Strategic Sourcing Consultant - Marketing Services

At Chain IQ, your ideas move fast.

Chain IQ is a global AI-driven Procurement Service Partner, headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, with operations across main centers and 16 offices worldwide. We provide tailored, end-to-end procurement solutions that enable transformation, drive scalability, and deliver substantial reductions in our clients' indirect spend. Our culture is built on innovation, entrepreneurship, ownership, and impact. Here, your voice matters - bold thinking is encouraged, and action follows ambition.

Join our Team

It is an exciting time at Chain IQ and our team in Bucharest are looking for a Strategic Sourcing Consultant - Marketing Services.

Chain IQ generate value far beyond cost reduction. We transform our client’s indirect procurement towards a world-class, resilient, ethical and digitalized end-to-end function. We promote a culture of collaboration and shared excellence while encouraging an open and honest exchange of ideas. We offer the potential for significant corporate growth and career development.

Our ambition is to strengthen the existing highly experienced team to provide the best in industry support to our growing client base.

Role Purpose

The primary purpose is to deliver value-add sourcing services to clients in a structured, professional and consistent manner.

Responsibilities

We are currently seeking a Consultant to join the Professional Services team. The Consultant needs to be a dynamic, highly client-focused individual with proven experience within the Marketing sub-Category.Main responsibilities will include:

• Collaboration with Head of Sourcing, Operations and Strategic Buying and Team Lead, to ensure optimal use of Sourcing, Sourcing Operations and Tactical Buying capabilities

• Managing sourcing initiatives across the Marketing Services category

• Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with internal, client and supplier stakeholders

• Organize and manage market tenders

• Evaluate suppliers proposals and perform bid analysis – provide input and recommendations for supplier selection;

• Negotiating deals to achieve optimal commercial, specification, compliance and contractual outcomes

• Negotiating with vendors for building positive, long-term relationships.

• Drafting and negotiating contracts with vendors based on standard terms and conditions

• Identifying opportunities to drive improvements and contributes to their implementation

• Adhering to the client’s corporate standards, including using the defined sourcing tools and processes in the delivery of sourcing initiatives according to the client requirements

• Ensuring the functional KPIs, SLAs and other performance objectives are met including savings targets

• Ensuring accuracy of data and compliance with the given sourcing requirements (based on client methodology and requirements)

• Performing spend analysis to proactively identify savings opportunities

• Forecasting and reporting savings

• Support and run RFx, eAuction – create and manage event in e-sourcing tool

• Ensuring proactive and timely engagement with clients

• Ensuring proactivity for additional support/extra activities/projects

• Supporting coaching and development of more junior colleagues

• Seen as a role model by colleagues in Chain IQ and clients

• Acting as category champion for the managed category

Requirements

• Proven successful track record in a similar role in Sourcing, min. 1-2 year

• Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills.

• Strong analytical and organizational skills

• Ability to multi-task and perform under pressure

• Focused to deliver savings and to constantly find cost reduction opportunities for the clients

• Excellent analytical skills and mindset

• Excellent problem-solving, relationship management, escalation management and influencing skills with a strong customer-service orientation

• Excellent understanding of sourcing processes and best practices

• Ready to interact with stakeholders from all organizational levels

• A delivery-focused sourcer and a team player who feels comfortable creating their own profile and credibility

• Previous experience in working with any Source to Contract tools min. 1 year

• Excellent English - written and verbal communication skills; German language skills would be considered an advantage.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office

Join a truly global team.

We offer a dynamic and international environment where high performance meets real purpose. We're proud to be Great Place to Work-certified and even prouder of the people who make that possible. Let’s shape the future of procurement - together.

Chain IQ – Create. Lead. Make an impact.

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