Sourcing Specialist, Europe

Position Summary:

• Department : Global Procurement / Strategic Sourcing Location: Remote (within Europe) Travel: 15–
• 25% within Europe Reports To: Director, Global Indirect Sourcing

• The Sourcing Specialist, Europe is Fortifi’s regional procurement lead for our European manufacturing
• sites. Reporting to the Director of Global Indirect Sourcing, this role supports the execution of global
• category strategies across every European plant — validating spend data, identifying cross-site
• synergies, providing regional intelligence, driving contract compliance at the site level, and managing dayto-
• day supplier and stakeholder relationships.

• Role Overview:
• •Spend Analysis: Consolidate indirect spend data across European ERP and site systems, and build
• dashboards tracking spend, supplier performance, savings, and contract compliance.
• •Category Strategy Support: Provide market intelligence, cost benchmarking, and supplier
• comparisons to support the Director’s sourcing decisions and negotiations.
• •Supplier & Stakeholder Management: Act as the regional point of contact for suppliers under global
• agreements, leading quarterly business reviews and coordinating with plant procurement, operations,
• and finance teams.
• •Compliance & Contracts: Monitor site adherence to negotiated agreements, maintain the regional
• contract repository, and support audits and savings validation.
• •Continuous Improvement: Support the rollout of procurement tools and standardize sourcing
• practices across European sites.
• •Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree plus 4–8 years in procurement/sourcing (multi-site
• industrial preferred); advanced Excel; ERP (SAP/Oracle/D365) and eSourcing platform experience;
• fluent English, with an additional European language a plus.
• •Preferred Qualifications: Experience with indirect categories (MRO, IT, logistics, facilities); ESG
• exposure; Lean or Six Sigma certification.
• •Key Competencies: Detail-oriented and data-driven; a strong cross-cultural communicator; a selfstarter
• who executes independently.