Strategic Sourcing - QS/Civils

Sanderson Recruitment Ireland

Dublin

Strategic Sourcing Consultant - As a Principal Sourcing Specialist, you will be the go to person for managing tenders from start to finish including the contract delivery. Your responsibilities will include: Taking a lead to support cost savings & revenue generation; hitting business goals through the sourcing process for large spend category areas. Know the world of civils or construction, Contractor Mangement; Installations. Ideally have an Civil, Construction, engineering or QS background with strong commercial acumen - and have managed budgets. Familiar with installation procedures, practices & standards. Driving all aspects of complex strategic sourcing process, including contract negotiations regarding pricing terms & conditions, conducting research & providing benchmark data on pricing. Strong analytical skills required to process large & varying types of data to get good results. Work with stakeholders to resolve supplier related invoicing issues. Contract language interpretation / clarification for dispute resolution (ideally. Managing disputes over contract pricing (i.e. Units / Models. Maximize purchasing power to achieve a lower cost while mitigating risk. Take a lead role & work with multiple teams to guide selections of low-cost but highly technically qualified suppliers to provide services. Experience and qualifications: * Bachelor's Degree in Quantity Surveying; Civil engineering Supply Chain, Telcos Engineering, Project Management etc. Ideally a Diploma//degree also in from (CIPS), (IACCM) or (IIPMM. Know procurement or Strategic Sourcing, ideally in a technology, construction, infrastructure and managing tenders from start to finish. Solve complex problems to ensure business & financial issues result in sound decisions. Experience in construction or civil engineering or Telcos is welcome combined with commercial /budgetary managmeent experience. Project Manage in multi-geography environments. PMP or Prince 2 ; Lean Six Sigma experience, desired. Strong interpersonal & client service skills. Proficiency with Microsoft Suite applications (including PowerPoint, Excel & Word) - MS Access a plus. Please apply to have a confidential chat about this. This job originally appeared on RecruitIreland.com.

1831 days ago