Lead Sourcing Consultant

• Lead contract negotiations and manage supplier relationships of high risk or complexity with significant impact to the business strategy
• Manage suppliers and relationships from a life-cycle perspective with a focus on reducing cost or spend, increasing customer satisfaction, and maximizing business impact
• Establish e-business, procure-to-pay, environmental, and Strategic Sourcing cost reduction strategies to continually improve category effectiveness and efficiencies
• Customize legal contract language to proactively anticipate technology, market and business issues
• Control all aspects of negotiation and set negotiation strategy
• Support acquisitions including negotiation reassignment on high risk contracts
• Participate in the review of closing agreements
• Lead projects required to ensure legal and regulatory compliance, as well as educate and act as a resource for Contract Analysts with regard to such issues
• Educate Contract Analysts and business partners on risk issues and handle vendor disputes
• Provide direction and guidance to less experienced staff
• Partner with business units to issue and evaluate Request For Proposals and to ensure successful implementation of agreements
• Partner with business units to ensure standard contracts include corporate requirements
• Establish and maintain a good rapport with executive management, vendors, and third party lessors or manufacturers to optimize negotiation, savings and service improvements and problem resolution
• Act as a focal point for coordinating sourcing efforts across business entities

10+ years of Sourcing, Procurement experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education