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About the Role
The Strategic Sourcer is a specialist within the IT sourcing team, operating in a multinational environment and serving multiple clients. The role guides and supports clients through sourcing processes, ensuring optimal value and compliance, and acting as a trusted advisor. The position requires managing 10–15 initiatives simultaneously under tight deadlines and demands a strong customer service orientation.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement sourcing strategies to maximize efficiency and value.
- Analyze procurement costs and recommend cost-reduction methods.
- Negotiate and secure profitable deals for clients.
- Optimize sourcing procedures for efficiency.
- Collaborate with senior stakeholders (VPs/MDs) to align on terms and processes.
- Lead end-to-end RFx processes using SaaS tools.
- Conduct cost/scenario analysis and benchmarking.
- Estimate and mitigate risks in sourcing.
- Monitor supplier market dynamics and anticipate shifts in negotiating power.
- Identify and partner with reliable vendors.
- Plan delivery quantities and timing.
Requirements
- 5–8 years of sourcing experience.
- 5–10 years of IT experience across software pricing and licensing models, hardware pricing, end-user devices, servers, data centre operations, outsourcing and offshoring to near and offshore locations, and cloud services (IaaS, SaaS, PaaS).
- Ability to work independently with senior client stakeholders.
- Proven negotiation skills for multi-million-dollar deals.
- Familiarity with e-sourcing tools.
- Business fluency in English.
- Strong stakeholder management, cross-functional collaboration, and ability to handle multiple, fast-paced initiatives.
- Expected to support and mentor junior colleagues, drive improvements, and act as category champions.
Skills
- Sourcing strategies
- Cost analysis
- Negotiation
- Sourcing optimization
- Stakeholder management
- RFx processes
- SaaS tools
- Cost/scenario analysis
- Benchmarking
- Risk mitigation
- Supplier market analysis
- Vendor partnership
- Delivery planning
- IT sourcing
- Software pricing
- Licensing models
- Hardware pricing
- Data centre operations
- Outsourcing
- Offshoring
- Cloud services
Location
- Global
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5-8 years sourcing experience
- 5-10 years IT experience
About the Company
- 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.
- We offer a dynamic and international environment where high performance meets real purpose.
- We're proud to be Great Place to Work-certified.