Strategic Sourcing Specialist - Hybrid

About This Role

This role is for a Strategic Sourcing Specialist who will manage commodities and categories globally, supporting the company and its customers. The primary objective is to provide a best-in-class Global Procurement experience to clients while maximizing the value of their budget returns.

Responsibilities

• Lead the analysis of specific commodity data and industry trends or lead an individual supply chain sub-category
• Participate as a member of a cross-functional team (may lead specific projects)
• Meet with stakeholders to understand business priorities and translate them into procurement plans
• Participate in supplier selection activities
• Negotiate with suppliers
• Engage with low-complexity suppliers to negotiate commercials and acceptable contracting outcomes using pre-packed solutions
• Negotiate commercial and legal terms and conditions
• Execute risk mitigation, business continuity, cost management, and operation strategies
• Advise program level business representatives on fundamental contract risk areas
• Monitor supplier performance

Requirements

• First level university degree or equivalent experience
• 2+ years of experience in procurement or supply chain function
• Understanding of procurement processes, industry, and suppliers
• Basic analytical skills
• Knowledge of business application tools (e.g., Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint)
• Strong communication skills, including presentation and negotiation abilities
• Basic Project Management skills
• Basic ability to develop suppliers
• Strong teamwork and basic leadership skills; basic influencing skills
• Mastery in English and local language
• Ability to create a contract using standard company contract templates with supervision
• Applies cause and effect thinking to identify common contract risk areas
• Basic contracting principles
• Good understanding of the company's business units and the company's business strategy

Benefits

• Extensive social benefits
• Diverse and dynamic work environment
• Work-life balance and support for career development
• Opportunities for personal and professional development

Important Details

• Work format: Hybrid, requiring an average of 2 days per week from an HPE office

About the Company

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is a global edge-to-cloud company that helps companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications from edge to cloud. They focus on finding new and better ways to accelerate what's next, valuing varied backgrounds and promoting a culture of flexibility, bold moves, and being a force for good.