Strategic Sourcing - QS/Civils

Sanderson Recruitment Ireland

Dublin

Strategic Sourcing Consultant Civils/QS. As a Principal Sourcing Specialist, (with contractor experience in Civils or Construction projects)you will be the go to person for managing contract delivery and be comfortable with dispute resolution! Your responsibilities will include: Taking a lead to support cost savings & revenue generation; hitting business goals through the sourcing process for large spend category areas. Know the world of civils or construction, Contractor Mangement; Installations. Have an Civil or Construction engineering or QS background with strong commercial acumen - and have manged budgets. Familiar with installation procedures, practices & standards. Driving all aspects of complex strategic sourcing process, including contract negotiations regarding pricing terms & conditions, conducting research & providing benchmark data on pricing. Strong analytical skills required to process large & varying types of data to get good results. Work with stakeholders to resolve supplier related invoicing issues. Contract language interpretation / clarification for dispute resolution (ideally. Managing disputes over contract pricing (i.e. Units / Models. Maximize purchasing power to achieve a lower cost while mitigating risk. Take a lead role & work with multiple teams to guide selections of low-cost but highly technically qualified suppliers to provide services. Experience and qualifications: * Bachelor's Degree in Quantity Surveying; Civil engineering Supply Chain, Telcos Engineering, Project Management etc. Ideally a Diploma//degree also in from (CIPS), (IACCM) or (IIPMM. Know procurement or Strategic Sourcing, ideally in the technology or infrastructure areas such as managing Contracting companies who have won the work. Solve complex problems to ensure business & financial issues result in sound decisions. Be able to speak the language of construction or Civil Engineers. Project Manage in multi-geography environments. Prior experience in the world of telecos even as an installer or engineer will be considered if you have commercial experience. PMP or Prince 2 ; Lean Six Sigma experience, desired. Strong interpersonal & client service skills. Proficiency with Microsoft Suite applications (including PowerPoint, Excel & Word) - MS Access a plus. Please apply to have a confidential chat about this. This job originally appeared on RecruitIreland.com.

2107 days ago