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Sourcing Excellence Specialist (f/m/x)

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Leads commercial sourcing, negotiations, contracting, supplier relationship management, and risk mitigation across Mars segments and regional spend. The role secures pricing, capacity, service levels, and supplier performance while ensuring policy compliance and supporting category teams, buyers, requisitioners, and business stakeholders. It also identifies process improvements, communicates risks and opportunities, and provides insights into supplier performance and purchasing trends.
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Job Description:

Sourcing Excellence Specialist (f/m/x) 

in Mars Global Service 

Procurement (Commercial) Department 

Location: Warsaw 

Hybrid working 


* Fully virtual recruitment experience * 

This role is responsible for leading negotiations, contracting, and sourcing activities across Mars segments and cross-regional spend within defined commercial categories. By driving sourcing initiatives aligned with category strategies, the role enables Category Teams to focus on strategic priorities while driving efficiency and business impact. 


What would be your key responsibilities? 

  • Negotiating on behalf of Mars organization. 
  • Contracting to be aligned to category strategies managed by Commercial team. 
  • Providing the first line of escalation on issues between suppliers and the business. 
  • Conducting negotiations and supplier relationship management for in scope of Commercial categories and spend thresholds for requisitions. 
  • Securing price, capacity & service levels in line with commitments to the business. 
  • Ensuring effective risk management of the supply base, through robust contracts and monitoring of financial and other KPIs. Implements corrective actions as appropriate. 
  • Establishing & maintaining relationships with key stakeholders and their teams to ensure understanding of their needs and to facilitate the appropriate level of challenge. 
  • Ensuring Compliance with policies, systems, and controls. 
  • Communicating business risk & opportunity. 
  • Providing support to Buyers & requisitioners, other departments and stakeholders. 
  • Collaborating with business stakeholders and Commercial leaders on regional level on defining business requirements. 
  • Providing insights to category team regarding supplier performance and opportunities within ad hoc purchasing trends. 
  • Identifying system process Improvements with systems and process for FE assessment. 

What are we looking for? 

  • Highly developed soft skills, including the ability to navigate ambiguity, effectively prioritize your tasks, demonstrate learning agility, and build trusted relationships with stakeholders. 
  • Ideally tech savvy, with a strong desire to learn. 
  • Must be a team player who executes with a sense of urgency. 
  • Fluent English is essential; Polish is a nice to have. 
  • Bachelor’s degree in business, supply, procurement, or related field is a plus 
  • 3+ years of procurement experience including previous contracting experience in general services category is nice to have. 

What can you expect from Mars? 

  • Permanent contract of employment as from the start. 
  • Attractive financial conditions including Bonuses. 
  • We will also look after your safety and well-being by offering you rich benefits package including life insurance, Employee Assistance Program fully covered by Mars, and private medical care, MultiBenefit Program and lunch card. 
  • Extra savings scheme to support You in long perspective. 
  • Support in career building through personalized development plan. 
  • On-line shop with attractive discounts on our products that Your family and friend are going to love. 
  • Possibility to participate in volunteering initiatives during working hours. 
  • A modern and pet friendly office in the City Center (Zlote Tarasy building). 

Apply now and upload you profile in English 

Mars Chicago, Illinois, USA Office

1132 W Blackhawk St, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60642

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