Sourcing Specialist

3 weeks ago

Long Beach, California, United States Airgas Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Sourcing Specialist to join our team at Airgas. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading bidding and sourcing activities for all purchases by assigned zone or business unit, managing all contact between Airgas and bidders, and developing technical specifications and/or scopes of work with internal customers.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead bidding and sourcing activities for all purchases by assigned zone or business unit
  • Manage all contact between Airgas and bidders
  • Develop technical specifications and/or scopes of work with internal customers
  • Investigate, qualify and recommend bidders
  • Develop and issue formal requests for quotes (RFQ's)
  • Lead job walks and bid clarification meetings with internal customers
  • Issue clarifications or amendments to the specification or work scope to all bidders
  • Complete commercial bid tabulations
  • Complete technical bid tabulations including analysis with internal customers
  • Negotiate final price and commercial terms
  • Make sourcing recommendations to internal customers
  • Author and execute materials and services contracts as required
  • Manage and execute regional frame agreements as needed
  • Manage commercial risk for all purchases by assigned zone or business unit
  • Identify and address business risks during the bidding and sourcing process
  • Verify that all contractors are appropriately pre-screened for safety, and initiate the contractor pre-screening process for new contractors as required
  • Verify that hold harmless and indemnification documentation is in place as well as a current certificate of insurance is on file with all contractors
  • Initiate and negotiate hold harmless and indemnification documentation for new contractors as required
  • Verify that critical suppliers are on the approved supplier list, and initiate the critical supplier qualification process for new suppliers as required
  • Proactively manage sourcing activity for all major capital, maintenance and plant turnarounds (TAR)
  • Attend and actively participate in budget planning meetings for assigned BU or zone
  • Actively participate in TAR planning meetings
  • Lead TAR procurement planning process and pre-TAR supplier site visits
  • Maintain TAR activity tracking sheet for each major TAR
  • Maintain current listing of active and upcoming tactical (capital and expense) sourcing initiatives
  • Develop business plan strategies / opportunities for BU or zone spend in unmanaged categories
  • Provide timely and accurate reporting and documentation on sourcing activities
  • Document and report all cost savings associated with sourcing activities
  • Provide supporting documentation on sourcing activities as backup to purchase orders
  • Maintain current listing of contractors utilized in assigned BU or zone
Requirements
  • Champion use of managed suppliers (frame agreements)
  • Report events of non-compliance (leakage) of frame agreements to appropriate category manager
  • Identify opportunities for creation of frame agreements
  • Participate in relevant supplier relationship management meetings
  • Provide other related value creation services to internal customer
  • Manage and resolve quality or performance issues with non-managed suppliers
  • Provide on-site sourcing support during major plant turn arounds (TARS)
  • Facilitate the sale of surplus assets
  • Provide support and best purchasing practices to field buyers within assigned BU or zone
  • From time to time, handle emergency calls after hours and weekends and take timely required action to address internal customers needs
Core Competencies
  • Organizational Commitment
  • Flexibility
  • Customer Service Orientation
  • Communicating Effectively
  • Teamwork and Cooperation
  • Developing Others
  • Managing Competing Priorities
  • Solution Focused Decision Making
  • Entrepreneurial Thinking
Key Competencies
  • Listening and Responding Acts to help
  • Analytical Thinking (AT) Makes complex plans or analyses/creates new models
  • Information Seeking (INF) Does research/involves others
  • Concern for Order and Quality (CO) Develops systems
  • Team Leadership (TL) Promotes team effectiveness
  • Impact and Influence (IMP) Uses complex influence strategies
  • Self Confidence (SCF) Presents confidence in own ability
  • Self Control (SCT) Calms others in very stressful situations
Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, and paid holidays for full-time employees. We also provide a progressive parental leave package for our eligible Airgas parents, offering generous paid time off for the birth or placement of children, including 14 weeks of paid child birth benefit for birth mothers on leave, as well as paid parental leave benefits for other associates. Additionally, we offer our employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for employees' dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability or any other protected characteristic.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

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