Sourcing Outsourcing

**Title**:Sourcing Outsourcing & Offshoring**:

- Location: Navi Mumbai, IN Pune, IN
- Date: May 23, 2025

**About Chain IQ**

Chain IQ is an Independent Global Indirect Procurement company providing strategic, tactical, and operational procurement services. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland Chain IQ operates from 6 main centers and 14 offices worldwide.

Our team of experts work to transform procurement within an organization utilizing our market knowledge and insights supported by innovative technology to drive procurement efficiencies.

**Job Description**- Tactical Sourcer (Senior Consultant level)
- Tactical Sourcer will report to Head of Sourcing - Manager and will have the following main responsibilities:

- Managing the daily activities within the procurement process, serving as the primary interface with business owners and supplier representatives
- Execute tactical sourcing projects, low, medium & high complexity (i.e. spot buy, RFx) using the client and the internal systems and complying with client’s policies & procedures
- Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with internal, client and supplier stakeholders
- Drafting contracts based on the client standard terms and conditions and negotiating the contractual clauses to ensure compliance with the client’s requirements
- Negotiating commercial conditions and contractual terms with vendors with support from Contract Manager, if needed
- Performing supplier evaluation and bid analysis; provide input and recommendations
- Performing spend analysis to proactively identify savings opportunities
- Forecasting and reporting savings
- Supporting and run RFx, eAuction; creating and managing events in e-sourcing tool
- Adhering to the client’s corporate standards, including using the defined sourcing tools and processes in the delivery of sourcing initiatives
- Ensuring the functional KPIs, SLAs and other performance objectives are met
- Proactively looking for optimization opportunities

**Profile required**:

- Hands-on approach and proactiveness
- Proven successful track record in a similar role
- Minimum three (3) year experience in related sourcing category
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills.
- Strong analytical and organizational skills
- Ability to multi-task and perform under pressure
- Focused to deliver savings and to constantly find cost reduction opportunities for the clients
- Excellent analytical skills and mindset
- Good problem-solving, relationship management, escalation management and influencing skills with a strong customer-service orientation
- Good understanding of sourcing processes and best practices
- Ready to interact with stakeholders from all organizational levels
- A delivery-focused sourcer and a team player who feels comfortable creating their own profile and credibility
- Previous experience in working with any of the Source to Contract tools: SAP, Ariba, Ivalua, etc.
- Excellent English (German is an advantage) - written and verbal communication
- Proficient in Microsoft Office

We are **Great Place To Work® certified** in Switzerland, the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Romania, Poland and China.

We proudly offer a first-class benefits package to all employees, so come and join Chain IQ and become part of an innovative, inspiring, and high-performing team of entrepreneurs, who are globally connected and locally anchored.

Please let us know if you require any assistance during the recruitment process so that we can work with you to meet your needs.

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