Procurement Specialist II

Procurement Specialist II

Durham, NC

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions is seeking a Procurement Specialist II to support global indirect procurement activities within Worldwide Operations. This role reviews purchase requisitions, drives sourcing and contract administration, supports purchase order creation, coordinates with suppliers and internal stakeholders and ensures procurement activities are completed in accordance with TGCS policies, procedures, and approval requirements. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, analytical, collaborative, and comfortable supporting multiple procurement activities in a fast-paced business environment.

The Procurement team supports Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions by sourcing goods, services, and intellectual property assets in a timely, compliant, and cost-effective manner. The team partners with business stakeholders, suppliers, Legal, Finance, and other functions to support sourcing, supplier evaluation, contracting, purchase order execution, supplier management, and procurement governance.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in procurement, sourcing, supply chain, contract administration, purchasing operations.
• Experience supporting contract negotiation, contract creation, contract lifecycle activities, renewals, amendments, supplier onboarding, supplier performance tracking.
• Experience reviewing purchase requisitions, purchase orders, supplier quotes, contracts, invoices
• Working knowledge of common commercial and legal contract terms, including RFx, confidentiality, warranties, indemnification, limitation of liability, intellectual property, and data protection.
• Strong organizational, analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to exercise judgment within defined policies, procedures, and approval requirements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 tools including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, SharePoint
• Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish, with the ability to communicate, read and write clearly and professionally with suppliers, business stakeholders, and cross-functional partners in both languages.

Preferred Qualifications and Areas of Expertise

• Experience supporting artificial intelligence (AI), software-as-a-service (SaaS), cloud, or other technology agreements, including familiarity with data privacy, information security, intellectual property, service levels, licensing, usage rights, and supplier risk considerations
• Knowledge of procurement compliance, risk management, governance frameworks, and approval routing requirements.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, Oracle or similar
• Experience with spend and commercial bid analysis, cost models, purchase price analysis, supplier benchmarking, service provider cost structure analysis.
• Ability to resolve invoice issues, track contract renewals, support supplier follow-up, and help maintain service continuity.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive sourcing activities, supplier evaluations, quote reviews, award recommendations, and supplier communications under the direction of procurement management.
• Drive contract preparation, routing, renewals, amendments, and execution in accordance with standards, policies, and procedures. Agreements include Master Procurement Agreements, Statements of Work, Amendments, NDAs, Software as a Service (SaaS) and Professional Service Agreements
• Process assigned procurement requests to support timely purchase order creation and supplier fulfillment.
• Direct requestors and suppliers on procurement procedures, required documentation, and purchasing process requirements.
• Facilitate purchase requisitions for completeness, accuracy, policy compliance, appropriate documentation, and required approvals.
• Partner with requestors, suppliers, Legal, Finance, Accounts Payable, business stakeholders, and procurement leadership to resolve procurement, invoice, supplier, and service continuity issues.
• Support procurement-related analysis, including pricing, market trends, product or service availability, supplier performance, and procurement planning.
• Escalate commercial, legal, compliance, supplier risk, or approval concerns as appropriate.
• Ensure procurement records, approvals, supplier communications, and contract documentation are maintained in a complete and audit-ready manner.

Key Competencies

• Learns quickly and applies procurement knowledge to support business and supplier needs.
• Builds productive relationships with internal stakeholders, suppliers, and cross-functional partners.
• Demonstrates strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, and financial acumen.
• Communicates clearly and professionally with requestors, suppliers, and business stakeholders.
• Maintains an organized, self-directed work style and manages multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Works effectively in a team environment and seeks guidance or escalation when needed.
• Maintains supplier relationships and conducts performance-related discussions professionally when needed.
• Demonstrates a process improvement and operational excellence mindset.

About the Company

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions is a dynamic billion-dollar global company based in Research Triangle Park, NC, providing retail store solutions to your favorite brands. Have you ever been in a hurry and made use of the self-checkout at Lowe's Foods, earned fuel rewards at Kroger, or just paid for purchases at retailers such as Walmart, Michaels, Carrefour, The Gap, Calvin Klein, Boots, Cencosud, BJ's, or Costco? These are just a few examples of our in-store solutions and impressive customer base that made us the world's installed market share leader.

The nature of retail is changing quickly, so if you share our 'Together Commerce' vision of a seamless two-way, participatory shopping experience, let's get together to drive the new economy.

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. offers a competitive salary and generous benefits package including the following:

Group health coverage (medical, dental, & vision) Employee Assistance Programs Pre-tax spending accounts 401(k) plan (with company match) Company provided life insurance Pet Insurance Employee discounts Generous paid holiday schedule, paid vacation & sick/personal days

EEO

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, religious creed, disability, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, national origin, race, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation or any other protected factor. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process should email View email address on click.appcast.io to request an accommodation.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We at Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions firmly believe that our people are an integral part to the success of our customers. Furthermore, we're committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for all our people as highlighted by our 5 Core Principles (Create Outreach, Foster Belonging, Unleash Opportunity, Diverse Cultural Engagement and Culture of Transparency). We're passionate about our customers in the retail industry and becoming a more responsible company as we help create a brighter future.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)