Senior Sourcing Specialist

As a Senior Sourcing Specialist, your primary responsibility will be to support the NSC Procurement Department for the North America-based Eurofins companies. You will typically report into one of the Category Managers (e.g. Consumables, Clinical, Service Contracts, Capex, Logistics or others ) and refine processes as well as execute new category strategies as they pertain to current projects. Eurofins is searching for a candidate that possesses the following skills: • Full end-to-end ownership of categories in scope, including project identification, sourcing leadership, and prioritization in alignment with the Category Manager. Responsible for managing the savings plan to deliver significant value. • Lead and integrate assigned portfolio of spend related to M&A activities. • Building a project pipeline, leading the sourcing process (RFI and RFQ) with the support of technical experts, including negotiations with suppliers. • Obtain significant cost savings in your Categories of scope/Projects for Eurofins companies with increasing level of quality and lower delivery time. • Managing relationship with stakeholders up to ELE Presidents and effectively collaborate with key stakeholders to understand the laboratory business requirements, align on goals and drive sourcing initiatives. • Influence and lead the change management (including set-up of test plans) to ensure sourcing practices, processes and tools are adopted across the organization. • Research (social media, websites, etc) to gain market information, cost and risk management assessments. • Sound analytical skills and use of Excel to conduct both executive and detailed level spend analysis, analyzing trends, ability to link and leverage spend and find savings opportunities. • Preparing reports and presentations for management and communicating key insights to stakeholders. • Integrating organizational measures like supplier diversity, sustainability, cash flow improvement, automation, digitization etc into the process of the scope managed • Leading negotiations with suppliers across a spectrum of complexity, from straightforward agreements to intricate, multi-faceted contract, often collaborating with supplier leadership. • Knowledge of legal and contractual issues and negotiating contracts • Organize priorities and projects with the ability to adapt to Purchasing department/customer/business needs. • Self-motivation, performance driven mind-set to identify priorities and deliver within agreed deadlines. • Although on the job training would be provided, success in this role hinges on candidate’s ability to work autonomously, manage tasks without requiring constant oversight, and demonstrate a strong capacity for self-directed learning on the job. • Being agile and adaptable to Eurofins and team needs, which may include potential assignment of new goals and adjustments in roles and responsibilities within the Purchasing team. Additional responsibilities include: • Managing supplier selection, RFP process, negotiation, contracting and supplier performance processes. • Creating a strong knowledge and intelligence base for assigned categories, market dynamics and suppliers relevant to the business. • Strong resilience and ability to work under pressure in a multi-tasking and multi-priority environment to manage both operational and ‘value driven’ purchasing. • Ensuring the administration, implementation, compliance, and enforcement of national commodity and contracting strategies • Driving sourcing process alignment through project management including compliance regarding scope, timeline, deliverables, total cost of ownership, quality, and budget. • The ability to lead negotiations for multi-site group contracts and extract cost savings. • Building relationships with external suppliers • Acting as Purchasing Business Partner for a few Legal Entities and being the single point of contract for internal stakeholders • Various reporting as defined in team’s processes or as defined by the manager. • Reviewing Purchase Order requisitions in Coupa and ensuring best value sourcing for the scope managed • Robust e-catalogue and pricing management in the procurement tool including making regular checks for compliance. • Leading and integrating assigned portfolio of spend related to post-acquisition activity. • Leading both sourcing and operational scope in purchasing. • Experience working in Excel and use of pivot tables, standard excel functions. • Experience with Coupa Source-to-Pay is an asset but not mandatory. • Exceptional interpersonal skills and excellent written and oral communication • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. • Coach or train Sourcing Specialists and Associates • Minimum of 3-4 years of Purchasing or related experience necessary. • Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain or Sciences (or related field) preferred • Ability to work in the U.S. indefinitely without sponsorship The position is full-time, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.- 5 p.m., with overtime as needed. • Excellent full time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, dental, and vision options • Life and disability insurance • 401(k) with company match • Paid vacation and holidays Eurofins USA is a Disabled and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity employer.