Sr. Procurement Specialist

Sr. Procurement Specialist Working Model- Fully Remote(8AM-5PM) Location- Hartford, CT Contract Duration:6+ Months (Potential for Extension or Full-Time Conversion) Pay Rate:$32.24/hr (W2) Based on Experience Benefits:Weekly Pay, Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Job Summary: Execute RFX/RFPs, contract negotiations, and govern functional approvals for assigned indirect Procurement topics. Efficiently monitor requisition, approval, and PO processes in the organizations Procure 2 Pay platform (Zycus), handling order confirmation process with suppliers as well as transactional support as needed. Assist business requestors navigate the Procure 2 Pay system including training/troubleshooting, and guidance to enable compliance with a no-po no-pay policy. Gather quotations, examines bids and makes awards in partnership with internal stakeholders. Ensure spend decisions target lowest logical cost and are within applicable market benchmarks. Evaluates vendor reliability and develops new supply sources where vendors and suppliers are no longer competitive. Support special project events as assigned, which may include data gathering for sourcing events or managing the standup of vendor programs such as Catalog solutions or vendor specific discount programs. Collaborate with legal and business stakeholders on any contract negotiations.

Who You are

Representative indirect category activities this role may be asked to support include Corporate & Professional Services, Office Supplies/IT Peripherals, Telecommunications, MRO/Facility expenses, Tail Spend, Contractor Services Experience with a major Procure 2 Pay system (Coupa, Ariba, GEP, Ivalue or Zycus) is critical for this role. Candidates should have experience negotiating contracts and working with legal. Must be worked in Enterprise originations or large markets. Extensive indirect procurement experience in a large corporate environment. Demonstrated ability to manage sourcing initiatives, supplier negotiations, contract execution, and procurement compliance processes end-to-end. College Degree is must. Key Requirements:

8+ years of relevant procurement experience. Strong experience with Procure-to-Pay (P2P) systems. Hands-on experience handling requisition processing and approval workflows. Proven background in sourcing and purchasing indirect procurement categories. Experience negotiating contracts and partnering with legal teams throughout the contract review and execution process. Must have experience working in large enterprise organizations and supporting complex, high-volume procurement environments. At Tailored Management, we help people get jobs and take pride in their work, so we better take pride in ours too. Not every company has the opportunity to meaningfully and directly impact individuals in a way that makes their lives tangibly better. To better support our employees, we offer a wide variety of benefit options to support you. We offer: Medical Coverage

HDHP, PPO, and Surest plan options Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) Dental Insurance Vision Insurance Short-Term Disability (STD) Long-Term Disability (LTD) Life & AD&D Insurance Critical Illness Insurance Accident Insurance Employee Assistance Program (EAP) #TMCA