Strategic Sourcing Manager

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Taking the lead to manage the negotiation and business relationships development with external Service Supplier companies you build effective and profitable agreements transforming broad concepts into structured Strategic Services Suppliers Management Program.

You are a key player to contribute to the solution design of local/multi-national and multi-partner projects involving Agilent partnership with Service Supplier companies for complex, high impact client agreements.

Furthermore, you will support the program managers to provide consistent and up to date program processes, documentation, trainings, contracts & exhibits in assigned territory for Strategic Service Sourcing, ASP-Management.

Your key responsibilities:

- Accountable for managing and maintaining Service Providers and Service Contractors business
   relationships

- Ensure full legal compliance and alignment with Region, Sub Region or Country agreed strategy.

- Analyze suppliers' performance and conduct regular suppliers' evaluation reviews, involving Service
Management as required.

- Conduct Service Supplier selection and negotiations to assure best Service Level Agreement and
   financial margin improvements.

- Contribute to develop suppliers sourcing strategy, priorities, plans for the defined Sub-Region or
   countries.

- Implement service sourcing strategy to ensure an effective, coherent & consistent service suppliers'
   program.

- Management of service suppliers program processes, documentation, data, contracts & exhibits in
   assigned territory.

- Work closely with Regional and Country legal/compliance teams, act as local contact to ensure the
   Service Suppliers working legal/compliance practices are up to date, communicated and in place.

- Contribute to competitive Supplier tender events at all levels of complexity, work with Service Sales
   and Project Managers, maintain service providers' services/products/prices data.

- Work closely with Customer Contact Center to assure the Service Suppliers information is available
   to manage customers' calls.

- Ensure good co-operation and collaboration with Service Managers.

The role will involve up to 25 % travelling.

We are looking for an engaging individual with a real passion for customer satisfaction and the following:

- Bachelor's or Master's Degree or equivalent.

- Typically, at least 6+ years relevant experience for entry to this level.

- Experience in procurement / supplier management is plus

- Fluency in English and local language 

- On a personal level, you are a customer focused, solution oriented and business savvy. You also
   have great communications skills to interact with a lot of stakeholder and are able to multitask to
   work with different projects concurrently.