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This is an exciting opportunity to join a multinational organisation headquartered in Doha, Qatar as a Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager.This role will collaborate closely with senior leadership to identify, evaluate, and implement impactful sourcing strategies that optimise company expenditure.Key Responsibilities:Lead strategy development for specific sourcing projects through a team of Senior Buyers, spanning all procurement categories.Utilize market research and benchmarking to stay current with innovative solutions, best practices, and supplier trends.Cultivate senior stakeholder relationships, aligning priorities, and ensuring policy adherence for sustained partnership.Define strategic Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) processes to drive supplier performance, ensuring commercial rigor, service quality, and continuous improvement.Manage cross-functional negotiation teams to achieve long-term joint value with strategic suppliers within challenging timelines.Assess business needs and sourcing options to develop clear objectives and outcomes.Ensure policy compliance and uphold core principles of integrity and transparency throughout sourcing initiatives.Evaluate and present complex sourcing options, including Category Planning and Sourcing plans for large-scale projects.Negotiate large-scale contracts and oversee strategic procurement in a complex operational environment.Integrate sustainability into procurement practices, promoting TCO certification, sustainable sourcing, and lifecycle considerations.Track procurement project benefits and report insights to senior management and the executive team.Develop and execute Tier 1 Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) programs.Establish frameworks for managing supplier failures in collaboration with stakeholders and legal teams.Qualifications:Bachelors Degree or Equivalent with a minimum of 10 years relevant experience.Extensive experience in procurement activities including sourcing, contracts, and supplier management.Proven ability to engage and support senior stakeholders.Deep market knowledge across multiple categories.Demonstrable stakeholder management skills, supporting executive leadership agendas.Expert negotiator with experience in complex commercial arrangements.Strong risk management capabilities guided by policy.