Senior Sourcing Specialist

We are seeking a Senior Sourcing Specialist to join our Sourcing & Procurement team based in Hammersmith on a permanent basis. ResponsibilitiesAs a member of the Sourcing & Procurement team, the Senior Sourcing Specialist will play a key role in enabling The Walt Disney Company in EMEA to strategically manage the company’s third party spend across the General & Professional Services (GPS) categories for the UK and Nordics.
Key responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the Category Lead in developing long term category strategy and strategic category plans for EMEA
• Developing the Annual Operating Plan for the assigned areas of spend
• Performing external market research and supplier pre-qualification activities
• Managing the collection of user requirements across all business units
• Proactively engaging territory peers and leads to ensure territory requirements are met, local knowledge and relationships are leveraged and Category strategy is applied consistently throughout the region
• Performing supplier selection activities in partnership with appropriate Business Unit and other procurement constituents
• Preparing and executing clear, structured negotiations
• Providing rigorous cost and market analysis following the models established by Strategic Sourcing focusing on the total value of ownership
• Delivering individual cost savings targets and the teams targets
• Develop and maintain knowledge of market trends and conditions in the broadcast, media and technology space and understand how these affect suppliers, cost of goods/services, pricing, and the resulting impact to clients
• Use market knowledge and data analysis to identify savings opportunities and contribute to a future pipeline of opportunities that meet category specific targets
• Utilize commodity specialists within the Business Units and elsewhere within sourcing for market knowledge and product expertise
• Interact with and influence stakeholders across the business and territories
• Ensure compliance with sourcing policies, company standards and best practices
• Leverage global scale and adhere to global categories where applicable
• Ensures highest professional an ethical standards, and positively impacts the S&P reputation in the territory

Basic Qualifications

• Experience in one or more of the core categories of GPS spend or NDX/UK territories
• Professional certification – ideally completed or in process of studying for CIPS or equivalent
• Experience developing and implementing sourcing strategies and leading supplier negotiations
• Ability to identify/solicit key stakeholder needs and develop solutions to address their needs
• Ability to effectively communicate strategic value of sourcing to key stakeholders across multiple BUs
• Excellent facilitation and project management skills and the ability to manage a range of sometimes competing stakeholder interests and expectations
• Ability to analyse complex data and use this to develop sourcing opportunities
• Ability to apply market knowledge to sourcing projects to create extra value for stakeholders
• Strong knowledge of procurement practices and sourcing/supply chain trends and dynamics
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Professional Suite

Preferred Qualifications

• Fluent in English and one other regional language preferred
• Good understanding of legal aspects related to procurement contracts

Additional InformationWhat we offer:

• Competitive salary
• Excellent benefits

Please note that all of our UK based roles require you to have the existing right to work in the UK