Procurement Agent II

Job Overview:

Pay Range: $34.06hr - $39.06hr

Requirement/Must Have:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance, or related field or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Typically possesses 3+ years of experience in negotiating and purchasing.
• Thorough knowledge and demonstrated ability to apply principles of financial analysis, activity based costing and supply chain methodology.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with customers and suppliers.
• Ability to gather client requirements and negotiate support requirements.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Three or more years of experience in supply chain, procurement, and/or contract management.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and document internal/external customer requirements.
• Monitor projects, schedules and identify problems, maintaining priorities for work in process.
• Communicate across functions to report risks and issues.
• Assist with source selections and document purchase orders within authority.
• Administer changes and enforce purchase order notes, terms, and conditions.
• Participate in new business acquisition and the product/project development and management process.
• Gather performance data to monitor supplier capability, capacity, and business health.
• Participate in supplier performance reviews and cross functional improvement teams.
• Participate in root cause analysis and development of improvement plans and monitor progress.
• Maintain relationships and communications with internal/external stakeholders and suppliers.
• Ensure import and export requirements are met.
• Assist in driving innovation, improving ways of working, and enhancing supplier management systems.
• Aid in executing purchasing and sourcing strategies, addressing short-term and long-term material requirements.
• Assist with the undertaking of analysis supporting the resolution of risk issues and gap identification.
• Participate in the negotiation process to achieve best value and commercial terms and conditions of moderately complex purchase orders, change orders, requests for proposals, and contracts/agreements.
• Aid in training peers and other stakeholders on the procurement process.
• Help maintain effective stakeholder relationships with internal customers to become a trusted business partner.
• Aid in identifying critical suppliers and create appropriate engagement plans to manage supply chain risk profiles.
• Establish structured negotiation plans with clarity of desired outcomes, leveraging stakeholder input and support.
• Ensure the protection of all physical, financial, and cybersecurity assets, and properly access and manage private data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

Nice to Have:

• Experience using SAP software in a purchasing environment, and utilizing Ariba Sourcing, Contracting, and P2P modules.
• Knowledge and decision making experience of purchasing practices and policies.
• Knowledge of procurement contracts and standard terms and conditions.
• Experience with industry best practices, standards, utility regulations, procedures and compliance as they relate to purchasing.
• Experience prioritizing and managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience analyzing information and making strategic decisions regarding scope, impact, policy, development, and implementation.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• CPM, CPSM, CPCM, CCCM, and/or PMP certification(s).

Skills:

• Financial Analysis.
• Activity Based Costing.
• Supply Chain Methodology.
• Negotiation.
• Purchasing.
• SAP.
• Ariba Sourcing.
• Ariba Contracting.
• Ariba P2P.
• Contract Management.
• Supplier Management.
• Root Cause Analysis.

Qualification And Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance, or related field.

Due to nature of job The candidate must have Ability to follow safety protocols and safe work practices.