Sourcing 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.