Sourcing Expert for Strategic Procurement

5 days ago


Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Elvie Full time

About Elvie: A Purpose-Led Career

We're on an exceptional journey at Elvie, a social purpose-led scale-up organisation committed to bettering the lives of women. Our culture is built on trust, autonomy, and flexibility.

As a Sourcing Expert for Strategic Procurement, you'll be responsible for managing our critical suppliers – outsourced manufacturing partners in China, Singapore, and Mexico. Your mission will be to ensure we're an Intelligent Customer, maximising cost, quality, and supply chain agility competitive advantage against our competitors.

You'll own a category of Elvie products, including cradle-to-grave NPD procurement leadership, strategic sourcing of critical components, supplier management of Tier 1 and Tier 2 relationships, and delivering a continuous improvement programme targeting total cost of ownership optimisation.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to Contract Manufacturing strategy development, covering a 1-5 year horizon
  • Owning supplier relationship and performance management for global manufacturing operations
  • Executing effective contract management with CMs, maximising value realisation in terms of quality, risk management, and cost efficiency
  • Getting hands-on with current products to ensure high-quality expectations are met by OEMs
  • Managing yield rate, rework, and quality issues with OEMs
  • Leading Margin Improvement Programmes with suppliers to achieve ongoing cost efficiencies
  • Owning 'Intelligent Customer' agenda within Elvie, consisting of streamlined engagement structures, effective reporting, meaningful senior relationships, and agreed cost reduction initiatives
  • Leads cradle-to-grave NPD procurement activity, acting as a member of the Project Leadership Team, owning the cost narrative for business case reviews

Requirements:

  • Demonstrable experience in managing global OEM relationships and contracts, preferably in Asia
  • Manufacturing and component sourcing expertise, including RFP and RFQ leading
  • Credible, capable, and diplomatic communication skills
  • Personal leadership skills making you a leader among peers and teams without formal authority
  • Senior stakeholder engagement capabilities
  • Shrewd negotiation skills to obtain excellent value from key contractors
  • Sharp commercial mind seeking out opportunities and realising them clinically and at pace

Benefits:

  • $120,000 - $150,000 estimated salary
  • 9 Day Fortnight schedule, with every other Friday off
  • Lots of flexibility for work-life balance
  • Share options, giving everyone a stake in our success
  • 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
  • 8 extra life leave days
  • 10 days additional leave on your 5th and 10th years of service
  • £100 contribution to home working setup
  • Annual personal development allowance of £200
  • Learnerbly learning and development platform access
  • Generous parental leave policies, healthcare plans, and more

Join Us:

Elvie offers a unique opportunity to be part of a purpose-driven organisation, fostering a culture of trust, autonomy, and flexibility. If you have the required skills and qualifications, please apply.



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