A globally leading life sciences organisation in Galway are looking for a Strategic Sourcing Specialist to join their team on a 6-month contract basis. The role has remote working flexibility.

The Role

You will have, but not limited to, the following responsibilities/activities:

• You will participate in Purchasing/Sourcing strategic activities to ensure raw material availability to Operations.
• You will provide sourcing support to projects involving product life cycle and supplier management including but not limited to product/part phase in-phase, last time buy/Strategic and excess & obsolete processes, local sourcing related initiatives, supplier delivery performance and inventory management.
• You will support commodity management in pricing, terms & conditions, and quality agreements with key strategic suppliers.
• Supporting the Buyer, you will ensure raw materials are available to Operations.
• You will maintain and promote strong relationships with both external suppliers and internal cross functional teams.
• You will act as liaison with the Commodity Management and Sourcing Engineering Teams in the development of commodity strategies, inputs and discussions about supplier score card and performance reviews.

The Person:

• You must have 2+ years' relevant experience in sourcing or supply chain, preferably within a pharmaceutical/medical device organisation.
• You will have a degree in a relevant field.

To learn more, apply online or contact Cian Breheny on +353 1 6321866 for a confidential discussion.