Company:
Spectraforce Technologies
Location: Chicago
Closing Date: 02/11/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
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:
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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