Sourcing Outsourcing & Offshoring

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.

Main Responsibilities:

• Managing the daily activities within the procurement process, serving as the primary interface with business owners and supplier representatives
• Execute tactical sourcing projects, low, medium & high complexity (i.e. spot buy, RFx) using the client and the internal systems and complying with client’s policies & procedures
• Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with internal, client and supplier stakeholders
• Drafting contracts based on the client standard terms and conditions and negotiating the contractual clauses to ensure compliance with the client’s requirements
• Negotiating commercial conditions and contractual terms with vendors with support from Contract Manager, if needed
• Performing supplier evaluation and bid analysis; provide input and recommendations
• Performing spend analysis to proactively identify savings opportunities
• Forecasting and reporting savings
• Supporting and run RFx, eAuction; creating and managing events in e-sourcing tool
• Adhering to the client’s corporate standards, including using the defined sourcing tools and processes in the delivery of sourcing initiatives
• Ensuring the functional KPIs, SLAs and other performance objectives are met
• Proactively looking for optimization opportunities  

This position will report to Head of Sourcing – Manager 

Profile Required:

• Hands-on approach and proactiveness
• Proven successful track record in a similar role
• Minimum 10-12 year experience in related sourcing category
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills
• Ability to multi-task and perform under pressure
• Focused to deliver savings and to constantly find cost reduction opportunities for the clients
• Excellent analytical skills and mindset
• Good problem-solving, relationship management, escalation management and influencing skills with a strong customer-service orientation
• Good understanding of sourcing processes and best practices
• Ready to interact with stakeholders from all organizational levels
• A delivery-focused sourcer and a team player who feels comfortable creating their own profile and credibility
• Previous experience in working with any of the Source to Contract tools: SAP, Ariba, Ivalua, etc.
• Excellent English (German is an advantage) - written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

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.

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