Procurement Specialist
5 days ago
Duration: 14+ months contract
Job Summary:
The Procurement Specialist will work within the Procurement Organization, providing contracting direction to multiple functional areas within the company. The role supports the Procurement Manager and is responsible for supporting, enforcing, and managing the strategy at the transactional level set by the Category Team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Understand the Organization's approved buying channels and contracting policy for goods and services and guide requestors to the appropriate buying channel identified by Supplier Management Team.
- Administrative support for purchasing projects and supplier management, including contract reviews, bid summary justifications, and 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, having subject matter expertise, and educating stakeholders.
- Effectively review and negotiate Statements of Work and any other agreement in alignment with agreed category strategies.
- 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.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
- Minimum of 3 years of procurement/negotiations experience in Purchasing, preferably in the Pharmaceutical industry.
- Professional Services Procurement experience is a plus.
- 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.
About US Tech Solutions:
US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates.
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