Procurement Specialist

4 weeks ago

Troy, United States Populus Group Full time

The PG Difference

PG is a Minority and Veteran Owned Workforce Solutions company. Our culture and our brand are built around our people-first mentality. We place an emphasis on building relationships and getting to know our PG community and business before we train employees on their day-to day jobs. Our goal is simple, to help our employees build a network of lasting relationships based on trust and respect for each other. This allows us to foster an environment that supports employees' choices to balance whats most important to them. Our hybrid environment provides employees opportunities to connect, develop, and succeed, while still giving them autonomy and flexibility to work remotely or from a local office based on their needs.

We believe that everyones voice matters regardless of their role or tenure. Within PG, employees have access to leadership of all levels and the opportunity to give and receive feedback to influence change in both formal and informal ways. We also like to have quite a bit of fun along the way

Job Description

We are currently looking for an awesome person to join our Unity Team. In this role, you are responsible for the operational support of our procurement program teams driving value to our clients through transaction and sourcing processes and working towards delivering our clients with visibility and insight into their services spend. The right candidate is self-motivated, assertive, and great with customer service.

Responsibilities

  • Triage incoming requirements to determine the most appropriate engagement type.
  • Assist client with establishing or extending Statements of Work (SOW) and associated resource assignments.
  • Confer with suppliers to gather required information, to include price, delivery schedules and key project terms.
  • Manage primary customer support activities including quality review of service provider and timekeeping and milestone tracking activities via the VMS tool, or other applicable technology.
  • Develop, maintain and influence relationships with the client, as well as within PG.
  • Manage client expectations through timely feedback and proactive communication.
  • Identify risk situations and coordinate with management.
  • Assist in collection of data related to the performance of suppliers.
  • Structure and distribute Requests for Information (RFIs) to gather supplier qualification data and information.
  • Process focused to ensure that client expectations and SLAs are being exceeded.
  • Field questions from clients and handle or escalate as appropriate.
  • Maintain and update monthly activity and performance reports including program audit reports, SOW/project activity reports, invoice reports, etc.
  • Constant and professional interaction via email and phone with client, suppliers, and other partners.
  • Engage internal stakeholders to understand business objectives and desired outcomes for technology enhancements.
  • Ensure all projects are closed in the system when notified of an end of engagement; ensure security department is notified of end of assignments, if applicable.

Skills & Requirements

  • Demonstrable knowledge of procurement and/or sourcing processes.
  • Competency of contract terms and relationships between MSAs, SOWs and Purchase Orders.
  • Procurement concepts and basic negotiation skills.
  • Customer focus and understanding of high level of service delivery.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Accuracy and efficiency in high volume coordination activities.
  • Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong data competency specific to spend analysis.
  • Ability to derive data stories from structured data elements to enable and drive decision making.
  • Able to interpret complex data and distill down to meaningful and consumable elements.
  • Excellent documentation skills, with high attention to detail and accuracy.

Unique Benefits

We believe everyone deserves the opportunity to succeed. This is why it is so important to us that our employees have access to a wide variety of development options to help them become better professionals and people. This includes informal opportunities for self-development, skills-based development, and formal training. The opportunities are endless, highlighting some of our options below:

  • Our hybrid environment provides autonomy and flexibility to work remotely or from a local office based on team need
  • Degreed Online Learning Platform
  • Employee Development Program offering learning opportunities for varying levels of experience
  • Tuition Reimbursement for both Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees
  • 1k Treat Yourself Account (after 6 months employment)
  • Free Book Program (Yup, free books sent right to your door)
  • Internal development lunches and Snack Chats (Yes.. snacks)
  • Annual Training Fund
  • Community Service Hours
  • 20 Days PTO (Not Including Observed Paid Holidays)

Populus Group is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law. If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email ClimberHR@PopulusGroup.com for other accommodation options. However, if you have questions about this position, please contact PGinternalrecruiting@populusgroup.com.

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