Assistant Manager - Operations

·       Work with the internal customers to ensure their business requirements are driven using effective sourcing strategies while working with stake holders, internal departments and U.S. suppliers.

·       Utilize U.S. market analysis to identify industry best practices and incorporate them into the sourcing strategy.

·       Manage sourcing requests submitted through Zip and Ariba that meet all objective eligibility criteria, including: Renewals, extensions, or amendments valued below $500K and Net-new engagements or commercial reviews below $100K (case dependent)

·       Conduct sourcing review and processing of low-risk procurement activities within Zip and Ariba e.g. request details validation, review and supporting documentation validation e.g. SOW, order forms, validation of commercial alignment with existing Master agreement, prior SOWs or established benchmarks

·       Vendor & Stakeholder Coordination e.g. obtain missing, incomplete or correct documents and act as a primary point of contact between vendors and internal stakeholders

·       Commercial Review & Negotiation e.g. ensuring pricing consistency with historical rates or benchmark dataRisk Identification & Escalation

·       Identify and escalate risks to the Procurement Partner Lead e.g. Non -standard pricing structures, commercial terms etc

·       Pre-Contracting & Close-Out Activities e.g. ACR submission, Sourcing savings documentation in Zip, upload of executed contracts

·       Communication, Documentation & Audit Readiness

·       Implement programs to shift demand to new suppliers and/or new processes.

·       Identify sourcing opportunities through use of reporting tools and leveraging internal customer relationships.