Sourcing Specialist

Procurement Specialist

As the Procurement Specialist, you will be responsible for technology and service acquisitions and fulfillment within Indirect Sourcing supporting the IT category. You'll work with a variety of groups to understand the procurement requirements and negotiation strategies for various projects. You will get the opportunity to manage sourcing processes from beginning to end and act as a "product consultant" to provide solutions for new products and services to meet business needs.

Major Duties

• Establish and manage relationships with internal customers/stakeholders.
• Support IT initiatives by understanding all processes and stakeholders within the IT organization.
• Manage the RFI/RFP process that includes organizing and coordinating information and requirements; planning, arranging, and meeting schedules; monitoring results.
• Manage daily IT hardware/software requests and issue POs as needed.
• Obtain quotes, compare, evaluate and negotiate pricing.
• Work with the enterprise to understand the procurement requirements and negotiation strategies for assigned projects as well as collaborate with project teams to align project costs.
• Manage and review POs for coding, pricing and information accuracy.
• Process invoices for payment.
• Inform customers of PO issuance and any other details regarding orders.
• Lead and participate in savings tracking, supplier development, and service improvements.
• Assist in developing statements of work (SOW).
• Analyze SOWs and appropriate content to advise business unit representatives and technology representatives as to the validity and appropriate content.
• Build relationships with key technology vendors and follow required sourcing policies and procedures.
• Assist with the new supplier onboarding process

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, finance or other related field or minimum of 5+ years of experience
• 2+ years of contract negotiation experience including master agreements.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail and organization skills
• Strong work ethic and commitment to accomplish tasks as assigned
• Aptitude for handling multi-dimensional, complex processes and/or projects with the ability to identify specific examples (this experience may have been exhibited while functioning in a non-technical role).
• Ability to work as part of a team and leading sourcing efforts
• Possess strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills and be able to understand and communicate complex topics with simplicity across organizational boundaries and up/down the management chain
• Have the proven ability to establish, maintain and manage valuable and genuine internal/external business relationships
• Be able to support IT initiatives by understanding all processes and stakeholders within the IT organization
• Have experience working with business units as a "product consultant" to help determine new and/or better products/services to meet their requirements
• Be committed to learning from senior Strategic Sourcing team members and will actively seek opportunities to work with them
• Be adaptable and able to make decisions in an ambiguous environment
• Basic understanding of organizational accounting
• Ability to evaluate and quantify savings

Preferred Qualifications

• Indirect sourcing experience
• Experience using a procurement technology (ie Ariba, Coupa, GEP)
• 3+ years of experience in a sourcing role with increasing responsibility managing $1MM+ in category spend
• 1+ year of project management experience

Equal opportunity employer including disability/veterans.