Global Indirect Sourcing & Contracts Leader

Midmark Corporation; Versailles (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Midmark Corporation is seeking an Indirect Sourcing Lead to drive strategic global sourcing and manage supplier relationships, security, and pricing for indirect spend categories such as consulting, software/hardware, marketing, engineering services, facilities, fleet, HR, and capital equipment.

The role partners with internal stakeholders and senior leadership, guiding contract strategy and supplier negotiations, and overseeing RFIs/RFPs/RFQs to support NPD initiatives and category management

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, finance, or business required.
• 3–5 years of relative experience in contract management preferred.
• Experience with contract management systems and contract lifecycle processes.

Responsibilities

• Manages a high volume of company contracts throughout the contract lifecycle, including development and refinement of new contracts and contracting processes.
• Formulates and executes strategy for supplier negotiations.
• Interacts directly with Midmark’s senior management team and acts as the direct contact for external contractual obligations.
• Maintains expert knowledge of stakeholder spends, including industry trends, economic factors, supply chain security issues and key suppliers for each indirect spend category.
• Builds and nurtures relationships with key business stakeholders to establish clear and measurable strategic sourcing objectives.
• Develops and implements category and supplier strategies and leads implementation of strategies through supplier selection, scope of work process and contract management.
• Manages supplier relationships within each category through intimate knowledge of the supplier’s management team, facilities, capabilities, business health, and performance record.
• Interacts with New Product Development (NPD) teams and the supplier base to lead the supplier qualification and selection process and ensure support and success of NPD projects.
• Develops, manages, and executes RFIs, RFPs and RFQs.
• Leads cross-functional teams through the sourcing process.
• Leads and manages the indirect contract review process for all internal departments.
• Develops, implements, and enforces core contract management processes for request, execution, and archiving of Midmark’s indirect contracts.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Supplier relationship management

Negotiation

Contract management

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

MS Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, finance, or business

Tools

Contract management systems

Job description

Midmark Corporation is seeking an Indirect Sourcing Lead to drive strategic global sourcing and manage supplier relationships, security, and pricing for indirect spend categories such as consulting, software/hardware, marketing, engineering services, facilities, fleet, HR, and capital equipment.

The role partners with internal stakeholders and senior leadership, guiding contract strategy and supplier negotiations, and overseeing RFIs/RFPs/RFQs to support NPD initiatives and category management