Sourcing Lead

Overview

Kingfisher Sourcing Eastern Europe Sp. z o.o. is a buying office of the Kingfisher Group (an international home improvement company with nearly 1 300 stores across Europe, supported by a team of 78 000 professionals). Due to the dynamic development we are looking for candidates to join our team as: Sourcing Lead

What's the job?

Responsibilities:

• Work directly with the triangular team in developing robust and lastingrelationships in order to drive better/more informed decisions
• Support the creation of a vendor level strategy, through a combination of newsupplier discovery activity and benchmarking
• Develop and maintain relationships with new and existing vendors to deliverthe product development and margin plansContracting and Operational Delivery
• Ensure project milestones are delivered on time, promoting cross functionalcollaboration
• Guarantee minimum standards and Kingfisher sustainability policycompliance
• Be the point person on the management of the KIPL contracts
• Be responsible for the collection, completeness and quality of the data tosupport article and vendor set up and maintenance in the company systems.
• Be responsible for adherence to sourcing processes using the relevantsystems and tracking tools such as CPC, Project Management, ContractManagement and Audits etc
• Be the Kingfisher point person for the vendors; responsible for ensuring theircompliance to our policies and processes, such as Brand and Packaging,Audit and Factory AssessmentProduct and Supplier Development
• Support the delivery of the category level vendor strategy to ensure thebuying office has the best possible chance of gaining group volume throughcompetitive tenders
• Organise & contribute to the SRM (Supplier Relationship Management)programme for Key Strategic vendors, understanding capabilities, risks andopportunities in your supply baseOngoing business activity
• Manage forecasting & delivery of KPIs through structured monitoring, &reporting

What you'll bring

Essential Skills

• Attention to detail to assist with issue resolution and problem solving
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with an ability to challenge thestatus quo and work collaboratively with a wide network
• Experience of managing projects and holding stakeholders to account
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Outlook, Excel and PowerPointBehavioural requirements
• Flexible and Adaptable
• Proactive
• Approachable and open, meaning that you are able to utilise your network todrive projects to meet challenging deadlines
• Resilient & calm under pressure