Sourcing Lead

Kingfisher Sourcing Eastern Europe Sp. z o.o. is a buying office of the Kingfisher Group (an international home improvement company with nearly 1 300 stores across Europe, supported by a team of 78 000 professionals).  Due to the dynamic development we are looking for candidates to join our team as: Sourcing Lead

Responsibilities:

• Work directly with the triangular team in developing robust and lasting
relationships in order to drive better/more informed decisions
• Support the creation of a vendor level strategy, through a combination of new
supplier discovery activity and benchmarking
• Develop and maintain relationships with new and existing vendors to deliver
the product development and margin plans
Contracting and Operational Delivery
• Ensure project milestones are delivered on time, promoting cross functional
collaboration
• Guarantee minimum standards and Kingfisher sustainability policy
compliance
• Be the point person on the management of the KIPL contracts
• Be responsible for the collection, completeness and quality of the data to
support article and vendor set up and maintenance in the company systems.
• Be responsible for adherence to sourcing processes using the relevant
systems and tracking tools such as CPC, Project Management, Contract
Management and Audits etc
• Be the Kingfisher point person for the vendors; responsible for ensuring their
compliance to our policies and processes, such as Brand and Packaging,
Audit and Factory Assessment
Product and Supplier Development
• Support the delivery of the category level vendor strategy to ensure the
buying office has the best possible chance of gaining group volume through
competitive tenders
• Organise & contribute to the SRM (Supplier Relationship Management)
programme for Key Strategic vendors, understanding capabilities, risks and
opportunities in your supply base
Ongoing business activity
• Manage forecasting & delivery of KPIs through structured monitoring, &
reporting

Essential Skills
• Attention to detail to assist with issue resolution and problem solving
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with an ability to challenge the
status quo and work collaboratively with a wide network
• Experience of managing projects and holding stakeholders to account
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint

Behavioural requirements
• Flexible and Adaptable
• Proactive
• Approachable and open, meaning that you are able to utilise your network to
drive projects to meet challenging deadlines
• Resilient & calm under pressure