• Identify, lead and manage strategic sourcing initiatives in close cooperation with your stakeholders to deliver cost savings and ensure quality in line with business strategy
• Actively manage your stakeholders by leading and developing the strategic relationship with your key stakeholders
• Driving internal analyses and market analyses to identify market trends and opportunities to optimize the supplier base
• Actively manage your key suppliers to ensure performance and quality throughout the contract lifecycle
• Prepare and execute on negotiation strategies
• Developing tactical and strategic recommendations for project steering committees and managing stakeholders to ensure alignment with the project objectives and strategy

To succeed in this role, we believe that you:

• Have outstanding interpersonal skills and ability to interact effectively with stakeholders on all organizational levels
• Possess analytical skills and ability to communicate findings in a clear and structured way
• Are a self driven and result oriented person
• Have an experience from working in an international company with a diverse culture and daily interaction with many different nationalities

Your profile and background:

• Master's degree e.g. in Law, Business, Economics, Operations, Supply Chain Management or Political/Social Science
• Knowledge of card schemes and/or software is an asset, but not a requirement
• Solid business acumen, enabling you to develop an effective sourcing strategy and influence suppliers and key stakeholders in the organization
• Fluency in English (both written and spoken)
• Experience in Project Management and Change Management would be an asset
• Proven track record in sourcing and negotiation is a strong advantage