Head of Logistics Sourcing
About The Position
At Chain IQ, your ideas move fast. Chain IQ is a global AI-driven procurement service partner headquartered in Switzerland, delivering end-to-end sourcing and procurement solutions for leading multinational organizations. We help our clients transform procurement, improve scalability, and generate sustainable value through innovation, expertise, and operational excellence. We are seeking an experienced Head of Logistics Sourcing to lead strategic sourcing activities across transportation, warehousing, and related operational categories. This role combines category leadership, stakeholder engagement, supplier strategy, and people leadership within a dynamic international environment. You will lead a team of sourcing professionals while managing a multimillion-dollar logistics spend portfolio across transportation and warehousing categories. The successful candidate will drive sourcing strategies that deliver cost optimization, supply chain resilience, supplier performance improvements, and long-term business value.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree, or equivalent professional experience.
- 8+ years of strategic sourcing and/or category management experience.
- Minimum 2-3 years of people leadership experience within procurement or sourcing environments.
- Proven expertise in transportation, logistics, warehousing, or 3PL sourcing.
- Strong track record of delivering cost savings, supplier performance improvements, and commercial value.
- Experience leading complex sourcing events, negotiations, and contract management activities.
- Strong understanding of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and category strategy development.
- Experience working within complex, matrixed, and multi-stakeholder organizations.
- Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute sourcing and category strategies across transportation, warehousing, 3PL, and related logistics categories.
- Lead complex RFPs, RFQs, commercial negotiations, and contract execution.
- Build and maintain strategic supplier relationships to drive performance, innovation, and risk mitigation.
- Lead Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), benchmarking, market analysis, and should-cost initiatives.
- Identify and deliver value creation opportunities through demand management, process optimization, and supplier consolidation.
- Partner with senior business stakeholders to align procurement objectives with operational requirements.
- Monitor market trends, capacity constraints, inflationary impacts, and supply chain developments to inform sourcing strategies.
- Lead and develop a team of sourcing professionals, providing coaching, direction, and performance management.
- Drive continuous improvement, sustainability initiatives, and best-practice sourcing processes across the category portfolio.
Benefits
- Great Place to Work-certified
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
