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Job Summary:
Senior Sourcing Specialistis responsible for establishing strategic direction and leading the development, management, and implementation of strategic sourcing initiatives for assigned corporate categories. These could include, but are not limited to: energy subscription services, finance & accounting.
This position is primarily focused on managing costs, key supplier contracts, establishing core relationships, & owning business unit specific sourcing plans. Managing costs includes aligning with business units/budget owners on budget forecasts to present risk of increases & opportunities for decreases. This includes updating corporate trackers on contract renewals and RF(x) opportunities. Managing key supplier contracts includes redlining commercial terms in new agreements, working with other internal stakeholders on contract reviews & ensuring all supplier contracts are stored accurately. Managing relationships is focused on Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and ensuring strategic suppliers are aligned with internal stakeholders and meeting contractual commitments. Managing sourcing plans includes summarizing suppliers by category, assessing cost trends, and determining future opportunities to adjust the suppliers in the category to better align with internal desires and competitive market trends.
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NRG Energy will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.
NRG Energy will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. This includes any Agency that is an approved/engaged vendor that does not have the appropriate approvals to be engaged on a specific search.
DEML employs individuals in the Provinces of Alberta, Ontario, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan. We regret that we will be unable to hire you for this role if your regular remote work location is not within one of these listed provinces. Please reach out to careers@nrg.com if you have any questions.
NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Protected Veteran Status/Disability
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Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.
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