Procurement Specialist

Job Title: Procurement Specialist
Location: Chicago, IL 60604 Onsite 3 days per week, (hybrid), in-office days flexible
Duration: 8 months Assignment
Shift/hours: 40hours/week, M to F, 8:00am - 5:00pm CST
Project Overview:
Looking for an experienced Procurement Consultant to provide end-to-end category management, strategic sourcing, and procurement of diverse indirect service categories on a global scale.
Contractor's Role:

• Contingent labor category management.
• Collaborate with technology partners to develop and execute sourcing and procurement strategies.
• Analyze industry and vendor data / trends and make recommendations to technology partners about key insights, trade-offs, and risks.
• Collect requirements and specifications from technology partners and lead competitive bidding processes (e.g. RFx, eAuctions, etc.).
• Negotiate commercial arrangements and contracts with vendors.
• Present negotiation strategies and opportunities to technology partners and management.
• Assist with forecasting / planning processes, demand management, and developing contracts that scale future enterprise needs.
• Provide thought-leadership around improvements of global policies, operations, programs and processes.
• Drive vendor quality and performance improvement initiatives and harness vendor innovation ideas.
• Serve as a key subject matter expert.
• Carry out complex activities with significant financial, client, and/or internal business impacts.

Tasks & responsibilities:

• Contingent Labor Category management, and other category support upon request.
• Global collaboration with internal partners in North America, EMEA, and APAC to develop and execute sourcing and procurement strategies.
• Analyze industry and vendor data / trends and make recommendations to partners about key insights, trade-offs, and risks.
• Collect requirements from internal partners and lead competitive bidding processes (e.g. RFx, etc.).
• Negotiate commercial arrangements and contracts with vendors.
• Present negotiation strategies and opportunities to internal partners and management.
• Assist with forecasting / planning processes, demand management, and developing contracts that scale future enterprise needs.
• Provide thought-leadership around improvements of global policies, operations, programs and processes.
• Drive vendor quality and performance improvement initiatives and harness vendor innovation idea.
• Serve as a key subject matter expert and mentor other employees.
• Carry out complex activities with significant financial, client, and/or internal business impacts.

Qualifications:

• Experience working with large Technology Global Systems Integrators.
• A College or University degree in Business, Supply Chain Management or Finance is preferred but all majors will be considered.
• 3-5 years' experience with Procurement or Strategic Sourcing.
• Strong contracting background with an understanding of industry standards, critical components, and preferable/advantageous language.
• Demonstrates solid time management skills and prioritization skills.
• Analytical, project management and problem-solving skills are required.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are required.
• Strong History of working with High level leadership.

Nice to Haves:

• Preference for experience with Contingent Labor, Temporary Labor categories.
• Presentation and executive communication skills, including ability to influence others.
• Demonstrated experience driving procurement processes and leading practices through strategic sourcing negotiation, and stakeholder management.
• Technical skills / systems knowledge (e.g. MS Office Suite).
• Must be willing to learn ERP and internal systems (e.g. PeopleSoft, Synertrade, and Coupa) and vendor management systems (VMS) i.e. Beeline, Fieldglass, etc.
• Previous experience in Financial Services.