Sr. Indirect Procurement Specialist

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Pay: $32.25/hour.

Duration:6 months with extensions based on performance and headcount approvals.

Responsibilities:

• Execute RFX/RFPs, contract negotiations, and govern functional approvals for assigned indirect Procurement topics.
• Efficiently monitor requisition, approval, and PO processes in the organization's 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.
• 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

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree is required.
• 5+ years of procurement experience is required.
• 3+ years of indirect procurement experience is required.
• 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 have 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.