Procurement Specialist

Job Title: Procurement Specialist (92747-1)

Duration: 10/26/2026 - 7/27/2027
Location: Chicago, IL 60642 or Remote [Candidate must be able to work onsite .]

Schedule: Standard 40 hours. 8am-5pm.

Job Description:

Basic Qualifications:

Education, Licenses, Cert Requirements

Professional qualification in procurement or supply chain (e.g. CIPS) or equivalent in experience Global technology procurement: software, hardware and services

At least 8years of experience

Required Experience, any deal breakers - Ego. Inability to cope with ambiguity. Inability to work with people of different cultures or backgrounds.

Required Skills (include soft skills) - Strategic thinking role, shaping future of subcategory. Sourcing team buying all hardware, software and IT services for Mars globally. Role will help shape our category strategies

Industry Experience (software / websites) Must have and good to have

Ariba, Sievo, Hicx, Microsoft Office 365, Monday.com

Working with executives. Working with global requirements. Working with Vendors such as SAP, Blue Yonder, AWS, MSFT, Salsify, Salesforce, Accenture, Deloitte, IBM, E&Y

Assignment Level Descriptor:

Performs defined assignments in the entry level of the technical leadership career band

Typically requires a college or university degree and has conceptual knowledge of theories, principles and practices

Develops competence by performing structured work assignments

Problems faced are difficult but typically not complex, uses existing procedures and practical knowledge to solve problems

Works independently and receives instruction, guidance and direction with general supervision

May influence others within the Assignment area through explanation of facts, policies and practices

Assignment Family Group:

Commercial

Maximizes value for money. Leverages external capabilities, optimizes and protects the supply chain and ensures responsible and continuous supply of materials, services and finished goods.

Assignment Family:

Commercial Effectiveness

Partner with Commercial stakeholders (e.g. sourcing, operations, transactions, SQA, etc.) to develop and deploy best practice processes, tools, guidelines and systems. Develops and deploys learning and development strategy, programs and tools to enable development of functional capabilities within the Commercial function on a global basis.

Commercial Systems

Commercial Systems roles focus on vendor selection, configuring, maintaining, and generating reports for a Commercial system including: Processing information and maintaining records in the system Generating reports and conducting analyses on data Ensuring the accuracy of information entered into the system and testing new features of the system as they are implemented to verify accuracy of procedures