We are looking for an experienced Logistics & Supply Chain Manager for a well-known American company.
You should be a seasoned German speakers with years of experience in the field of sourcing strategies related to Logistics & Supply Chain specific spend areas.
Here are some of your day to day duties:
- Develop strategic category plans that identify cost/productivity improvement opportunities in spending across a wide array of leading companies
- Lead strategic sourcing projects, including all key steps such as strategy development, supplier negotiation, award recommendations, business case presentations and supplier contract execution
- Provide industry and supplier research, market intelligence and financial analyses to client.
- Support development of market insights from cross-client sourcing activity and collaborate with the Procurement Category function.
- Promote corporate objectives and change initiatives, ensuring that the sourcing team is supporting overall company direction and growth
- Ability to actively manage agreements throughout its lifecycle from contract setup to administration, management, and termination.
You should already have:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in consulting or industry in a sourcing/procurement/supply chain management function
- Minimum of 6 years of experience related to multiple sub-categories within the logistics spend areas, including: Truckload, Less-than-Truckload/Groupage, Global Ocean, Global Air, Small Parcel, 3PL/warehousing, 4PL, Rail
Preferred Skills:
- Ability to act independently and can interface with customers and suppliers via strong written and verbal communications skills
- Strong ability to effectively manage in a matrix organizational structure working with multiple internal clients
- Strong analytical, organization/time management and problem-solving skills
- Well-developed, solution-oriented selling skills
Position could require travel of approximately 25%.
Praha
