Global Strategic Sourcing Lead | $150M Portfolio

Avantor; Vlaams-Brabant; Presencial; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Avantor is seeking a Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager to lead large-scale sourcing initiatives for a complex portfolio. You will drive supplier selection, negotiations, and contract execution while protecting supply continuity and delivering measurable savings.

Based in Belgium, you will partner with global teams across operations, finance, quality, and regulatory to translate business needs into effective sourcing plans and high-performing supplier relationships.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, finance, engineering, science, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 5+ years in strategic sourcing, category management, procurement, or supply chain in global or regulated environment.
• Proven success leading competitive sourcing events, negotiations, supplier selection, and contract implementation.
• Experience with tendering chemicals and life-science products, market analysis, spend analytics, and TCO models.
• Professional sourcing or supply-chain certification (CPSM/CIPS) is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and execute multi-year category strategies for a complex supplier portfolio, aligned with growth and supply-continuity priorities.
• Lead end-to-end strategic sourcing initiatives: opportunity assessment, RFPs, tendering, supplier evaluation, negotiation and contracting.

Conocimientos

Strategic sourcing

Supplier relationship

Contract negotiation

Spend analytics

Market intelligence

Educación

Bachelor's degree (supply chain/related)

CPSM / CIPS certification (plus)

Herramientas

ERP systems

Contract management tools

Descripción del empleo

Avantor is seeking a Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager to lead large-scale sourcing initiatives for a complex portfolio. You will drive supplier selection, negotiations, and contract execution while protecting supply continuity and delivering measurable savings.

Based in Belgium, you will partner with global teams across operations, finance, quality, and regulatory to translate business needs into effective sourcing plans and high-performing supplier relationships.