Sourcing Specialist, Senior/staff

**Company**: Qualcomm Intl Inc., Mexico Branch Office **Job Area**: Operations Group, Operations Group > Procurement **General Summary**: We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Sr/Staff Procurement Specialist to support procurement activities across key corporate functions including Real Estate & Facilities, Human Resources, Professional Services, Logistics, and Marketing. This role will be instrumental in driving sourcing initiatives, managing supplier relationships, and contributing to cost optimization through data-driven decision-making and financial due diligence. **Minimum Qualifications**: - Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of Sourcing or related work experience. OR Associate's degree and 6+ years of Sourcing or related work experience. OR High School Diploma or equivalent and 8+ years of Sourcing or related work experience. - Completed advanced degrees in a relevant field may be substituted for up to two years (Master’s = one year, Doctorate = two years) of work experience. **Key Responsibilities**: - Lead supplier identification, RFP coordination, and contract support for both services and products. - Partner with cross-functional teams including Legal, Finance, Operations, and Compliance to gather requirements and align procurement strategies. - Analyze supplier proposals and market data to assess competitiveness, accuracy, and completeness. - Support supplier negotiations to achieve cost savings and mutual business objectives. - Maintain accurate documentation throughout the sourcing and contracting lifecycle. - Monitor supplier performance and assist in relationship management activities. - Contribute to process improvement by documenting workflows and recommending efficiencies. - Ensure procurement activities comply with company policies and resolve routine sourcing issues or escalations. - Assist in developing Statements of Work (SOWs) and other governing agreements in collaboration with the Contracts Team. - Utilize should-cost modeling, total cost of ownership (TCO) frameworks, and financial analysis to inform sourcing decisions. **Preferred Qualifications**: - Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Procurement, Finance, or a related field. - 7-9 years of experience in procurement or strategic sourcing, preferably within corporate or operational functions. - Proficiency with procurement systems, spend analytics tools, and contract management platforms. - Strong organizational skills and attention to detail. - Excellent communication and collaboration skills across diverse teams. - Demonstrated interest in sustainability and continuous improvement. - Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment. **Level of Responsibility**: - Works under some supervision. - Provides supervision to direct reports. - Decisions are more significant in their impact, influencing overall program or project success, finances, and/or the ability to meet objectives. Errors are not readily apparent due to the complexity of work process/product or time between decisions and results. Errors typically result in significant expenditure of time, resources, and funds to correct. - Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey complex and/or detailed information to multiple individuals/audiences with differing knowledge levels. Role may require strong negotiation and influence, communication to large groups or high-level constituents. - Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to make key decisions). - Most tasks do not have defined steps; simultaneous use of multiple mental abilities is generally required to determine the best approach; mistakes may result in significant rework. - Substantial creativity is needed to innovate new processes, procedures, or work products within guidelines or to achieve established objectives. - Deductive and inductive problem solving is required; multiple approaches may be taken/necessary to solve the problem; often information is missing or conflicting; advanced data analysis and interpretation skills are required. The responsibilities of this role do not include: - Does not have financial accountability. - Does not have a role in strategic planning. Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law. If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.