Senior Sourcing Specialist

KEY ROLE & RESPOSIBILITIES
 

Strategy Execution
▪ Supports the category strategy creation and ensures execution of category strategies in the assigned country
▪ Actively participates as a part of the extended team for the assigned country
▪ Providing insights on the local/ regional market
▪ Presents decision recommendation to the decision board to ensure a transparent and aligned decision-making.

Supplier Management and Selection
▪ Conducts complex supplier selection activities and management of formal strategic sourcing and RFx processes including supplier identification, supplier due diligence activities and owns supplier life-cycle management. Identifies relevant stakeholders for the sourcing event and manages them as a project team.
▪ Drives and conducts price and contract negotiations with a high degree of autonomy, in alignment with businessstakeholders and procurement functions as required.
▪ Works with a high degree of autonomy and takes decisions within assigned area of responsibility. Presents results and recommendations for management decisions to relevant decision boards and stakeholders.
▪ Coaches, supervises and collaborates with sourcing specialists for specified sourcing initiatives and supplier management.
▪ Champions use of eSourcing, Spend Visibility, and R2P tools; leverages and utilizes eAuctions where appropriate.
▪ For assigned areas, resolves diligently quality, supply, or any other issues in close collaboration with the local and regional stakeholders.

Analysis and Documentation
▪ Performs proposal analysis, including price analyses, “Should Cost” modeling, benchmarking and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
▪ Generates proposal/ quote comparisons and compiles detailed assessment of cost breakdowns.
▪ Ensures full documentation (RFQs documents, contracts, and data & price maintenance at each sourcing project closure.)

Risk Management and Ethical Standards
▪ Evaluates financial stability of suppliers and manages supplier risks as needed while considering the local plans, regulations, and specificities.
▪ Demonstrates the highest ethical standards and ensures Fresenius Medical Care procedures are adopted and followed.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS Qualifications and Requirements

1) Required training and education:
University degree in Economics, Business Administration, or equivalent educational background with relevant work experience

2) Required professional experience (in years):
• Extensive purchasing experience in an international context, preferably in the healthcare sector
• At least 5 years of professional experience in tactical procurement
• Proven ability to collaborate with various departments and functions
• Knowledge of industry-specific rules and regulations in the Asia Pacific is a plus.

3) Required personal competencies:
• Understands the business environment, financial key principles/metrics, products/services offered, key customers, competitors,
and industry trends to drive sound decisions that create value for our company and our patients.
• Collects, handles, and analyses diverse data types while leveraging digital communication technologies.
• Delivers structured and compelling strategies based on data-driven insights, stakeholder needs and business objectives.
• Embraces change and new ideas as well as formulates and applies creative responses to problems.
• Communicates effectively

4) Other specialized knowledge, expertise and skills:
• Drives negotiations for strong outcomes including optimal financial and operational results.
• Collaborates to create and manage contracts aligned with legal standards.
• Takes an organised approach to managing projects, including defining a clear scope, key deliverables and timeline that is communicated regularly to stakeholders.
• Demonstrates and applies a holistic Procurement approach based on a deep internal & external analysis jointly with strong stakeholder engagement and a long-term vision and strategy.

• Develops and applies a methodology for selecting, negotiating, contracting, and implementing supplier agreement(s) with the aim of reducing the total costs of purchased materials/goods/services while maintaining and improving levels of quality, service, and technology.
• Proficient in MS Office
• Knowledge of eSourcing tools and Ariba is an advantage
• Fluent in Korean and English; additional language skills are a plus