Urgently seeking a Category Sourcing Manager

Initial 12 Month contract, and the position will be hybrid with vsits requird to site in Dublin.

What you'll be doing:

• Performing market analyses to find potential suppliers.
• Guiding internal business partners through the supplier selection process.
• Working cross-functionally to document requirements, build RFPs, and conduct negotiations.
• Handling the sourcing process, ensuring that it aligns with our policies.
• Validating that suppliers are upholding contract terms and conditions.
• Drive all aspects of complex strategic sourcing process, including but not limited to, taking lead on contract negotiations of business and pricing terms and conditions, conducting research and providing benchmark data on pricing and/or other key terms.

You'll need to have:

• Bachelor's degree or relevant work experience.
• Strategic Sourcing experience.
• Attention to detail

Even better if you have:

• Business degree in supply chain, engineering, or construction management.
• Lean Six Sigma certification.
• Project management certification, such as Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute.
• Supply chain certification, such as Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) or Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) from the Institute of Supply Chain Management (ISM).
• Program management, budget management, request-for-proposal, and vendor selection experience.
• Experience with site walk-throughs, construction insurance requirements and construction bidding processes.
• Experience in telecommunication/Technology or labour based sourcing

Michael Bailey International is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.