Sourcing Lead at Kingfisher, PL-Warsaw
Sourcing Lead at Kingfisher in PL-Warsaw. Full-time. Est. up to $200k. Apply with swipeandhired.
Offer & Sourcing, Supply & Logistics
ID
2026-161374
Category
Sourcing
Type
Full Time
Contract
Permanent
Hours Per Week
40
Hot Job
No
Overview
Kingfisher Sourcing Eastern Europe Sp. z o.o. is a buying office of the Kingfisher Group (an international home improvement company with nearly 1 300 stores across Europe, supported by a team of 78 000 professionals). Due to the dynamic development we are looking for candidates to join our team as: Sourcing Lead
What's the job?
Responsibilities:
- Work directly with the triangular team in developing robust and lasting
relationships in order to drive better/more informed decisions
- Support the creation of a vendor level strategy, through a combination of new
supplier discovery activity and benchmarking
- Develop and maintain relationships with new and existing vendors to deliver
the product development and margin plans
Contracting and Operational Delivery
- Ensure project milestones are delivered on time, promoting cross functional
collaboration
- Guarantee minimum standards and Kingfisher sustainability policy
compliance
- Be the point person on the management of the KIPL contracts
- Be responsible for the collection, completeness and quality of the data to
support article and vendor set up and maintenance in the company systems.
- Be responsible for adherence to sourcing processes using the relevant
systems and tracking tools such as CPC, Project Management, Contract
Management and Audits etc
- Be the Kingfisher point person for the vendors; responsible for ensuring their
compliance to our policies and processes, such as Brand and Packaging,
Audit and Factory Assessment
Product and Supplier Development
- Support the delivery of the category level vendor strategy to ensure the
buying office has the best possible chance of gaining group volume through
competitive tenders
- Organise & contribute to the SRM (Supplier Relationship Management)
programme for Key Strategic vendors, understanding capabilities, risks and
opportunities in your supply base
Ongoing business activity
- Manage forecasting & delivery of KPIs through structured monitoring, &
reporting
What you'll bring
Essential Skills
- Attention to detail to assist with issue resolution and problem solving
- Excellent communication and influencing skills with an ability to challenge the
status quo and work collaboratively with a wide network
- Experience of managing projects and holding stakeholders to account
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
Behavioural requirements
- Flexible and Adaptable
- Proactive
- Approachable and open, meaning that you are able to utilise your network to
drive projects to meet challenging deadlines
- Resilient & calm under pressure