Strategic Procurement Specialist

Oversee the procurement process, effectively sourcing segments and/or commodities of increasing complexity. Understands strategies for assigned segments or commodities and takes proactive steps to meet procurement objectives by evaluating supplier competitiveness, service quality, and leveraging purchasing power through strategic contract negotiation, supplier development, and risk analysis. Also responsible for ordering goods, supplies, equipment, and raw materials to support operations and services in accordance with purchasing policies, regulations, and procedures.

Location

- Role provides the opportunity to work in hybrid environment, working both virtually and in office when required.

REQUIRED

- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and experience.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience managing procurement strategies.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience purchasing in a manufacturing production environment.
- Minimum three years’ experience reading drawings, including experience interpreting welding symbols and machine tolerances.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience with an ERP system.
- Strong analytical skills

DESIRED

- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management or related discipline.
- PeopleSoft experience.
- Certification – CPSM, CSCP, CPIM

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics

- Ability to work in a team environment, remaining attentive to ideas, recognizing responsibilities, and actively participating with others to accomplish assignments and achieve desired goal.
- Knowledge of department's policies, rules, regulations, business goals, vision, organizational structure, culture, philosophy, operating principles and values, etc.
- Be self-starting, highly organized, outgoing with excellent people skills
- Ability to handle multiple tasks in a high volume environment with minimum supervision
- Strategic thinker that utilizes creative and innovative problem solving approaches to achieve key company procurement goals
- Knowledge of purchasing and supplier management practices
- Strong oral and written communication skills, excellent interpersonal skills, effective negotiation skills, good understanding of cost-price analysis techniques, and a basic understanding of contract law.
- Ability to read, analyze, and understand technical subjects, such as technical specifications, procedures, and process descriptions
- Ability to write reports and business correspondence, effectively present information, and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.Ability to calculate figures and work with formulas to achieve amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume; ability to apply basic algebra and geometry concepts.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions, interpret an extensive
variety of technical instructions in diagram form, and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- Must be knowledgeable about ERP systems and proficient in Microsoft Office environments (Excel, Word, Power Point...).
- Working Conditions
- This position is considered OFFICE WORK which is characterized as follows.
- Almost exclusively indoors during the day and occasionally at night.
- Occasional exposure to airborne dust in the workplace.
- Work surface is stable (flat).
- This position requires 20% travel domestically.
- Physical Activity/Requirements
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position is considered LIGHT work