Senior Sourcing Specialist

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes Job Purpose and description. We need headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections with real content. We have content: Job Purpose description (maybe About the role). Responsibilities: many bullet points under SAFETY, SECURITY & COMPLIANCE, QUALITY, OPERATIONS, COMMUNICATION, FINANCIAL, PEOPLE & DEVELOPMENT, VISION & LEADERSHIP. Those are responsibilities. Requirements: Experience & Education Required (Bachelors degree, legally authorized, 3-7+ years, English, intermediate Excel). Also Preferred qualifications. Qualifications: maybe same as Requirements? Could combine. Skills: Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities list. Benefits, Pay, Schedule: Not present. Travel requirement is mentioned but not pay/benefits/schedule. Travel is not a section we have; we could maybe include under Responsibilities? Not needed. The instruction: only include sections when posting has real specific content. No pay/benefits/schedule given, so omit those sections. We need to use

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  for prose. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate etc. We need to include About the role (Job Purpose). Then Responsibilities (maybe combine all responsibility bullet points). Then Requirements (Experience & Education Required). Then Qualifications? Might be redundant; but we have Preferred qualifications separate. Could make a section "Preferred Qualifications". But instruction: prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could combine Requirements and Qualifications into one "Requirements" section that includes both required and preferred. But we need to preserve all info; we can list required then preferred. Skills: Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities list. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills. Let's extract content. About the role: The Sr Sourcing Specialist is responsible for facilitating an efficient sourcing process by building relationships with suppliers, negotiating cost and developing agreements for the Goods and Services required at multiple locations within the Geozone and/or the Region, this involve using established sourcing methodology, electronic platforms and tools. The role will report to the Global Sourcing Manager, liaise with the network Category Managers to develop sourcing strategies. We'll put that in

  . Responsibilities: Many bullet points under headings SAFETY, SECURITY & COMPLIANCE, QUALITY, OPERATIONS, COMMUNICATION, FINANCIAL, PEOPLE & DEVELOPMENT, VISION & LEADERSHIP. We need to convert each bullet into

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Let's list them: From SAFETY, SECURITY & COMPLIANCE: - Maintains the highest standards of corporate governance, ensuring that all activities are carried out ethically and in compliance with Company’s Security, Compliance & HSE policies, Management System, relevant laws, regulations, standards, and industry practices and complies with the Company’s Rules to Live By - Places Quality, Health & Safety, Security and protection of the Environment as core values while never intentionally placing employees, our processes, customers or the communities in which we live and work at risk - Seeks continual improvement in Health, Safety, Security & protection of the Environment, taking into account responsible care, process vulnerabilities, public, customer and employee inputs, knowledge and technology and best business practices to exceed customer expectations - Supervisors & Managers should demonstrate effective safety leadership for the health and safety arrangements of all subordinates and for any persons visiting them while on the Company premises QUALITY: - Responsible for being familiar with the Company's Quality policies and takes an active role in the compliance and improvement of Weatherford’s Management System - Maintains service quality as immediate priorities when working across all areas of the business and continually seeks areas for improvement OPERATIONS: - Ensures to develop and implement the sourcing plan, working closely with Operations and Category Management to refine the sourcing strategy and plans for the Geozone and/or Region for the upcoming year - Assesses sourcing and category opportunities, analyzing spend data from multiple sources, structured analysis of supplier/category industry to identify trends, purchasing patterns, competitive position, market conditions and expiring contracts to indicate ways to improve the pricing, quality, service and technology - Ensures to execute sourcing events (RFX’s), negotiates hard savings and/or benefits to lower the overall cost to the organization - Ensures accurate and up to date contracts and supplier records are maintained - Ensures to award contract and agreements to suppliers that comply with company requirements - Tracks performance aspects of contracts and supplier development that includes contract inventory, segmentation, risk assessments, contingency planning and validation of right pricing - Ensures safe and efficient utilization of company systems, tools and spreadsheets/reports - Creates strategic alliances with suppliers to develop and maintain long-term supply partnerships - Works with all relevant parties in the consolidation and rationalization of Supplier base COMMUNICATION: - Maintains effective communications with all key stakeholders both internal and where appropriate external - Supervisors & Managers should clearly communicate expectations, roles and responsibilities to their reports - Maintains effective level of communication with a broad range of stakeholders in order to plan and prioritize sourcing initiatives to support business requirements - Communicate timely, clear and concise the impact of sourcing decisions to stakeholders, leading meetings with suppliers for the resolution or mitigation of key/critical issues to ensure alignment with project expectations - Maintain contact and network with supplier community FINANCIAL: - All employees have an accountability to the organization to be financially responsible whether they are in charge of a function budget or simply their own expenses - Costs incurred should be within approved budget, processed within agreed time frames & following the relevant financial policy and procedure PEOPLE & DEVELOPMENT: - Employees have a responsibility for developing their own careers within the Company including completing all necessary function, compliance & business standards training to enhance their knowledge, skills and experience - Employees should engage on a regular basis with their line manager to discuss their personal performance, objectives and opportunities to enhance their skills and experience to support their career potential - Supervisors are expected to actively engaging their employees to support talent management through Weatherford’s performance management process, including but not limited to talent assessments, succession planning & regular coaching opportunities - Supervisors should collaborate with Human Resources & Training Development to drive strategies for the recruitment & retention of key personal & to foster an environment that supports the attraction & retention of a high performing talented workforce VISION & LEADERSHIP: - Demonstrates leadership, ethical behavior and adherence to Weatherford standards at all times - Identify process problems and concerns and make recommendations for innovative solutions and corrective actions to achieve desirable results, help the company better manage cost on supplies and supplier services. We need to ensure we keep all. Now Requirements: Experience & Education Required: - Bachelors degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Manufacturing or equivalent combination of higher degree and related experience - Legally authorized to work - Minimum 3-7+ years related experience with demonstrated competencies in a sourcing and procurement position - Ability to interact in English and potentially other language relevant in local hub - Intermediate Excel user and proficient in MS Office suite Preferred: - Bachelors degree in Supply Chain, Certified Purchasing Professional (CPP) or Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), Sourcing Certificate - 5+ years of experience in a sourcing and procurement, supply chain position We'll combine required and preferred maybe under Requirements with subheadings? But we cannot add extra headings besides h3 sections. Could we include

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  . Might be long but okay. Skills: Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities list: - Familiarity with Procurement and Sourcing principles and techniques: Procure-to-Pay full cycle, e-catalogs, e-ordering and e-invoicing - Strategic Sourcing methodology and tools - Analyzing data regarding the cost and availability of materials and services that are needed to complete projects - Demonstrating in-depth knowledge of commodity industry - Strong analytical and negotiation skills, including cost models - Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation abilities - Comprehend the industry and the marketplace - Solid understanding of fundamental contracting and agreements principles with the ability to create contracts using Company templates - Display impeccable time-management, detail oriented and a high level of accuracy - Ability to work well under pressure, multi-task with proven record of meeting deadlines - Must be flexible with the ability to work in a constantly changing environment and quickly adapt to operational requirements - Excellent Customer Service - Strong teamwork - Ability to operate across teams, cultural and organizational boundaries Preferred: - Supply Market expertise in the Oil and Gas Industry - Advanced excel user - Knowledge of JD Edwards and Oracle platforms and services - Project management skills Travel Requirement: This role may require domestic and potentially international travel of up to: under Responsibilities? Might be considered extra info not fitting sections. The instruction: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. Travel is not a standard section; we could add a

  after Responsibilities maybe as a note. But better to include under Responsibilities as a bullet? Not exactly a responsibility but a condition. Could add a separate section "Travel" but not in allowed headings list. The allowed headings list includes About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Travel not allowed. So we should not create a Travel section. We could incorporate travel info into Responsibilities as a bullet point? Might be okay as it's part of role expectations. But the instruction: "Use

  for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It says e.g., implying those are examples but we should use those headings. It doesn't forbid other headings but says use those for section headings. Safer to stick to those. Travel info could be placed under Responsibilities as a bullet? Might be acceptable. We'll add a bullet under Responsibilities: "May require domestic and potentially international travel of up to 10%." Now we need to output HTML fragment only. Let's craft:

  About the role

  The Sr Sourcing Specialist is responsible for facilitating an efficient sourcing process by building relationships with suppliers, negotiating cost and developing agreements for the Goods and Services required at multiple locations within the Geozone and/or the Region, this involve using established sourcing methodology, electronic platforms and tools. The role will report to the Global Sourcing Manager, liaise with the network Category Managers to develop sourcing strategies.

  Responsibilities

  • Maintains the highest standards of corporate governance, ensuring that all activities are carried out ethically and in compliance with Company’s Security, Compliance & HSE policies, Management System, relevant laws, regulations, standards, and industry practices and complies with the Company’s Rules to Live By
  • Places Quality, Health & Safety, Security and protection of the Environment as core values while never intentionally placing employees, our processes, customers or the communities in which we live and work at risk
  • Seeks continual improvement in Health, Safety, Security & protection of the Environment, taking into account responsible care, process vulnerabilities, public, customer and employee inputs, knowledge and technology and best business practices to exceed customer expectations
  • Supervisors & Managers should demonstrate effective safety leadership for the health and safety arrangements of all subordinates