job Snapshot

Employee Type
Contractor

Location
Boston, MA (Onsite)

Job Type
Admin - Clerical

Experience
Not Specified

Date Posted
05/03/2024

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