Sourcing Specialist, Europe

• 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.