Specialist Procurement

• Under general direction, Executes and supervises cradle to grave purchasing activities (including bid, evaluate, award cycle, execution of agreements, execution of changes, price and schedule negotiations) for a specific commodity group across all projects.

• Negotiates favorable terms, volume discounts and long-term contracts with suppliers for the procurement of goods, services and supplies.

• Drive cost reduction initiatives in a specific Category group.

• Understand, track, and forecast the key cost drivers and market factors for assigned Category group.

• Assist in developing a Category specific sourcing strategies to support corporate and divisional objectives, providing the company competitive advantage in the areas of materials, supplies, and services and ensure the alignment with Engineering

• Identify corrective actions and measures in case of quality or schedule issues with suppliers

• Works closely with Engineering and the projects

• Assures that problems will reported timely to the projects and senior procurement management

• Locate, analyze, and develop a consolidated supplier base to meet current and future Category needs.

• Create and maintain mutually beneficial long-term partnerships with suppliers to foster feedback and continuous improvement

• Provide input to drive continuous improvement in all aspects of the procurement process, procedures and tools

• Conducts the orderly closeout of Procurement operations, including settlement of claims and back-charges, and resolving punch list items assigned to Procurement

• Participates in important negotiations their assigned scope

• Experience in purchasing or subcontracts, including bid, evaluate, award cycle, execution of agreements, execution of changes, price and schedule negotiations, and commercial strategy.

• Proven track record in cost reduction programs

• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills in order to flow goals and directives and effectively communicate commercial solutions and concepts to procurement personnel and non-procurement personnel

• Ability to work in a complex schedule driven work environment

• Candidates must have strong analytical skills, Microsoft Excel proficiency, and proficiency in PowerBI

• Candidates must be able to learn new software and tools easily

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