Senior Sourcing Consultant - Marketing & Professional Services

Chain IQ; Köln; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Chain IQ is seeking a Senior Sourcing Consultant for Marketing & Professional Services in Cologne, Germany. You will manage end-to-end tactical sourcing for a major German client, combining commercial and contractual expertise with strong stakeholder engagement to deliver measurable savings and high service quality.

The role requires hands-on sourcing in the local market, solid negotiation skills, and fluency in German and English.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of tactical sourcing experience in the local German supplier market for Marketing and Professional Services.
• Knowledge of HR services and/or consulting is required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong analytical skills for data-driven recommendations and bid evaluations.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end tactical sourcing activities including RFx, eAuctions, tenders, and supplier evaluations.
• Lead commercial and contractual negotiations to optimize pricing, SLAs, and risk.
• Collaborate with sourcing, operations, and buying teams to deliver procurement outcomes.
• Build relationships with stakeholders and suppliers, ensuring process compliance.
• Analyze spend and identify cost-optimization opportunities with robust recommendations.
• Track and report savings against KPIs, SLAs, and targets.
• Drive continuous improvement and share category expertise.

Skills

End-to-end tactical sourcing

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Excel

PowerPoint

HR services knowledge

Tools

Source-to-contract tools

Job description

Title: Senior Sourcing Consultant - Marketing & Professional Services

Location: Cologne, DE

Date: Oct 8, 2026

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.

Role Purpose

As a Tactical Sourcing Consultant for Marketing and Professional Services, you will manage end-to-end tactical sourcing activities in the local German supplier market for a major German client in the consumer goods and retail sector. You will combine commercial and contractual expertise with strong stakeholder management to deliver measurable savings, service quality, and risk reduction. Working in an international and collaborative environment, you will help build a resilient, responsible, and digitally enabled procurement function.

Responsibilities

Manage end-to-end tactical sourcing activities, including RFx processes, eAuctions, tenders, supplier evaluations, and bid analyses.

Lead commercial and contractual negotiations to optimize pricing, statements of work, service quality, and risk.

Collaborate closely with sourcing, operations, and buying teams to deliver effective procurement outcomes.

Build trusted relationships with key stakeholders and suppliers, ensuring compliance with agreed processes, systems, and standards.

Analyze spend, identify cost optimization opportunities, and develop robust recommendations.

Track and report savings against agreed KPIs, SLAs, and targets.

Drive continuous improvement and share category expertise across the team.

Requirements

At least four years of tactical sourcing experience, including hand-on experience in the local German supplier market for Marketing and Professional Services; knowledge of HR services and/or consulting is required.

Strong knowledge of end-to-end tactical sourcing, commercial negotiations, and savings delivery.

Experience with source-to-contract tools and strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

Strong analytical skills to evaluate bids, develop data-driven recommendations, and identify cost opportunities.

Excellent communication, negotiation, stakeholder management, and organizational skills.

A proactive, delivery-focused, and collaborative approach, with the ability to manage priorities independently.

Fluency in written and spoken German and English.

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.