Duration: 3 months to start
Job Description:
Summary:
In this role, you will serve as a trusted procurement resource supporting routine, blanket, capital, and service purchasing activities for clients. You will manage sourcing initiatives, facilitate purchasing transactions, analyze procurement data, identify cost-saving opportunities, resolve supplier-related issues, and ensure compliance with procurement policies and procedures. You will collaborate with clients, suppliers, and internal teams to optimize supplier performance, mitigate supply disruptions, and deliver responsive, high-quality procurement support.
Responsibilities:
- Manage routine, blanket, capital, and service procurement activities, including sourcing initiatives, quote evaluations, supplier negotiations, and issue resolution.
- Review and convert requisitions into purchase orders while ensuring documentation accuracy and completeness.
- Coordinate resolution of delivery, backorder, and supplier performance issues.
- Maintain non-contract pricing within ERP systems while adhering to procurement policies, approval authorities, and compliance requirements.
- Investigate and resolve invoice discrepancies related to purchasing activities.
- Evaluate supplier performance and procurement metrics to identify operational improvements.
- Research and recommend substitute products, alternative suppliers, and sourcing strategies to address supply disruptions.
- Analyze supplier quotations to identify cost-saving opportunities and procurement efficiencies.
- Partner with clients to support supplier selection, item master accuracy, value analysis initiatives, and procurement-related issue resolution.
- Support onboarding, training, mentoring, and special procurement projects as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Relevant degree preferred.
- 1-2 or more years of relevant experience required.
- Knowledge of procurement principles, sourcing methodologies, supplier management, and supply chain operations.
- Experience evaluating supplier quotations, purchase orders, invoices, contracts, and pricing documentation.
- Proficiency with ERP systems and procurement technologies; experience with data analysis and reporting tools preferred.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively engage clients, suppliers, and business partners.
- Proven client service orientation with a focus on responsiveness, accuracy, and relationship management.
