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Purchasing Specialist

2 months ago

Chicago, Illinois, United States Orion Group Full time

Procurement Specialist

12-month initial contract
Hybrid schedule: Onsite (T, W, Th) and Remote (M, F)

$32/HR

North Chicago, IL

Orion Group is hiring a Procurement Specialist who will support the Procurement Manager and will be responsible for supporting, enforcing, and managing the strategy at the transactional level set by the Category Team. The position aims to lead through executing assigned transactions while deploying process efficiencies.

Procurement Specialist Responsibilities:

  • Understand the Organization's approved buying channels and contracting policy for goods and services and help guide requestors to the appropriate buying channel identified by the Supplier Management Team.
  • Administrative support for purchasing projects and supplier management (contract reviews, bid summary justifications, data analysis)
  • Work with high ethical standards in compliance with the law and company policies and procedures
  • Support the Category Team strategy by enforcing the supplier-preferred network, understanding Category Team initiatives/priorities, having subject matter expertise, and educating stakeholders.
  • Effectively review and negotiate Statements of Work and any other agreement in alignment with agreed category strategies at a financial spend level approved and authorized for the position
  • Manage standard Procure-to-Pay intake contract requests within established Service Level metrics
  • Assist in the execution of process efficiency-related projects that serve to improve customer experience within the Procure-to-Pay process

Procurement Specialist Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
  • The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 3 years of procurement/negotiations experience in Purchasing, preferably, but not limited to Pharmaceutical.
  • Professional Services Procurement experience is nice to have
  • Strong knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
  • Experience conducting vendor negotiations
  • Understanding of contracting in Indirect Procurement space (Statements of Work, Master Agreements)
  • Ability to prioritize and organize workload across multiple projects
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong organizational skills required to coordinate and manage multiple cross-divisional work processes and projects

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.