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Sourcing Manager Marketing
At Swarovski, where innovation meets inspiration, our people desire to explore, experience, and create. We are looking for a Sourcing Manager Marketing where you will get a chance to work in a rewarding role within a diverse team that is pushing boundaries. Be part of a truly iconic global brand, learn and grow with us. We’re bold and inventive, revealing astonishing things like no one else can. A world of wonder awaits you.
Responsibilities:
Delivery of annual cost reduction programs, cost savings and value creation targets for the assigned categories in alignment with all stakeholders and Global Category Manager. Also provide a longer-term intervention in the 3 to 5-year horizon.
Operationally manage, in line with Source to Contract Policy and in close collaboration with corporate functions, essential users and GCM, sourcing projects mainly above 100k€. This responsibility consists of: supplier search and recommendations, building preferred supplier lists in alignment with the respective GCM, realizing internal and external benchmarks, tendering (RFI, RFP) based on existing templates and utilizing existing tools such as ARIBA, challenge the need and supplier offers, supporting contracting and initiate internal Contract sign-off process with relevant internal partners (Corporate Legal, Corporate Insurance, expert functions and essential users).
Transfer skills and provide guidance to Buyers in other teams to develop their autonomy for projects below 100k€. Design and implement processes and tools to support local sourcing activities in countries without procurement resources on the ground.
Adhere to procurement process and provide solutions for continuous improvements
Collaborate with internal senior stakeholders and expert functions in clarifying requirements taking into account all relevant procurement aspects.