Sourcing Specialist

Sourcing Specialist

Location: Prague, Prague, Czech (Hybrid)

Industry: Personal Care Product Manufacturing

Work Setting: Hybrid

Are you passionate about strategic sourcing, procurement operations, and contract management? We are looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Senior Sourcing Specialist to manage end-to-end sourcing and contracting activities across various procurement categories. This role offers an opportunity to drive cost efficiencies, strengthen supplier relationships, negotiate favorable commercial agreements, and ensure compliance with organizational procurement policies and procedures. The position is offered on a 12-month fixed-term contract, with the possibility of extension.

Key Responsibilities:

• Review purchase requisitions, understand business requirements, and maintain effective relationships with internal stakeholders and requestors.
• Manage the complete sourcing lifecycle for assigned procurement categories, ensuring cost-effectiveness and alignment with business requirements.
• Coordinate sourcing events, evaluate supplier proposals, negotiate commercial terms and conditions, and communicate with vendors throughout the procurement process.
• Monitor supplier performance to ensure consistent service quality, timely delivery, and compliance with agreed contractual obligations.
• Identify process improvement opportunities, assess business changes, and support stakeholder engagement, change management, and procurement compliance initiatives.
• Address supplier queries, resolve disputes, and investigate payment discrepancies to ensure smooth procurement operations.
• Identify and define contractual requirements and manage the complete contract execution process, including preparation, review, approval, signing, and document archiving.
• Negotiate contractual terms and conditions in accordance with established organizational policies, procedures, and legal guidelines.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Procurement, Legal, Compliance, Finance, and relevant business functions, to facilitate effective sourcing and contracting activities.
• Review and recommend contract amendments throughout the contract lifecycle in coordination with business stakeholders.
• Ensure sourcing and contracting practices comply with applicable industry standards, legal requirements, and regulatory guidelines.
• Drive value-creation initiatives and procurement improvement projects across assigned regions and business units.
• Provide operational and project support to category management teams on strategic procurement initiatives.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 1 year of experience in sourcing, procurement, contract management, or a related field.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Demonstrated ownership, initiative, and ability to work independently.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in indirect procurement, preferably within shared services, pharmaceutical, healthcare, or consumer goods industries.
• Experience working in multinational organizations with diverse and multicultural teams.
• Proficiency in an additional European language, such as Spanish, French, German, or Italian.
• Experience with data visualization and reporting tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
• Strong negotiation, presentation, and influencing skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.