Role: Strategic Sourcing Location: Chiswick / Holborn, UK Duration: 05 months contract The Offer: · Hands-on experience working on business-critical Sports projects. · You develop a rapid understanding / experience within a fast-paced procurement team The Role: · The Sourcing team constantly seeks to acquire the best quality of goods and/or services while optimising cost, embracing innovation and mitigating business risk linked to the acquired goods and/or services. Daily: · Providing active support to the Sourcing Team as part of the department’s activities · Lead and support multiple sourcing / procurement projects (with support from the team). · Act as an internal business resource, to help resolve sourcing related queries (finding new suppliers, analysing spend and requirements, supporting stakeholders). · Conduct market research to support various team projects. · Evaluate the data access suppliers will have and the risk they pose to the business · Handle confidential information surrounding purchases, new suppliers, licenses, and scripts being purchased. Including contracts, Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) and Conflict of Interest (COI) applications. · Manage supplier relationships to ensure any deadlines are met for projects both within the Global Sourcing Team (e.g. tenders) and companywide from a project perspective. The Essentials: 1. Strong interpersonal skills / communication (relationship building is key to the role) 2. Highly analytical and strong attention to detail 3. Procurement knowledge / experience (circa 1-2yrs) 4. Strong working knowledge of Excel, Word & PowerPoint 5. Well organised & disciplined 6. Ability to communicate confidently in a mature manner 7. Interest in Sports (preferred) 8. Some experience working with supplier contracts (preferred)