Sourcing Executive

Location: Remote, based in Kenya or South Africa

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic and tactical sourcing initiatives across multiple spend categories in alignment with business objectives.
• Conduct market research and track industry trends to identify cost-saving and value-driving opportunities.
• Perform project-level spend analyses to inform sourcing strategies, highlight inefficiencies, and support data enrichment.
• Manage end-to-end RFx processes (RFI, RFQ, RFP), including documentation, supplier engagement, bid evaluations, and recommendation reports.
• Negotiate commercial terms, pricing structures, and SLAs to optimize supplier performance and mitigate financial and operational risks.
• Assess and quantify savings, baseline values, and total cost of ownership (TCO) impacts across sourcing activities.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders; act as a trusted advisor to align sourcing strategies with functional needs.
• Manage supplier relationships and performance, ensuring timely renewals, issue resolution, and value delivery.
• Ensure sourcing processes comply with internal procurement policies, regulatory requirements, and audit standards.
• Collaborate with legal, risk, and business teams to draft, review, and negotiate contractual terms.
• Support procurement process improvements and implement sourcing best practices and digital tools.
• Contribute to cross-functional procurement initiatives and collaborate with regional and global sourcing teams as needed.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in procurement/sourcing.
• Strong command of sourcing strategy, supplier evaluation, and negotiation practices.
• Experience with procurement systems, preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; stakeholder-savvy
• Comfortable working across borders and cultures

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