Procurement Sourcing Lead III

Company Description

Working at Allegis Global Solutions (AGS) is more than just a job. It’s a career. It’s a community of people who invest in your development and empower you to blaze your own trail. Each of us is here to create real, measurable impact that moves needles. We operate beyond "roles" or "jobs" to realize the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to a bigger idea. Because we believe that when you build a workforce that’s designed to harness human enterprise, you design a workforce that’s built for impact.

At AGS, we help companies all over the world transform their people into a competitive advantage. It’s not about filling seats. It’s about designing workforces to meet missions and unleash the most transformative power in business today: The power of human enterprise.

With services around the globe, we have a point of view on the future of work that enables us to be a transformative partner in the way work gets done for our clients’ organizations. Meeting clients where they are, we design a plan and guide them along a transformational journey, applying bold actions and diverse minds to solve the most complex challenges – from permanent and extended workforce management to services procurement, consulting, direct sourcing and our Universal Workforce Model™.

We also represent over 100 countries and speak dozens of languages. So as you’re building relationships and doing your job, you’ll be exposed to other cultures and advancement opportunities while expanding your knowledge of global markets and strategies.

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Job Description

The Sourcing Lead is responsible for the operational support of our more strategic procurement programs, delivering RFP management, negotiation and/or contracting delivery to our clients in support of our advanced Spend Insights or Sourcing Insights programs.
Responsibilities:
• Triage incoming requirements to determine the most appropriate engagement type.
• Define business requirements in coordination with end users, build Statements of Work   (SOW) and associated resource assignments.
• Develop and manage sourcing strategy, in line with category plans.
• Build and manage RFPs to support end users’ engagement requirements.
• Identify cost savings opportunities and drive towards results.
• Coordinate with suppliers to gather required information, to include price, delivery   schedules  and key project terms.
• Manage client stakeholder relationships to drive satisfaction and achievement of objectives.
• Manage client expectations through timely feedback and proactive communication.
• Identify risk situations and develop mitigation strategies.
• Assist in collection of data related to the performance of suppliers.
• Constant and professional interaction via email and phone with client, suppliers, and other   partners.
• Leading internal teams to deliver results to client.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, with a focus on business, finance or supply chain management.
• 3 - 5 years of strategic sourcing and category management experience.
• Up to 5 years of procurement experience – specific to sourcing, negotiation, and/or category management experience.
• Consistently exhibits excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as demonstrated relationship building skills.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong documentation and verbal skills while staying organized and managing time effectively.
• Strong knowledge of MS Office tools, VMS and/or e-Procurement tools and PC skills and Source-to-Pay process lifecycle.
• Able to interpret procurement data and make high level recommendations.
• Fundamental change management competence and moderate negotiation skills.
• Ability to derive “data stories” from structured data elements to enable and drive decision making while maintaining a high level of service delivery.
• Accuracy and efficiency in high volume coordination activities.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills including strong data competency specific to spend analysis.
• Strong competency in change management principles and proven results in driving change and influencing detractors including risk identification and development of mitigation strategies.
• Financial results including but not limited to the development of cost savings approaches.
• SLAs, KPIs and other performance metrics, as well as development of reporting and analytics needed.
• Strong experience with procurement and/or sourcing processes, with a focus on indirect and services spend categories.
• Deep understanding of strategic sourcing and category management processes and their connection to broader procurement strategy.
• Experience with