Sourcing Specialist
Job Summary
Job Description
As the Sourcing Specialist, you will manage costs, ensure product availability, and optimize ordering processes. This includes implementing cost management strategies, maintaining product availability, improving ordering efficiency, and fostering internal and external communication. You will utilize negotiation skills, IT knowledge, and communication abilities. Responsibilities include cost management through sourcing, managing product availability, improving ordering efficiency, and ensuring ordering accuracy. The role requires independent thinking and intellectual abilities in decision-making.
Must have:
- Bachelor's/Masters degree in Supply Chain or related field.
- Understanding of IT and electronics terminology.
- Sharp negotiation and decision-making skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to interact well with groups and customer service.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks with little supervision.
- Work with urgency and excel in a dynamic environment.
- Intermediate or advanced computer skills, proficiency in MS Word, Office, Excel.
- Strong understanding of ERP and CRM.
- Effectively communicate with sales organizations.
Perks:
- Health insurance coverage for parents, spouse, and children
- Life insurance
- Voluntary pension fund scheme
- EOBI
- Free quality food
- Gym
6 skills required
Job Details
Company Overview:
When it comes to IT solution providers, there are a lot of choices. But when it comes to providers with innovative and differentiating end-to-end service offerings, there’s really only one: Zones – First Choice for IT.TM
Zones is a Global Solution Provider of end-to-end IT solutions with an unmatched supply chain. Positioned to be the IT partner you need, Zones, a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) in business for over 35 years, specializes in Digital Workplace, Cloud & Data Center, Networking, Security, and Managed/Professional/Staffing services. Operating in more than 120 countries, leveraging a robust portfolio, and utilizing the highest certification levels from key partners, including Microsoft, Apple, Cisco, Lenovo, Adobe, and more, Zones has mastered the science of building digital infrastructures that change the way business does business ensuring whatever they need, they can Consider IT Done. Follow Zones, LLC on Twitter @Zones, and LinkedIn and Facebook.
Position Overview:
As the Sourcing Specialist, you will play a critical role in managing costs, ensuring product availability, and optimizing ordering processes. Your responsibilities will revolve around cost management strategies, product availability maintenance, ordering efficiency improvements, and fostering strong communication both internally and externally. You will need to demonstrate sharp negotiation skills, proficient IT knowledge, and excellent communication abilities to excel in this role.
What you’ll do as the Sourcing Specialist:
Employees employed in the role of Sourcing Specialist shall be required to apply their independent mind and demonstrate intellectual abilities in their decision-making.
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Cost management through sourcing cost reductions, rebates, extended payment terms, distribution warehousing, ship on-demand order placement and distributor/mfr. program utilization.
- Product availability management of in stock %, turns, mix and alternate sourcing
- Ordering efficiencies measured by purchase order cycle times and delivery timing
- Ordering accuracy, entry errors, CRM cases, vendor errors and end user receiving errors as a result of ordering and order fulfillment
What you will bring to the team:
- Bachelors/Masters degree in Supply Chain or a relevant field is mandatory
- Candidate should have a general understanding of information technology and other electronics products and associated terminology.
- Sharp negotiation and decision-making skills.
- Possess excellent oral and written communication skills,
- Ability to interact well with groups, a strong customer service orientation
- Ability to manage multiple tasks with little supervision
- Must work with a sense of urgency and excel in a dynamic, fast-paced growth environment.
- Intermediate or advanced computer skills, experience and proficiency with MS Word, Office and Excel are required, and knowledge of Access is preferred.
- Strong understanding with ERP and CRM
- Effectively communicate with sales organizations on status of request.
Zones offers a comprehensive Benefits package
At Zones, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We provide comprehensive benefits to support our team members, including health insurance coverage for parents, spouse, and children, life insurance, voluntary pension fund scheme, EOBI, and on the house free quality food, gym, and much more. We embrace equal employment opportunities, free from discrimination based on various characteristics, and offer an exciting career immersed in an inventive, collaborative culture.
If you are enthusiastic about working on the cutting edge of IT innovation, sales, engineering, and operations, Zones is the perfect opportunity for you.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status or on the basis of disability.
Shift Timings: 08:00 PM – 05:00 AM (Pk Time)
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