Job Title: Operational Procurement Specialist I
Hybrid work schedule: hours are flexible 8-5 EST timezone, M & F (remote), T, W and Th (onsite), after Labor Day (M, T, W, Th onsite), (F remote only)
Interview process: 2 rounds of interviews (screen call with manager and then 2nd round with manager and her manager)
Job Summary (Purpose):
- Work as the business unit owner for Sourcing and Compliance to achieve targeted savings across all Region/BU categories, negotiate local contracts and monitor supplier performance while deploying the procurement process across the region.
- Manage daily activities within the purchasing process, serving as the primary interface with business owners and supplier representatives.
- Facilitate sourcing for buyer-assisted requisition channels
Key Characteristics:
- Contract administration experience including award negotiations, subcontractor management, procurement, performance auditing, and dispute resolution.
- Familiarity of legal and commercial laws and procurement tactics.
- Excellent organizational skills, ability to work independently, assess priorities, and manage a variety of activities (Multi-tasking).
- Ability to pay attention to detail under tight deadlines and manage heavy workloads
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Support operational procurement leadership in integrating operational procurement in key business functions. Provide Business Unit Stakeholders with direction in navigating to the correct procurement team member.
- Perform day-to-day operational support for: Demand management - analysis of business needs for supply and services.
- Supplier issue resolution - includes monitoring service requirements working with the business and supplier to resolve conflicts and discrepancies.
- Supplier Risk Management - leads BU supplier risk evaluations and compliance management activities.
- Set up, maintain and update the Region/BU catalog (internal and external), as required.
- Support supplier management, provide Region/BU support and pre-qualification of potential bidders as it relates to local, regional and/or global tenders, when required.
- Support the planning of procurement priorities and projects and provides business context to Category management and collaborates on required categories.
- Support improvements in purchasing and procedure efficiencies and working capital, in collaboration with Region/BU leadership and field personnel.
- Support overall costs for Region/BU through negotiation and strategic initiatives.
- Assist in researching new sources of supply and possible alternate products/technologies.
- Support Region/BU Contract implementation, mitigate risk and ensure collaboration with the Law Department. Conduct Local BU bidding/RFx process execution through, analysis, negotiation, award and implementation. Investigates possible customer solutions with assistance from others as needed.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to work in a global, matrixed team environment.
- Experience with operational purchasing across various procurement channels (requisitions, change orders, expedited purchasing and company credit cards known as "P-Cards") desired; experience with purchase requisition and order management.
- Experience in the procure to pay processes, tools and philosophies.
- Familiarity with spend assessment (from both a technology and a methodology perspective).
- Demonstrated contract administration experience.
- Exposure to eProcurement, eCatalogs, and contract management.
- Exposure to leading P2P technology practices and trends.
- Contract negotiation experience and notions of Legal principles.
- Experienced with Sourcing Systems and ERP. Strategic Sourcing experience, technical buying. eRFX and eAuction strategies and P2P technologies experience preferred.
- Hands-on experience in SAP Ariba or Coupa including eProcurement, eCatalogs, eRFX and eAuction strategies and contract management technologies Demonstrated success in gathering data, conducting analyses, and generating high-quality outputs. Experience with process, quality control, and workflow management and design preferred
Education and Experience Required:
- Experienced working in a "Strategic Sourcing" environment.
- Expertise in contract negotiation and contract management BS in business related major.
- Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) or equivalent desirable
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Spectraforce Technologies
May 01, 2026