Global Sourcing Manager - Facility Management
Initial 12-month freelance contract + permanent position offered afterwards
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Language: English, Dutch will be preferred
Our client:
Makes products and environments safer, more sustainable, and more secure with innovative connectivity and edge processing solutions for a smarter world. We are in the business of better. Not just better technologies, but better innovations to improve society. As the world leader in secure connectivity and processing solutions for embedded applications, our client is solving the world's most complex technology challenges to accelerate business innovation, enhance how we work, and advance how we live. A global semiconductor company with operations in more than 30 countries, over 31.000 employees and a revenue of over $11 billion.
Primary Responsibilities:
* Develop and execute long term, market-based Sourcing Strategies for Facility Management, Real Estate and Utilities.
* Lead the sourcing for assigned commodity groups and develop sourcing strategies, including risk mitigation options, and negotiation strategies to contribute to organizational goals.
* Negotiate, review and execute procurement contracts and agreements that clearly identify intent and responsibility, and assure compliance with all appropriate legal requirements.
* Provide information of market trends and benchmark data for the assigned commodity groups and feedback to the supply base team to contribute to our client's success.
* Provide regular reports to stakeholders that bring visibility of KPI's.
* Drive continuous improvement of processes and quality.
* Drive RFP-process, establish negotiation plans and lead negotiations for assigned commodity groups to support company objectives.
* Propose opportunities to stakeholders for cost reduction by means of alternate sourcing and support stakeholders during the qualification process.
* Report forecast cost roadmaps and actuals on regular basis.
* Identify, qualify, rank and select appropriate suppliers including involvement of stakeholders.
* Manage supplier performance in terms of Quality, Cost, Delivery, Service and Technology support to get a world class supplier base.
* Propose and align on supply assurance opportunities by means of risk management tool analysis, alternate sourcing and support stakeholders during the qualification process.
* Build and sustain a network with people in relevant related business areas to ensure knowledge transfer and sharing of best practices.
* Build and sustain good relationship with suppliers' account management to make sure that suppliers understand and support our client's needs.
* Act as a first escalation point if problems with the suppliers occur and manage relationships with stakeholders and suppliers during the escalation process.
* Responsible for negotiation and implementation of contracts, working instructions and guidelines for users on how to deploy contracts.
Qualifications:
* Relevant work experience managing facility/construction services & projects. Semiconductor experience a plus.
* Bachelor's or Master's degree in Supply Chain or similar field a plus.
* Relevant background, knowledge and experience on facility management procurement and processes.
* Strong analytical, communication, persuasion and negotiation skills internally as well as externally.
* Energetic, self-driven and hands-on problem solver.
* Strong business acumen, organizational agility and cross-functional stakeholder management.
* Excellent communicator able to lead and present across diverse cultures. Comfortable communicating and presenting to senior management.
* Located in Nijmegen, Netherlands. Ability to travel 5%.
