Senior Global Sourcing Manager

ICL’s global sourcing strategies, negotiations and approvals of our global procurement contracts are steered and made in the Global Procurement Organization department.

For our Energy Category we are looking for a Sourcing Manager that has a strong experience in creating sourcing strategies.

In this role, your goal will be to lead procurement of utilities in the indirect procurement within the Energy sub-category for Israel region and generate reduction in the total cost of ownership of services.

You will be working in a team of Sourcing Managers and Operational Buyers in this sub-category and your line manager is the Head of Indirect Procurement -Contractors & Energy.

The total spend under management is more than 150 M€/Year.

What will your responsibilities be?

-Actively participate in the strategic sourcing activities for the Energy sub-category, with the goal of achieving cost reductions, while maintaining or improving service quality or vendor service levels

-Identify, evaluate & select suppliers, negotiate and close framework-agreements of Israel region services under the Energy sub-category

-Drive product demand optimization throughout ICL via collaboration with the relevant ICL units

-Maintain and develop in-depth knowledge of legislation, markets & trends of the Energy sub-category

-Perform best in class negotiation processes via analysis of contract’s type, supply & demand trends

-Establish and manage global/regional relationships with suppliers

-Monitor performances of vendors and their compliance with their commitments

-Address & solve operational issues with suppliers

-Deal with CO2 trading (EUA)

-Energy risks management during the year

What are we looking for?

-Master’s degree in a relevant field (Energy, Business)

-At least 5 years of relevant work experience in energy market in Israel

-Expertise in Israel energy markets and legislation

-Demonstrable track record of success in managing complex, cross-functional activities and developing/executing key procurement processes

-Excellent command of English and Hebrew are must, any additional European language skills are desirable

-Strong negotiation skills and result driven personality

-Excellent interpersonal, business acumen, communication and supplier relations skills

What we offer:

We offer a challenging fulltime role in a dynamic new environment where you can help shape the future of a professional Procurement organization for a company that has chosen its strategic direction: creating central procurement with strong growth ambitions.

We always strive to be the best and encourage everyone who works with us to excel.

We also embrace diversity, give people the latitude to express themselves and value differing opinions.