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Our 99,600 employees operate a network of 2,600 offices and laboratories, working together to enable a better, safer and more interconnected world.\n The Strategic Sourcing Assistant supports the Vice President, Procurement with administrative, P2P, analytical, review, evaluation, and coordination activities, and supports the Procurement Manager with sourcing data, RFx events, supplier reviews, and assigned procurement categories.\nStrategic Sourcing Support: Supports the Vice President with administrative coordination, P2P activities, reviews, quick evaluations, follow-up actions, and procurement communications.\nSupports the Procurement Manager by collecting and analyzing spend, supplier, pricing, and category data and preparing summaries and recommendations.\nCoordinates RFx activities by gathering requirements, preparing documents, supporting RFI, RFP, and RFQ launches, and tracking responses, clarifications, deadlines, and approvals.\nAssists with real estate, travel, fleet, facilities, operating supplies, logistics, and other categories through research, benchmarking, evaluations, and stakeholder coordination.\nSupports requisitions, purchase orders, invoice issue resolution, trackers, reports, dashboards, presentations, and procurement file maintenance.\nAssists with supplier evaluations, bid comparisons, savings validation, sourcing implementation, and action-item follow-up.\nAdheres to internal standards, policies and procedures.\nSupplier Management: Supports supplier relationship and performance reviews by compiling reports, issues, action items, and evaluation information.\nCoordinates review meetings, collects information, documents decisions, and tracks agreed actions.\nReviews supplier reporting to help validate Service Level Agreements (SLAs), pricing, and key performance indicators.\nMaintains issue logs, follows up on open items, and escalates material concerns.\n Education and Experience\nBachelor’s degree or equivalent.\n2-3 years of procurement-related experience.\nLicenses and Certifications\nCertified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM). 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