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Procurement Specialist

3 months ago

Valparaiso, United States Russell Tobin Full time

Category Lead – Senior -

Location: Valparaiso, IN 46383, United States

Salary range: $50/hour-$65/hour

Job duration: 12+ Months

Qualifications:

- Contracting experience – 7-10 years- Intermediate to senior level- RFP – 7-10 years- Bidding & negotiations experience- Direct Experience, non-IT- Construction experience, large projects - Qualifications:- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or equivalent work related experience

• Proven track record to deliver results and achieve goals

• Demonstrated ability to develop effective working relationships with others

• Experience leading cross-functional teams

• Ability to build support and consensus

• Proven financial acumen and analytical abilities Preferred: MBA

• Certified Procurement Manager (CPM)

• Three years of leadership experience

• Experience managing large supplier agreements

• Experience working in a Shared Services organization

• Supply Chain experience in the utility industry

• Knowledgeable in category management and strategic sourcing practices

Responsibilities:

  • Establishing, leading/facilitating and supporting cross functional category management teams to develop and maintain category plans and ongoing category performance

• Developing deep knowledge and experience within assigned spend management responsibilities

• Developing spend/performance and external market analyses to monitor category performance and identify performance improvement opportunities

• Developing spending and savings/performance improvement forecasts to monitor progress and ensure goals are achieved

• Developing plans to capture identified opportunities

• Defining category requirements through collaborative efforts with respective stakeholder groups

• Collaborating with stakeholder groups to develop consensus on the appropriate category plans and priorities • Leading performance improvement initiatives defined by the category plan including strategic sourcing and other performance improvement initiatives

• Establishing, leading/facilitating and supporting cross-functional strategic sourcing/performance improvement teams as needed/prescribed by category plans to achieve savings and performance targets (e.g. reduce cost, improve quality and result in a lower total cost of ownership, meeting supplier diversity goals)

• Leading negotiations with suppliers as needed

• Maintaining critical supplier agreements including renewals, negotiation of terms, issue identification, tracking and resolution Supplier Management responsibilities include:

• Developing and maintaining supplier criticality ratings and managing resulting critical supplier relationships

• Managing supplier relationships including conducting Quarterly Business Reviews with critical suppliers and company Executive Sponsors Stakeholder Management responsibilities include:

• Developing successful partnerships with key stakeholders / business partners to achieve desired results

• Developing and managing cross-functional category management and strategic sourcing teams as needed

• Collaborating with stakeholders to drive needed decisions to achieve desired results