Strategic Indirect Procurement Specialist

Vantive; Castlebar; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Vantive in Castlebar invites a Procurement Specialist to join our Manufacturing Operations Categories on a 12-month contract. You will lead spend and market analysis, develop RFIs/RFPs, and negotiate with suppliers to secure savings across Europe.

You will drive cross-functional sourcing projects, manage supplier development strategies, and maintain stakeholder relationships to ensure on-time, quality outcomes with compliant contracts and strong cost performance.

Qualifications

• University degree in Business, Supply Chain, Economics, Engineering or related areas.
• Proven experience in people, stakeholder and project management.
• Ability to coordinate multiple parallel sourcing initiatives across different business groups.
• Strong analytic and negotiation skills.
• Experience in contracting to include MSAs, SOWs, Amendments and NDAs.
• Understanding of procurement processes, supply markets, suppliers and products.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in category management with multinational organizations.

Responsibilities

• Perform in-depth spend analysis and market analysis on targeted areas of spend.
• Develop RFIs/RFPs and lead negotiations for key spend areas to achieve savings targets.
• Support and, if required, lead cross-functional teams to drive sourcing projects.
• Drive effective Supplier Relationship Management with key suppliers and monitor performance.
• Register the projects pipeline in the appropriate sourcing tools and provide regular reporting as to their status and expected benefits.
• Communicate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure buy-in for sourcing projects.
• Apply competitive cost and process benchmarks, financial analysis, and risk management techniques to solve complex issues.
• Support in the implementation of the defined sourcing strategy and preferred suppliers across Europe.
• Generate regular reports for the category lead concerning spend under your responsibility.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration and ensure timely, compliant contracting.

Skills

Spend analysis

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Project management

Sourcing analysis

Education

University degree in Business, Supply Chain, Economics, Engineering or related areas

Tools

Sourcing tools

MS Office

Job description

Vantive in Castlebar invites a Procurement Specialist to join our Manufacturing Operations Categories on a 12-month contract. You will lead spend and market analysis, develop RFIs/RFPs, and negotiate with suppliers to secure savings across Europe.

You will drive cross-functional sourcing projects, manage supplier development strategies, and maintain stakeholder relationships to ensure on-time, quality outcomes with compliant contracts and strong cost performance.