Strategic Sourcing Manager

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Job description

* Are you a Buyer or Sourcing Manager looking for an exciting new opportunity within a large, global organization? *

* Do you have proven sourcing experience within Construction, Facilities, Maintenance or IT paired with strong negotiation skills? *

* Do you have experience managing global sourcing responsibilities for varying spend categories paired with the ability to lead large project teams? *

* If you answered YES, the come and join our Strategic Sourcing team at Labcorp Drug Development! This role can be based anywhere in the UK! *

At Labcorp, we deliver answers for crucial health questions-because the more we know, the better life can be. Our more than 70,000 employees across the world reach more than 160 million patients each year. With this unmatched global scale and scientific expertise, we are driving countless innovations in areas including oncology, biomarkers and companion diagnostics, vaccines, specialty and general testing, data analytics, virtual clinical trials and commercialization services. We are innovating for millions.

As a *Strategic Sourcing Manager* at Labcorp Drug Development your responsibilities will be to:

* Implement global sourcing strategies including spend & market analysis
* Contribute to strategic development projects
* Facilitate sourcing councils and manage spend categories/programs
* Develop and maintain subject matter expertise on assigned categories/subcategories of spend
* Negotiate new and renewed pricing and contracts
* Prepare and submit scopes of work and RFQ/P documents
* Package and implement subsequent PO's and contracts
* Perform market research and spend analysis on specific categories
* Interpret analysis and evaluate high spend categories of goods and services to determine where opportunities lie for pricing and contract renegotiations, contract/vendor consolidations, or alternative goods or services evaluations
* Develop and implement highly complex projects that benefit Labcorp through reduced pricing, increased efficiencies, ease of management, or reduced risk
* Prepare and occasionally provide presentations on projects to leadership and end users
* Manage the vendor relationship, contract and high-level sourcing of top-spend categories where the products, services or vendors are used across multiple sites or business units
* Provide negotiations on new contracts, contract renewals, and pricing
* Facilitate sourcing councils consisting of representatives from user groups, finance, and sourcing in order to understand the needs of the end users
* Evaluate and negotiate the best goods and services contract and pricing
* Provide strategic sourcing support and customer satisfaction while delivering significant improvements to the business in cost reductions, enhanced revenue opportunities and risk mitigation
* Work with the Procurement Generalists and other procurement team members as required and coach & mentor them in support of this role
* Understand the data requirements for FSA in terms of item and vendor master and Labcorp P2P process requirements, ensuring any contracts can be implemented through this process
Education/Qualifications:
* Degree educated with solid experience in managing strategic sourcing projects

Experience:
* Previous sourcing experience within Facilities Management, Construction, Building Operations, Maintenance or IT
* Proven experience managing global sourcing responsibilities for varying spend categories
* Experience leading global projects
* Proven negotiation skills
* Solid understanding/knowledge of key contractual terms
* Up to date knowledge of best procurement practices