Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist - 39852 (758)

Join a leading automotive powerhouse as a Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist, where your expertise will drive global sourcing strategies and enhance supplier relationships in the dynamic field of purchasing. Based in Coventry, you'll play a vital role in managing commodities, leveraging market intelligence to align with both internal stakeholders and suppliers, ensuring the effective deployment of innovative strategies. This position not only offers the opportunity to influence global sourcing processes but also fosters cross-functional collaboration across key areas such as production purchasing and product engineering, making it an exciting next step in your career.

• Reporting to the Global Commodity Leader you will have Global responsibility for specific commodities.
• You will utilise your experience to analyse, define, and implement market and sourcing strategies for your designated commodities.
• You will lead the Global sourcing activity through the Global Sourcing Process (GSP) up to contract award (SCPA).
• Both Global Strategy and Sourcing activity will be supported by the Regional Delivery teams for your commodities, utilising regional market intelligence.
• You will lead the development of the supplier and internal stakeholder relationships to ensure strategic and programme alignment.
• You will manage suppliers within your designated commodities, responsible for Supplier Business Reviews ensuring that the Global Commodity Strategy and Supply Base Market strategy is effectively deployed throughout
• This role is a pivotal role for interface with other key functions and act as a core conduit for true cross functional working across Production Purchasing, MP&L, STA, Product Engineering, Cost Engineering and Manufacturing.

• Negotiation and contract management
• Development of Strategies
• Project management / Supplier Management

• Procurement experience is essential
• Develop and implement strategy, supplier relationship management is also critical