Direct Sourcing Lead to Life Science company in Uppsala
About this role
Academic Resource is searching for a Direct Sourcing Lead to Life Science company in Uppsala.
The job is a fulltime consultancy assignment, for 6 months initially with opportunities for extension.
Location in Uppsala.
Start as soon as possible.
Description of the role / job tasks:
The Direct Sourcing Lead is accountable for strategic and operational sourcing execution with full ownership for assigned commodities and suppliers.
Lead the development and execution of sourcing strategies for assigned commodities and suppliers, delivering competitive advantage through supplier selection, development, consolidation, and performance optimization.
Manage the full procurement lifecycle, including RFQs, negotiations, contracting, and purchase execution for assigned category.
Maintain full accountability for buy execution, meeting deflation, cost reduction, and KPI targets.
Drive supplier performance, optimization, and continuous improvement.
Perform detailed cost and manufacturing process analysis to ensure highest quality at the lowest total cost of ownership.
Analyze and apply structured sourcing tools for risk and spend optimization to deliver and improve sourcing targets
Collaborate closely with key business stakeholders to identify, qualify, and onboard suppliers and to ensure sourced material and services meet the needs of the business.
Building deep relationships with Strategic Suppliers driving early supplier engagement into NPI/NPD process, and long-term partnership for wing-to-wing product lifecycle.
Driving improvements in sourcing processes including escalations due to delivery/quality issues, invoicing/payables issues, and database management
Monitor global markets and regulatory trends and developments, become a commodity expert for the assigned commodities and proactively adapting sourcing strategies to mitigate risk and ensure long term supply security.
Working with businesses and suppliers to manage and track implementation of supply a
Responsibilities
- Lead the development and execution of sourcing strategies for assigned commodities and suppliers, delivering competitive advantage through supplier selection, development, consolidation, and performance optimization.
- Manage the full procurement lifecycle, including RFQs, negotiations, contracting, and purchase execution for assigned category.
- Maintain full accountability for buy execution, meeting deflation, cost reduction, and KPI targets.
- Drive supplier performance, optimization, and continuous improvement.
- Perform detailed cost and manufacturing process analysis to ensure highest quality at the lowest total cost of ownership.
- Analyze and apply structured sourcing tools for risk and spend optimization to deliver and improve sourcing targets
Requirements
- Collaborate closely with key business stakeholders to identify, qualify, and onboard suppliers and to ensure sourced material and services meet the needs of the business.
- Building deep relationships with Strategic Suppliers driving early supplier engagement into NPI/NPD process, and long-term partnership for wing-to-wing product lifecycle.
- Driving improvements in sourcing processes including escalations due to delivery/quality issues, invoicing/payables issues, and database management
- Monitor global markets and regulatory trends and developments, become a commodity expert for the assigned commodities and proactively adapting sourcing strategies to mitigate risk and ensure long term supply security.
- Working with businesses and suppliers to manage and track implementation of supply a