Job Description

Job Title: Remote Project Consultant- Sourcing Operations

Contract – $45-$47 hourly – Remote

Must-Have Qualifications

• 2+ years of strategic sourcing project management experience, with strong expertise in Supplier Sustainability, Supplier Diversity, and Third-Party Risk Management
• Excellent prioritization skills with the ability to adapt and change quickly
• A continuous learning mindset
• Ability to influence and drive change while building solid relationships with internal clients and external suppliers
• Excellent project and timeline management skills to manage sourcing projects end-to-end, from project intake through onboarding to project closure and transition
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to prioritize and multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication skills, including oral, written, and interpersonal. Experience interfacing with senior-level stakeholders
• Advanced analytics, Excel, presentation, data visualization, and sourcing tools skills
  
  

Plus Qualifications:

• Experience in interfacing with senior-level stakeholders
• Advanced skills in data visualization and sourcing tools
  
  

Description: As a Sourcing Operational Project Consultant, you will be responsible for developing strong and effective project plans and timelines. Reporting to the Sr Project Manager, you will leverage your experience to deliver significant value to the Strategic Sourcing team by managing the end-to-end processes including third-party risk, sustainability, supplier diversity, and audits.

Responsibilities

• Support full reporting aspects – gathering, evaluating, and distributing
• Identify and evaluate diverse suppliers, with a goal of increasing the percentage of category spend with diverse suppliers
• Advocate for and track compliance
• Build project plans and timelines to ensure key milestones are being captured and met as it relates to assigned sourcing and contracting projects
• Effectively communicate status updates to key stakeholders, including timely identification and escalation/resolution of issues
• Participate actively to improve the client's Sustainability, Supplier Diversity, and 3rd party Risk goals
• Maintain strong organizational skills and documentation processes