Sourcing Specialist

SYNLAB è il **_leader europeo nel settore della medicina di laboratorio e della diagnostica medica, _**attivo in _36 paesi e 4 continenti _(Europa, Asia, Africa e America), con oltre_ 450 laboratori, 24.000 dipendenti e 500 milioni di test _effettuati ogni anno.

In Italia, SYNLAB rappresenta il **_più vasto gruppo di diagnostica integrata _**_e _il **_primo interlocutore nei servizi di diagnostica di laboratorio _**per molti specialisti e laboratori clienti.

Siamo presenti in _8 Regioni _(Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Lombardia, Toscana, Emilia-Romagna, Liguria, Lazio e Campania) con i nostri _9 Laboratori_, _oltre 300 Punti Prelievo e 80 Medical Center_. Abbiamo un _fatturato di oltre € 300 milioni_, effettuiamo _40 milioni di analisi di laboratorio _e _1,5 milioni di prestazioni poliambulatoriali _all'anno, grazie ai _2.000 dipendenti_ e _2.000 liberi professionisti _che collaborano con noi.

La nostra Mission: fornire informazioni diagnostiche utili per una vita sana e per il benessere di tutti.

La nostra Vision: una leadership conquistata attraverso l’eccellenza del servizio a favore delle persone e della comunità medica, con una diagnostica di altissima qualità.

I nostri Valori: passione, responsabilità e customer centricity.

**Posizione**:
**Scope of the role**:

- Works in close alignment with Category Manager in defining category strategy
- Drives assigned category on country level, structures category spend and derives saving
- and cost avoidance initiatives
- Ensures implementation of global and local category initiatives
- Drives optimization of tactical and strategic sourcing processes
- Ensures category related target fulfillment (with focus on country savings and cost avoidance) and increase of managed spend

**Requisiti**:
**Professional Skills**:

- Develops and aligns category strategy and initiatives with functional leaders on country level (e.g. Country COO, Country CIO)
- Contributes proactively to the Salix and Pre-Sourcing Process by developing and aligning category strategy and initiatives with functional leaders and functional departments on country level
- Drives assigned Pre-Sourcings by holding functional leaders accountable and ensuring execution on time
- Actively structures assigned categories and reduces unmanaged spend
- Challenges functional leaders, regarding supplier agreements and specifications, based on benchmarks and best practices
- Drives local and supports global tenders
- Negotiates local contracts / binding agreements with selected suppliers
- Leverages relevant value levers within categories such as process optimization, negotiations, tenders, bundling / supplier harmonization
- Identifies risks (e.g. delivery dates, capacities, exchange rates / prices for materials), evaluation and documentation of risks, development of risk management initiatives and scenarios
- Acts as an escalation stage for supply chain disruptions and risks
- Cooperates with and guides Procurement Operations in country

**Leadership and Management skills**:

- Makes sure that sourcing is seen as a business partner and value driver for the demand / specification owners and internal stakeholders in other functions
- Prioritizes initiatives, tracks and reports initiative results and respective confidence level (degree of target achievement)
- Drives knowledge development on supply markets
- Flexible on sourcing tools and negotiation strategies depending on respective area and business relevance
- Drives Functional Leader within Pre-Sourcing of initiatives
- Responsible for the decision, implementation and monitoring of initiatives
- Drives team spirit and collaboration within Global Category Team

**Qualifications**:

- University graduate degree (Bachelor) in a related discipline
- Multilingual (English mandatory)
- MS Office
- Sourcing experience esp. in Indirect Categories
- Strong communication skills
- Experienced in negotiation
- Conflict management skills
- Project management skills
- Conflict management skills
- Experience in Health Care Sector

**Altre informazioni**:
Presence in the Monza HQ is required according to company flex-work policy (3 days office / 2 days smart working)