Strategic Sourcing Subject Matter Expert

SCM - Strategic Sourcing - SME

About CleanHarbors:

Clean Harbors Inc. (www.cleanharbors.com) is a NYSE listed US based $6 Billion company. Clean Harbors was founded in 1980 near Boston by Mr. Alan S. McKim, who today remains the company’s Chairman and CTO.
Everywhere industry meets environment, Clean Harbors is on-site, providing premier environmental, energy and industrial services. Clean Harbors employs a dedicated workforce of 23,000 employees and has over 450 service locations across the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Beyond addressing the environmental needs of its more than 300,000 customers, the Company has been on the front lines of addressing some of the largest emergency response events in North America of the past several decades including the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the anthrax attacks in New York, the 2015 avian flu outbreak that devastated the poultry industry, Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Sandy, and the oil pipeline breaks that affected the Yellowstone and Kalamazoo rivers, along with other major chemical releases into the environment.
Clean Harbors India has been strategically established as the Global Capability Center (GCC) to serve our parent company. We take pride in serving some of the most tech savvy business stakeholders at Clean Harbors. The GCC employees form part of our globally integrated teams that provide cutting-edge IT solutions and production support across platforms. Our shared services teams work seamlessly with their global counterparts in providing critical 24x7 support in various functions including Finance, HR, Procurement, IT and Operations. Our aggressive growth plans open significant career advancement opportunities for our employees.

Job Title: Strategic Sourcing – SME
To drive strategic sourcing initiatives by managing supplier relationships, executing sourcing projects, optimizing procurement costs, and ensuring compliance, quality, and timely delivery. The role focuses on cost optimization, supplier performance management, analytics-driven decision-making, and sourcing strategy execution.

Key Responsibilities:
 Lead strategic sourcing across direct and indirect spend categories.
 Develop and execute sourcing strategies aligned to business goals.
 Perform spend analysis to drive cost savings and supplier consolidation.
 Manage RFQ/RFP/RFI processes, including supplier evaluation and negotiations.
 Lead contract negotiations and manage contract lifecycle and compliance.
 Oversee supplier onboarding, performance management, and QBRs.
 Monitor supplier KPIs (cost, quality, delivery, compliance, service).
 Drive risk mitigation and alternate sourcing strategies.
 Deliver cost reduction through consolidation, value engineering, and process optimization.
 Track savings pipeline, realized savings, and cost avoidance.
 Build dashboards and reports using Excel / Power BI.
 Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business needs into sourcing strategies.
 Prepare leadership presentations and sourcing performance reports.
 Mentor junior team members and drive continuous process improvement and digital adoption.

Key Skills & Qualifications:
 Strategic sourcing and procurement best practices
 RFQ/RFP execution and contract negotiation
 Spend analytics, cost modelling, and savings tracking
 Supplier performance and contract lifecycle management
 Basic SQL, Excel, Power BI, and Oracle ERP
 Strong stakeholder management and commercial acumen
 Analytical, problem-solving, communication, and presentation skills

Qualifications and Experience:
 MBA / PGDM in Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations, or Finance
 Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business, or related fields
 1 FTE – 8-10 years of leading Procurement team.

Shift Timings: 5:00 pm to 2:00 am IST.