Senior Sourcing Specialist

Senior Sourcing Specialist - Cork, Ireland – Initial 12-Month Contract – Life Sciences

Our client is undergoing major growth, supported by substantial investment aimed at increasing its overall manufacturing capacity in the medical device sector. Recent upgrades include the development of new, advanced automation systems and additional infrastructure enhancements designed to meet growing global healthcare demands.

With a long‑established presence and a highly skilled workforce, the site requires the role of a Senior Sourcing Specialist to support their project based in Cork.

What you’ll deliver:

• Own, develop, maintain and drive delivery of the Project Sourcing Plan (PSP), ensuring every work package has an agreed sourcing route, bidder strategy, governance path, owner, budget, target dates, dependencies and award milestone.
• Lead the end-to-end sourcing lifecycle for assigned capital work packages from strategy and market engagement through prequalification, Issue for Bid, tender clarification, negotiation, award, purchase order placement.
• Work independently and proactively, plans priorities without day-to-day supervision, maintains momentum across multiple work packages and brings clear recommendations rather than unresolved issues to Project Management.
• Advise Project Management and Work Package Owners on the suitability, risk allocation and commercial implications of procurement and project delivery strategies, including Traditional, Design and Build, Management Contracting and Construction Management.

Experience required:

• Degree or equivalent professional qualification in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Business, Supply Chain, Procurement, Law or a related discipline.
• Extensive relevant capital-project procurement or sourcing experience, including direct ownership of complex construction, engineering, equipment or professional-services work packages. Pharmaceutical, life-sciences or another highly regulated environment is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to own and independently drive a Project Sourcing Plan across multiple concurrent work packages with limited day-to-day supervision.
• Practical knowledge of Traditional, Design and Build, Management Contracting and Construction Management procurement strategies, including their respective contractual interfaces, design responsibility, cost certainty, programme implications and risk allocation.

If this assignment is of interest, apply now!

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