About the job
The Senior Sourcing Specialist will play a pivotal role in driving both indirect and direct procurement within Keenfinity's Intrusion and Access business, known as Radionix. This critical position involves cultivating robust supplier relationships, enhancing procurement efficiency, and ensuring a consistent supply of essential inputs vital to the organization's success. Key responsibilities encompass engaging with technical components, trade goods, as well as outsourced services, such as Marketing Communication and Engineering, including offshore shared service centers. The Senior Sourcing Specialist is instrumental in our transition to an independent entity post the carve-out from the Bosch group, actively contributing to the development of our supplier base and procurement strategies while aligning purchasing support with an SME-style operational model. This role merges technical expertise with a keen commercial perspective to ensure optimal supply, competitive costs, and superior supplier performance within the Intrusion and Access sector.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead sourcing initiatives, negotiations, contracting, and supplier management for key components.
- Facilitate new product development in collaboration with Engineering, EMS, and Suppliers to transition to serial production, including supplier scouting, qualification, and awarding.
- Oversee the procurement of trade goods, aligning with EMS partners for standardized components.
- Support and refine material field strategies focusing on key components in close partnership with Business Units and corporate functions.
- Guarantee supply chain stability, including the management of escalations and bottlenecks.
- Conduct annual supplier negotiations (covering prices, conditions, and contracts) emphasizing long-term partnerships and sustainable cost reductions.
- Work collaboratively across engineering, operations, and finance to ensure alignment of procurement activities.
- Contribute to global purchasing coordination and the sharing of best practices.

