North Chicago, 3 days in the office – Tuesday to Thursday 2 days (Monday & Friday – Flexible)
What are the top 3-5 skills, experience or education required for this position?
- Bachelors degree in business, finance, supply chain or related field
- 5+ years experience in procurement, facilities procurement, proficient in Microsoft office, contracting experience
- Good problem solving skills, and good communicator
What is a nice to have (but not required) skill, experience, education, or certification?Coupa contract experience highly desirable
In what type of environment would this individual be working (i.e.: Team;Individual; type of office, etc.) ? Open sitting environment Both Individual and teamwork
Daily Work Schedule Expectations: Monday 1st shift Monday to Friday
Position Title: Procurement (Purchasing) Specialist
Hybrid schedule: Onsite (T, W, Th) and Remote (M, F)
Job Description:
- The Procurement Specialist works within the Procurement Organization, which provides sourcing, contracting and category management services to multiple functional areas within the company.
- The role supports the Procurement Category Associate Director and is responsible for supporting, executing, enforcing and managing the category strategy at the transactional level set by the Category Team.
- The position’s objective is to lead through execution of assigned activities while deploying process efficiencies.
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 Supplier Management Team.
- Administrative support for procurement projects and supplier management (contract redlining and execution, contract reviewing, bid summary justifications, data analysis, etc.)
- Work with high ethical standard, in compliance with the law and policies and procedures
- Support the Category Team strategy by enforcing the supplier preferred network, having understanding of Category Team initiatives/priorities, having subject matter expertise and educating stakeholders of the same
- Effectively review and negotiate Master Service Agreements, 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.
What are the top 3-5 skills, experience or education required for this position:
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, or related field, or equivalent work experience
- The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 5 years of procurement/negotiations experience in Purchasing, preferably, but not limited to Facilities Management
- Real Estate Services Procurement experience is a nice to have
- Strong knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook
- Experience conducting vendor negotiations and Contract Management
- Analytical & Financial Acumen: For cost analysis, budgeting, and savings identification
- 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 process and projects Experience +5 Years proficient in Microsoft office, contracting experience Good problem solving skills, and good communicator
Does this position offer the ability to work remotely on a regular basis or is it required to be onsite? Yes 3 days in the office – Tuesday to Thursday 2 days (Monday & Friday – Flexible)
Is Travel expected? NO