Primary Responsibilities :

Work closely with the Category COE to gather business requirements from stakeholders to source a good or service from a third-party vendor

Work closely with the Contract COE to ensure that agreed upon terms and conditions are accurately reflected from proposal and award through contracting

Interface with both Coupa Contract Life Cycle Management (CLM) and Coupa Sourcing Optimization (CSO) depending on the opportunity

Create a sourcing pipeline of future events to enable forecasting

Lead cross functional teams through the sourcing process including individuals outside of the procurement organization

Drive governance and consistency in sourcing to ensure a standardized approach

Collaborate a constantly refine sourcing templates for RFI, RFQ, and RFP

Negotiate pricing for quotes in context of the purchase and the larger partnership with the third-party vendor

Use market intelligence to understand industry benchmarks, best practices, market dynamics, etc.

Collaborate on evaluation criteria and lead a core team through the scoring process

Submit and validate third party due diligence requests as inputs to infer awards through the sourcing process

Align with local and global finance representatives to ensure consistency in reported spend v savings and actuals with third party vendors

Use a savings management system as a system of record

Ensure sourcing process is fair, ethical, and provides equal opportunity to all participants

Lead meetings and set project timelines, help outline deliverables, create new impactful programs, deliver content as needed

Manage sourcing strategies that evolve according to industry trends

Create standard and ad hoc reports using out of the box Coupa reporting as needed

Education Minimum Requirements :

Bachelor’s degree (Master’s degree preferred) in business administration, supply chain, procurement, or an equivalent degree in a relevant field

Required Experience and Skills :

3+ years demonstrated experience sourcing marketing and commercial services

3+ years leading pricing negotiations

3+ years technical experience using an electronic sourcing management tool like Coupa

Experience managing complex RFx and understanding which sourcing strategy to use in what scenario given the business requirements

Must be an excellent communicator to work with both third-party vendors and internal cross functional Organon stakeholders

Analytical minded with an ability to analyze complex information and data sets

Highly capable project management to understand interdependencies between sourcing events, meet timelines, and handle multiple RFx at the same time

A bias for action and decision making with an ability to influence without authority

Strong technical writing skills to be able to translate stakeholder business needs into a comprehensive list of requirements

General business acumen with an understanding of tracking savings

High levels of accountability and ownership to see an RFx through to completion

Strategic thinker who can use knowledge of the market to drive recommendations back to the business

Thorough understanding of the third-party supplier environment, strategic partnership opportunities, and an existing network of relationships

Ability to quickly build strong relationships

Experience with presenting information to maintain a high level of engagement with the audience

Hands on knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint and Teams